On the final day of my visit to Northern California to see my parents for the holidays, we drove to our favorite brunch spot just under an hour away from their house. Even though we arrived mid-morning, the host still immediately seated us at a table, and as he handed us menus, my mom glanced to her left.
“Oh my gosh!” she exclaimed. “I think that’s someone I work with!”
She approached a woman with her back facing us at the table next to ours, and when the woman looked up, they both laughed and exchanged hugs. After introductions all around between our two families, we learned that the woman’s father-in-law always tried to visit the restaurant at least once—if not two or three times!—every time he flew out from Chicago for the same reason that my family dines there as often as possible…
The blueberry coffee cake! Towering slices of supremely moist and tender breakfast cake, packed full of fresh juicy berries, topped with sweet cinnamon streusel, and served warm with butter that immediately melts into the decadent cake.
Shortly before the other family finished their breakfast, Mom called over our favorite waiter. She whispered to him to put a crowd-sized sheet pan of that irresistible blueberry coffee cake on our bill but give it to the other family so they could take it home. (We’ve often bought a pan for ourselves for Christmas morning in previous years when my mom’s parents flew out to visit us for the holidays!)
As soon as our favorite waiter handed them the gift tin, everyone’s eyes at their table widened in true shock. “Happy holidays!” he smiled, which prompted the woman to whirl around.
“Was this you?” she asked.
My mom sheepishly nodded, and their entire family thanked us profusely. It’s always fun to spread sweet surprises during the holidays!
Even though I brought my own individual slice of coffee cake on the plane with me to enjoy back at my own house, I still didn’t get my full blueberry fix… So I decided to add them to one of my favorite homemade breakfasts, which resulted in these Healthy Blueberry Waffles!
These healthy blueberry waffles are light and fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside, and full of sweet juicy berries, just like the coffee cake! But unlike that restaurant’s breakfast treat, these contain no refined flour or sugar and just 108 calories!
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