This Easter Season

I believe this is the first year we've dyed eggs in our little family. I found a cute idea for dying them using old silk ties. It was definitely less messy than bowls of dye in various colors, of which I had visions of splattering all over my kitchen/carpet/clothes. This method wasn't the most kid friendly, though. Madeline's job was to hand us the eggs out of the carton. After the third broken egg, she was just invited to watch the process. You can imagine how that went over. The eggs turned out beautifully, but we may just use stickers next year.

Later in the week we participated in a little Easter egg hunt with some friends. Madeline was really exited about it, but had a hard time finding the eggs in the grass. We still came home with our fair share of treats. The most popular were the pink peeps. Nasty, in my mind. At least she didn't have to worry about me eating them all. The chocolate was another story....

We are spending this Easter Sunday lounging around our apartment watching General Conference. Conference at our house always includes brunch. This morning we dined on delicious sweet potatoe waffles. I came up with the idea a few months ago when I had a leftover cooked sweet potato in the fridge that didn't have any plans to be eaten. So, I added it to our waffle mix and amazing things happened. They are sweet, buttery, and filling.

Sweet Potato Waffles

1 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup melted butter (you could also use oil, but why?)

1 tsp vanilla

1 roasted, skinned sweet potato, cooled

In a medium bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and 1/4 tsp. salt. Make a well in the center of the mixture; set aside.

In another medium bowl beat eggs slightly; stir in milk, butter, and vanilla. Grate sweet potato into egg mixture and stir to combine. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. Stir until just moistened and still lumpy.

Cook in waffle iron, and enjoy with maple syrup. You can freeze leftovers and pop into the toaster in the morning for an easy breakfast.

I'm grateful for the chance I've had today to listen to and reflect on the words of our prophet, as well as celebrate the resurrection of our Savior.