I’m going through Amanda-withdrawal this week because my partner-in-crime is on vacation in Lake George.

Well, “crime” might be a bit of an exaggeration. Our hang-out time usually consists of going grocery shopping together and complaining about all of the people who stop their carts in the middle of the aisle (if you do that, for the love of all things good in this world, please stop), or sitting on the couch with our laptops and not speaking for hours while we both do work.

It’s a wild and crazy life we lead, try to keep up

Amanda is also one of the people I consistently go to to help me come up with recipe ideas, and recently, she insisted that I make chicken nuggets that are fried in waffle batter.