Belgian Waffles (Robin B.)

This is one of our favorite recipes if we are making a special breakfast or having it for dinner. It gets 3 bowls dirty but it's worth it. And we have found that leftover batter still cooks up well.

2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 ½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
Whisk together in a large bowl.

4 eggs, separated
1 ½ cups milk
6 Tbsp. canola oil
2 tsp. vanilla
Whisk the egg yolks with the milk, oil, and vanilla.

Whisk egg whites in a separate bowl until soft peaks form. Add milk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Then gently fold in egg whites. Cook in greased waffle iron.

Rachael Ray Using Stale Bread...

Check out this recipe for using up stale bread.
Tomato Herb Strata
She suggests saving up the stale bread in the freezer until you have enough for the Strata recipe. So go get bread from the LaFaye's on Saturday mornings and freeze any of the bits/pieces that you don't use by Monday. This recipe looks sooooo yummy! I hardly ever have fresh herbs, but dried herbs work fine. Rachael even says that you can use whatever seasoning you like, so play around. I think I'll try a half recipe and maybe throw in some ham (hubby doesn't dig meatless).