Waffles

1 ¾ cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 tbs sugar

3 eggs, separated

7 tbs vegetable oil

1 ½ cups milk

Preheat the waffle iron.  Sift the dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl.  Separate the eggs, putting the egg whites in a small bowl.  Beat the egg white until they are stiff.  Add egg yolks, oil, and milk all at one time to the dry ingredients.  Beat until there are no lumps in the batter.  Fold the egg whites into the other batter using a spatula or other flat utensil.  Put a full ½ cup of batter in your waffle iron to make a 9 inch round waffle.  This recipe makes about 9 9-inch round waffles.  They freeze really well. 

Easy Lasagna

This lasagna only has 5 ingredients but is surprisingly good (Kelli agrees). Nice and easy to make when you have 3 wild children running around. Plus Tessa declared it the best dinner I ever made.


1 lb. ground beef
1 (16 oz) carton cottage cheese
1 (30 oz) bottle spaghetti sauce
lasagna noodles
mozzarella cheese (grated)

Brown ground beef and mix in cottage cheese and spaghetti sauce. Layer uncooked noodles, meat mixture and mozzerella cheese.
Usually makes 3 layers. End with mozzarella cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake 350 for 1 hour.

Allergy Recipes

Since our family seems to have a problem with this, I've created a label for recipes that have some common allergens eliminated, or easily altered. I will go through the old ones and add a * next to ingredients that can be changed. I know I'm the only one right now eating like this, but I thought it might be helpful for anyone in the future!

Lemon Squares

1 cup flour
1 cup sugar, divided
1/3 cup butter, softened**
2 beaten eggs
1/4-1/2 cup lemon juice (I prefer a little more than 1/3)
2 tsp grated lemon peel
powdered sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stir 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup sugar together. Cut in 1/3 cup butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture into greased 9in pan (or if you are like me and don't have one, a pie pan works fine). Bake 15 min or until light brown. Remove from oven. Stir together eggs, lemon juice, 1/2 cup sugar, and lemon peels in a bowl. Pour over crust. Bake 15 min or until set. Cool in the pan. Sprinkle with powdered sugar (really, wait until it's cool, otherwise the sugar just soaks in looking like mine in the picture). Cut into squares.


**Make it dairy free with earth balance