Riot and Frolic

I made bad waffles last week. 

In the grand scheme of things, clearly this is not an issue.  In fact, many would hashtag it #firstworldproblems.  But in the minutiae of my day, IT IS EVERYTHING.  

I plan fantastic breakfasts SO I GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING.  If I knew there was something lame, like, like, like…

Okay, so there's not a lot of breakfast food I don't like, but trust me, if breakfast was not guaranteed delicious, I would stay in bed until noon and skip right to sandwiches.  

In the vein of keeping things as delicious as possible as motivation for living, here are my favorite recipes (tried and true, yo):

Breakfast

Bakery Style Double Chocolate Muffins from Crunchy, Creamy, Sweet: they involve Greek yogurt, so #healthy.  And double chocolate refers to the two kinds of chocolate chips involved, not like THESE…

Double Fudge Banana Muffins from Yammie's Noshery:  they taste like you should be doing P90X while eating them, but are relatively sugar-free, actually gluten-free, and again with the Greek yogurt if you don't have bananas on hand.  

Italian Baked Eggs from Damn Delicious: it's like eating cold pizza for breakfast, except it's hot and not old pizza.  

Waffle of Insane Greatness from the Food Network:  I'm sticking with you, buddy.  Because you're fucking awesome.

Lunch

I'm a huge fan of any sandwich, but there are a couple superstars if you're home for the day and have a stovetop nearby…

Chipotle Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwich from Brunch Time Baker: it's a melt.  Enough said.

Need something to throw in the fridge at work?  I swear even though this is healthy, it's totally bomb and you'll feel like a better person after eating it…

Spinach and Orzo Salad from allrecipes.com: flavors, simple ingredients, and keeps for about a week?  OKAY.

Dinner

Chicken and Kale Pizza Bake from Savvy Mom: a slight pain in the ass to prepare, but makes enough for two meals (scooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre) and KALE.

Zuppa Toscana Soup from The Goldilocks Kitchen: apparently a copycat recipe for something at the Olive Garden, I literally burn my face off eating this soup.  I try to play it cool after noticing it is MUCH too hot to eat upon sitting down to sup, but directly after scalding my mouth on the first sip, I CAN'T STOP BECAUSE IT'S SO DELICIOUS. Plus, again on the enough for two+ meals.  

Butter Chicken (Chicken Makhani) from Half Baked Harvest: CROCKPOT.  INDIAN FOOD.  GREEK YOGURT.  #HEALTHY.

Bean and Quinoa Enchilada Bake from Two Peas and Their Pod: dude, a vegetarian option even.  This will feed you for a week.  Or more.  

Any all-time favorite recipes you cannot live without?  DO TELL.