Monday mornings I usually get up at 4am to teach a 5:15am hot vinyasa class. It may sound crazy, but I love starting out my week this way. I love the dedicated students who come to my class week after week. We have a blast while most everyone else we know is still sound asleep.

Because it’s Memorial Day today, there was no early morning class and I got to sleep in. After coming off a very busy weekend, I have to say it was kind of nice.  And I woke up craving blackberries and waffles. Actually, blackberries have been on my mind for days and when I have an unusual craving like that I try to listen to my body. It turns out blackberries are packed with loads of nutritional benefits.

This easy vegan gluten free waffle recipe comes from 125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes. I hardly altered the recipe at all, mostly just added a little more vanilla extract. Next time, I may even add some vanilla bean paste or scraped vanilla bean seeds to the batter for an extra flavor boost.

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