Okay, so you get the vehicle registration renewal in the mail. They send those things way early, so you have plenty of notice to get it updated before your tags expire.
Each time I get one, my intentions are good – telling myself yes, this time I will take care of this right away.
My tags expired in January. Yep, six whole months ago.
I am not making excuses, but my mind was definitely elsewhere the first several months of 2012. It wasn’t until I was packing my desk for the move that I found the paperwork.
That was late April. Oops.
I was shocked I had not been pulled over already – I was driving all over the place those first few months – to Dad’s house each day, to his doctors appointments and hospitals all over town, and just my normal every day driving.
I finally found the time to take Tillie through DEQ. She failed. Continued to drive her expired tags, all last month back and forth to class, two road trips to wine country, normal every day driving.
Last Monday morning before leaving the house, I called my childhood friend who owns an auto shop and made an appointment for (last) Friday. Guess what happens next? Kris leaves the house, Kris gets pulled over.
Friday my car gets fixed – a sensor that eventually needs replacing even if you take great care of your car – and on the way out I tell Scotty I’m leaving there and heading right up to DEQ. He tells me the sensors sometimes take a while to reset, and I should wait a couple days.
Instead of going to DEQ I came home, made tomato orange soup and tomato stuffed waffles and hoped I wouldn’t get pulled over on the weekend. On our trip back to wine country.
cheesy tomato stuffed waffles
adapted from Abbey Ale Belgian Waffles
dairy, egg, soy and gluten free, vegan
makes 4-6 (Belgian style) stuffed waffles
2 cups gluten free all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
pinch sea salt
3/4 cup club soda
1/3 cup coconut milk (carton)
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2 roma tomatoes, sliced thin
4-6 slices cheese (my favorite cheddar)
Sift together flour, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt. Add soda, milk, and oil, stirring until just combined. Pour a small amount (1/4 to 1/3 cup, depending on size of iron) into prepared waffle iron, top with tomato and cheese slices, cover with another 1/4 cup batter. Close and cook per machine instructions. I cooked mine about 3-4 minutes on one side, flipping and cooking another minute (using a waffle iron that flips).
As you read this, I am most likely at the DEQ. Wish me luck.
Corinne says
the waffle recipe is a good one, my stuffing doesn’t look as pretty as yours though. I think I filled them too full of tomato maybe? tasty though, very tasty!
Christine says
Do you mean coconut milk from the can or coconut milk beverage (like the So Delicious brand refrigerated coconut milk drink)?
spabettie says
hi Christine! for this I used the carton coconut milk – thanks for asking, I updated the recipe to reflect 🙂
Laurie says
these are SO GOOD! I prepared them for our dinner last night, soup and all! kids loved them and so did hubby, I had another for breakfast LOL. great waffle recipe, they are perfect waffles.
Grandma Wrinkles says
another awesome recipe – we make these just about every weekend nowadays, hubby and kids love these for lunches. when are you sharing the exotic ones you talked about the other day 😉
Korin says
wow, these look awesome. you are so creative!
Theresa says
Love the post about the tags. If my husband wasn’t up on that kinda thing, I would definitely take 6 months to get new ones. Ingenious recipes, sounds delicious.
spabettie says
heh… happy to know I am not the only one 😉 my car is FINALLY legal again!
Mom Foodie says
Oh, geesh…now I’m going to HAVE to buy a waffle maker.
😛
spabettie says
yep. you are. 😉
Javelin Warrior says
On Fridays, I share my favorite food finds in a series called Food Fetish Friday – and I love this post so I’m featuring it as part of today’s roundup (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and I’m happy to be following along with your creations…
spabettie says
thank you so much for including me again, JW! It is an honor to be among such beautiful talent!
Stephanie says
Totally how I roll, too. No pun intended—I’m currently in the throes of agony trying to convince the province of British Columbia to relinquish me from its tight fist and let me start coping with the province of Alberta: I waited too long to get it all started, and now I’m in hell having to make up for it. Arrrrrrrgh. Cheesy waffles would definitely help. And now that I have the idea of stuffed waffles on the brain, I’m going to start with the cheesy waffle…. and NEVER STOP!
spabettie says
aaahhh, my dear friend it is so great to see you here again! see!? we can reconnnect and converse here!
and SIGH… my car situation is finally complete. I passed the emissions test the other day, and waited until today to get myself to the police station/city hall to take care of the ticket… standing in line with people dressed in their finest Court Clothes 😉 it was an experience in itself. all done now!
make waffles! XXO
[email protected] says
these waffles are insane i tell you. savory is my middle name!
i do that pretty much every year. this year i passed the responsibility over to hubbs. he dutifully got the tags on time and then put the year tag on the month one 🙂 and got pulled over the next day.. meh.. downtown cops.
spabettie says
OF COURSE you were. *sigh* it’s like me going a full 6 months without being pulled over, then it happens the day I make the appointment with my mechanic.
waffles cure all irony, however. 😀
Erin @ A Girl & Her Mutt says
I’ve never thought of savory waffles, but this sounds AND looks delicious!
spabettie says
oh Erin, it IS. 😉
marla says
Sooooo inventive!! Love these waffles 🙂
spabettie says
thank you Marla! hope you guys are having a fantastic summer! XO
purelymichelle says
I was not as lucky at you, but got pulled over for expired tag. not fun, but lesson learned.
have fun and best of luck. and these waffles look wonderful.
spabettie says
at least I was pulled over by a nice guy – and the waffles made up for it 😉
Alessandra says
Yum, I have always wanted to get a waffle maker, and now I really must get one to try this out.
spabettie says
I love mine (rotating waffle maker), very easy to use and clean!