Pumpkin Waffles

2 1/2 Cups flours (I use wheat, rice and tapioca)
1/4 C brown sugar
1 Tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 Tbs. lemon juice
2 Cups milk (I use rice milk)
1-15 oz can Pumpkin
1/3 C oil
2 eggs

It's easy. Mix the dry ingredients. Mix the wet ingredients. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
Pour batter onto a hot and oiled waffle iron. Cook until done.
Serve with applesauce and syrup.

Poem: Two Gifts

I love you exactly, precisely, completely
The way that you are, through and through.
No sinister attitude nor smug ingratitude
Can change that, for my love is true.

But 'round the next bend could come trial or friend
Who grants you less gracious esteem.
More, you may aspire to lay hold much higher
Of that which you now only dream.

Unbridled appetites soon become parasites,
Hindering all you can be,
So I'll give correction, an act of affection,
I learned from the One who loved me.

It's not out of spite or some secret delight
That I faithfully purge your dross,
But to spare you much grief and buy some relief
Against disappointment and loss.

It may not be pleasant, this discipline present
I offer, unbidden, to you.
Yet through all the strain,
As you loudly complain,
I will love you, as love you I do.

Holly's Chicken Sesame

4 Chicken breasts, cubed
(may cook separately, or sub tofu)
1 small onion, cut in strips
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 carrots, cut in strips
1-2 heads broccoli, cut up
oil for frying
1/4 C soy sauce
3 Tbs. honey or brown sugar
1-2 Tbs. rice vinegar
3/4 C water
2 Tbs. corn starch
2 Tbs. whole sesame seeds

Heat oil in large fry pan or wok on med to med-hi heat. Stir fry chicken until loses color. Stir fry carrot & onion briefly, then add celery and broccoli, stirring often until desired tenderness. Mix remaining ingredients and add to pan. Stir until darkened and thick. Serve over rice.