Sunday Morning Waffles

Ismael's only day off called for a celebration. We started the day with a light breakfast of leftover pizza. Hey, it was the Jets vs. Bengals last night! He was going to take me on a date, but I let us stay home and watch USC's Mark Sanchez lead the Jets to victory over USC's Carson Palmer and the Bengals. We ordered pizza, and I made a huge chopped spinach salad to go with it.

After our light breakfast, he went to mass, and I went for a run at the park. We reconvened at home, and, together, we made billowy mounds of steaming waffles (recipe courtesy of Beverly Tommasi). Beverly's recipe calls for four tablespoons of bacon grease, which we obliged by frying up crispy, smoked applewood bacon. We topped the waffles with beautiful blueberries and strawberries that Ismael bought at the Toluca Lake farmer's market on his way home from church. Divine!