Patriotic Eating
In honor of the DNC, I made another batch of Kamala Kookies!! And… Yep, several people guessed it- WALZ WAFFLES! The state muffin of Minnesota is the blueberry muffin, so I added blueberries. But I’m going to say that between now and November, any waffles can be Walz Waffles! As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure Tim Walz would not endorse these waffles. I used this recipe for vegan almond flour waffles. All things considered, they were pretty good, although not everyone would agree with me. The website has several other healthy waffle recipes, including “one ingredient flax waffles.” I’m intrigued- but also pretty sure those would taste horrible. I’m going to have to try them at some point though. In other eating news, I got some great suggestions on last week’s eating post. Everyone was sympathetic to my plight! I asked for advice on easy dinner bowls; several people suggested Trader Joe’s items, and Alice suggested veggie sushi bowls. LOTS of great ideas. Of course, Sunday rolled around and I didn’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. I did roast broccoli, squash and cauliflower, marinated tofu, and made Nora’s Buffalo Mac n Cheese for my daughter and husband. Definitely not a health food, but they love it. They had that for dinner on Sunday and Monday (while I had baked sweet potatoes with roasted veggies and chickpeas) and then tonight we had bowls! My husband and I had quinoa, and my daughter had white rice. We all had roasted vegetables and tofu with a peanut sauce. Everyone was happy! Tomorrow I’m going to Trader Joe’s to get more sauce options, and for dinner we’ll have something similar to tonight’s dinner, but with a different sauce (I’m also marinating some tempeh.). Thursday night neither my husband or daughter are eating dinner at home- that always helps- and Friday will be takeout again. Phew. I think I can do this! Does your state have an official muffin? – Ours doesn’t- Florida is so boring. Top photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash