Chocolate Chip Waffles

Today with tea I made some Chocolate Chip Waffles for the children.  I have always used a from scratch recipe out of my Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book.  The cookbook is falling apart I have used it for so long.  I haven't found that it takes much longer to mix this from scratch than it would to use a ready made mix, so I just never buy the mix.  That makes it easy to add something extra like chocolate chips.  

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 3/4 cups milk

1/2 cup cooking oil

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

Preheat your waffle iron.  In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt.  In another bowl beat eggs and beat in milk and oil.  Add egg mixture to flour mixture all at once. Stir until just combined and still lumpy.  Pour around a 1/2 cup of waffle mix onto the preheated and lightly greased waffle iron.  I scoop up the mix making sure I get some chocolate chips in each waffle.  (The chocolate chips sink to the bottom of the batter and some waffles won't get any chips if you don't do this.)  Close waffle maker lid and don't open while baking.   When done, use a fork to lift the waffle off the grid.  Repeat with remaining batter.  Makes 3 or 4 waffles.  

My transferware pattern today is Lochs of Scotland by Royal Warwick.  It has a beautiful loch in the center and is surrounded by roses and thistles.  This is the dinner plate.

This is the saucer.

Here is the teacup.  
I am mulling over plans for this year's blog posts.  I am leaning towards doing much more tea and the food that goes with it.  I am also considering a post on my allergies and sharing more gluten free recipes.  What do you think?  Are you or someone you know eating gluten free?  If you have an autoimmune disease you might have tried to eliminate gluten.  If you have, I would bet that like me, your disease/allergy completely disappeared.  I have a background as a registered nurse and I have been studying this for three years and I have a complete game plan on how to eat now after logging and recording the reactions I have had with food.  It has been a terrible learning curve and my Doctors really did not know what to tell me.  I am thinking if I would share this you or someone you know suffering might could get some use out of it.  There is a reason you have autoimmune issues pop up.  Most everyone of them is directly related to the food in our diets. 
And, no these waffles are not friendly to my eating plan, but I feed them to the children because this is what they were raised eating and they haven't got any autoimmune issues yet.   Yes, that is a problem in the making I know.  My allergies did not manifest at all until I was in my mid-forties.  Till then I could make my cake and eat it too!
What say you about these gluten-free foods/lifestyle?  

Sherry
I will link this to:
 

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 
A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Tea Cup Tuesday at Martha's Favorites

Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups
Tea In The Garden at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

Foodie Friday at Rattlebridge Farm 

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 

Homemaking Linkup at Hope In Every Season 

Rooted in Thyme Simple and Sweet Fridays

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style 

The Best Blog Recipes link party

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life
Fridays Unfolded at Nancherrow