Coconut Blackberry Waffles

• 1 cup Bob Mills Waffles and Pancake Mix
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut
• 3 tsp egg re-placer
• 1 cup water or coconut milk
• 2 tbs oil
• 1 tsp coconut extract
• 1 packet stevia

Instructions

• mix flour and coconut
• mix wet ingredient in separate bowl
• mix egg re-placer in 4 tbs hot water
• add to wet ingredients
• add wet to dry and mix till moistened
• spoon 1/3 mixture onto hot waffle maker sprayed with oil
• top with blackberry
• spray between each waffle
• to prime waffle make first waffle without blackberries
• cook till desired crispness
• top with extra berries and coconut

This weekend's projects

Lemon Cornmeal Scones

• 2 cups Corn Flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 cup Medium Grind Cornmeal
• 1/4-1/2 stevia baking blend
• 2 ½ tsp Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 2 Tbsp Lemon Zest
• 1 Stick Cold Earth Balance Vegan Butter, cut into chunks
• 1 cup Cold Full Fat Orgainc Canned Coconut Milk (Whisked Until Smooth If Chunky) or greek yogurt works too.
• 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 Package freeze-dried blueberries( I got these from Trader Joe's)
• Coconut Milk For Topping
• Turbinado Sugar For Sprinkling

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 with the rack set at the middle position. Line a baking sheet with parchment. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture starts to clump into pea sized pieces. In a small bowl, stir the vanilla into the coconut milk, and lemon juice. Add the coconut milk  mixture to the dough, and stir a few times, but do not over mix. Fold in Blueberries. The dough should hold together when squeezed, but still be clumpy (if dough is too wet, add a little more flour). Place dough on a floured surface (or the baking sheet)  and pat down until ¼ inch thick. Lightly pat into a rectangle and cut with a floured knife into scone shapes.  Use a bench scraper or large spatula to transfer scones to the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops lightly with the coconut milk, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pan until set, and remove to a wire rack.

Inspiration

What's my Spark?

As I start my next marathon back to work I can't help but feel the cloud of darkness that settles on my shoulders. I psych myself up for work so much with mental mantra.."You are so bless to have a job, be thankful" or "You should be happy to take care of people because if someone didn't need you tonight then you would  not have a job." But it's not really the people so much as it is the place.  I know things have to change. I just wish time would move faster. Lately these quotes have been inspiring me. I know I have something special to give. I know there is happiness out there for me.



The Inspiring:

"There's a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough."

Everyone has a platform, Winfrey said. "Mine is a stage in a studio. Yours is wherever you are, with your own reach."

"This is what I was called to do...Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to find it."

"You also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world. You have the power to change somebody's life."

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Well. I'm off to make my lunch. It's been a great time off. Mission: Find my spark.

First Test

Test, Test, Test, Huston can you hear me?