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Part fritter, part waffle, these courgette fritter waffles (fraffles? witters?) are the first in a long line of experiments with my new waffle maker.
Yes, just in case there was any danger of the six inches of free counter space in my kitchen feeling lonely and unloved, I got a new appliance to fill them. Vegetable chopping now occurs on top of the oven, and you have to move the spiraliser to get to the toaster, but it’s fine. The waffles are worth it.
Of course, the first thing I made when we first unboxed our new waffle maker was a batch of regular waffles, which we could make with ingredients we already had in the house (eggs, flour, sugar, etc.). But since my tooth is decidedly un-sweet, I very quickly felt the urge to…
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