I love when my husband makes us breakfast on the weekends. Weekend breakfast time is the best.  It’s a time to slow down, when we cook together and enjoy each other’s company over delicious food. (And when I say we cook, I mean that he cooks and I watch, we’re together at least.) And since calories don’t count on the weekend, we look forward to taking a break from our usual week day yogurt or oatmeal and splurge on delicious calorie filled breakfast items. In my opinion, my husband’s breakfasts are better than what we’d have at a restaurant and …

What kind of waffle iron do you have?  (Assuming you have one, of course.) When my husband and I got married, we registered for a Belgian waffle maker.  I don’t remember why we chose that kind.  Maybe I liked the thought of those deep waffle pockets, maybe we just didn’t have a waffle maker and that’s what they offered to register for. A few months ago my husband decided that he wanted to buy a normal waffle maker.  Little did he know how long that quest was going to be.  As it turns out, what people thought of as waffles 30 …

I’m obsessed with oatmeal. I’ve been loving hot oatmeal for breakfast lately.  There’s something so delicious and comforting about it.  It’s warm and hearty and makes a delicious autumn meal.  I prefer the plain kind (I may have gotten this preference from my husband) and then I top it with fruit and cinnamon.  Blueberries are my favorite to add but we’re getting to that time of year when they start to get crazy expensive and they stop tasting good (really a rather bad combo).  Now I’m using raisins instead, and those are perfect all year round. A few months ago …