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ok into “When people look the eyes of one of these children,” says Matthew Straeb, president of the Florida Association of Heart Galleries, “we hope they think, ‘She could be my daughter,’ or, ‘He could be my son.’ ” Diane Granito, who founded the country’s ﬁrst Heart Gallery, credits a 2005 PARADE article with boosting awareness: “It was our big break, and we were able to go national.” To date, thanks to exhibits held in places like airports, malls, and libraries,

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and Melinda Somerville. When the couple— who already had six biological children— went to a Heart Gallery exhibit in Santa Fe, N.M., they were instantly captivated by a photo of the three young girls dressed as fairy princesses. “Something about them spoke to us,” Melinda recalls. “They needed us.” The Somer villes met the sisters that day, the girls moved in six months later, and six months after that, they were legally adopted. Today, Vanessa, now 15, is a freshman in high school; Jannae, 18, has started college; and Vicky, 19, is in a special-ed program. Jannae knows just how lucky they are. “If we hadn’t been adopted, my sisters and I would probably have been split up,” she says. “That would have broken my heart.” —Lynn Schnurnberger

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Kelly Clarkson, 29, says her footwear is a lot like her music: “There’s a little bit of everything!” She’s got the diva shoes, the Converse Chuck Taylors, the cowboy boots—but she likes performing in her bare feet. As for her musical mix of pop, country, R&B, and rock, the Texas native says, “I incorporate all those elements because, honestly, I’d get bored otherwise.” The ﬁrst American Idol winner spoke to Kate Meyers about life on and off the road.

Deﬁnitely. I actually picked that title, and most of the songs I wrote or selected are very much about empowerment and strength. Really great things have been happening during these years, but at the same time it’s been quite the roller coaster. I’ve loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them. I feel like I’m more grounded, more stable. You got your start on a reality talent show; do you watch them now?

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Your ﬁrst Idol audition is on YouTube, and on it you say, “I was so happy ’cause the British man didn’t make me cry.”

Yeah, because the girl before me came out bawling. I could hear him light into her and I thought, “I don’t want him to be mean to me—that’s my only goal.” Has your view of Simon Cowell changed?

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My mouth—and, my mom would say, not in a good way. I’m loyal and I think most Texans are very loyal, but I’m also stubborn. What’s going on for you relationship-wise?

Man, I just keep going on horrible dates. I’m like, “There’s not enough wine in the world for me to enjoy this.” I actually had a guy say to me—and I hope he sees this because he is so ridiculous—he said, “I can’t believe I’m on a date with Kelly Clarkson.” And under my breath I was like, “Wow, I can’t either.” Some days I think, “I’ll meet him. Everybody ﬁnds somebody,” and other days I’m like, “Maybe I won’t. Maybe I just missed the memo.” What would we be surprised to know about you?

People think I’m a jeansall-the-time girl, but I adore dresses. Let’s face it, if you have a butt, then it’s just much easier to wear a dress!

I had never paid attention to school lunch, until one day when I forgot to pack mine and decided to eat in the cafeteria. What I saw—the tiny window of time the kids had to eat, the processed foods— shocked me. I knew that many students were living in poverty, and that this might be their best meal all day. BY THE NUMBERS

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People” is blasting during a commercial break, and the audience is getting its groove on. Middleaged moms, old guys, young girls—black, white, and brown—do the wave and bump with abandon, in a mutual celebration so awkward, deeply uncool, and infused with joy that it could only happen at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It’s exactly the kind of reaction the show’s host is striving for. “The world is filled with negativity,” DeGeneres tells me, sitting in her sunny, cream-and-white office at Warner Brothers Studios. “I want people to watch me and think, ‘I feel good, and I’m going to make somebody else feel good today.’ ” Fun-loving as she seems, DeGeneres, 53, also means business. Oprah Winfrey’s departure from the TV talk-show scene earlier this year prompted a serious landgrab, with Rosie O’Donnell, Katie Couric, and even Anderson Cooper staking claims. So where does that leave Ellen? “On top!” she jokes, though she doesn’t like to think in terms of competition. Now in its ninth season, her syndicated show, which has won 35

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daytime Emmys, had its best season-premiere week ever in September. “I think we’ll get a new audience that maybe didn’t watch me because they only watched Oprah, and they have a void now,” says DeGeneres, who notes that her show has taken over Oprah’s afternoon time slot in a number of important markets. “But it’s the same goal whether we have 10 people or 10 million people watching. If we adjust in any way, it’s so we can top ourselves.” And that’s just her day job. DeGeneres’s year-old record company, eleveneleven, has already launched one rising star— 14-year-old Greyson Chance, whom one of her staffers discovered last year on YouTube—and three more young singers are warbling in the wings. She’s just released Seriously … I’m Kidding, her third book of short takes on topics both humorous and heartfelt, to warm reviews. And she’s putting those piercing blue eyes to good use representing CoverGirl & Olay Simply Ageless Foundation—an unexpected role that amuses her to no end: “Yes, I wake up every day with a fan blowing on my

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ELLENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COSTUME PARTY DeGeneres has sported some inventive Halloween looks in her

face,â&#x20AC;? she deadpans, â&#x20AC;&#x153;to make me look absolutely easy and breezy.â&#x20AC;? Things havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been so easy. DeGeneresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public announcement that she was a lesbianâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on the cover of Time in 1997â&#x20AC;&#x201D;sank her sitcom, Ellen, as advertisers bailed, and for the next few years, she was at sea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any money,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one [in the business] would even talk to me on the phone.â&#x20AC;? It was a tough Season 1 (2003) Season 2 (2004) Season 6 (2008) Season 8 (2010) road back, but with the outline of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M DR. PHILâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;CAN â&#x20AC;&#x153;I DIDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T START OUT AS â&#x20AC;&#x153;I SAID I WAS GOING â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M SNOOKIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S POUF. I WAS YOU TELL? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ALL RIGHT, LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SCARLETT Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HARA. I WAS TO BE SOMETHING ALMOST LATE FOR THE SHOW her talk show in hand, she ďŹ nally GET REALâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;OR YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE GOING JUST TRYING ON MY OLD EVERYONE WAS BECAUSE I DIDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T TAKE convinced Hollywood that she was TO GET REAL TIRED PROM DRESS TO SEE IF IT TALKING ABOUT. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M INTO ACCOUNT HOW LONG IT OF BEING REALLY REAL.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? STILL FIT. IT DID.â&#x20AC;? CHANGE.â&#x20AC;? TAKES TO GYM, TAN, AND â&#x20AC;&#x153;not just gay,â&#x20AC;? she says, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;a funny LAUNDRY EVERYBODY.â&#x20AC;? woman who happens to be gay.â&#x20AC;? To the execs who passed on her show because â&#x20AC;&#x153;they thought housewives and mothers would have nothing to relate to,â&#x20AC;? DeGeneres has a message, backed up by eight years of success: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only person the word gay matters to is the person I love.â&#x20AC;?

That would be actress Portia de Rossi, whom DeGeneres wed at their Beverly Hills home in the summer of 2008, during the brief window when

same-sex marriage was legal in California. Most evenings, she says, they are likely to be found surrounded by their two dogs and three cats, watching % # # &

$ ' $ ( ) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Dexter, or Up All Night on TV and eating $$ $ $ : ' % * + ! " % , # ;; ( ; ) $ & de Rossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home-cooked vegan fare. Week !( )" $ ' - # , % $ 4 < $$ # ends are spent antique shoppingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a major ! " $ ./ % ' % % % ; ; % # passion for DeGeneres, who says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love !( % )" to start a home decor lineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or hanging out ' $ ' $ < # % $ - % READ ELLENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S at their farm outside L.A., where de Rossi, # $ % $ NEW BOOK! 38, likes to ride horses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just really love % % % $ & For an excerpt and % ' % % - 1$ behind-the-scenes each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company,â&#x20AC;? says DeGeneres. $ 1 2 $ video of our # %

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" 4 one of the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite songs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harrowdown Hill,â&#x20AC;? by Radiohead front $ # $ % ! " 5 & man Thom Yorke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We think the same things at the same time, we 947 777 777 $ $ # 4 ! 0' . 1 % % *! % just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything about it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; We always sing that to each other, because ' - # # $ ! " % % !! & we really do that. If we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked for an hour, all of a sudden Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say % $ % ' ! " " !! something and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was just thinking that!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; We are really in tune.â&#x20AC;? , ) $ " " " $ 1$ $ & 3 If she sounds like a teenager, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ne with her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sensitive. I like % 2 % ! ! $ $ # ! ! # to be around kind, gentle people,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be really hard for $ # ! ! " ! me to be around somebody who is harsh or sarcastic all the time.â&#x20AC;? $ % $ ) %!+''!,(-!#(&'

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eight years on the show. (We hear this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outfit will be topical.) She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go all-out offscreen, however. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from New Orleans, where we have Mardi Gras,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People dress up all the time.â&#x20AC;?

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Or even some of the time, for that matter. Her decision to leave American Idol after just one season was, in part, because “it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings,” she said at the time. But there was also some nastiness behind the scenes that she found off-putting. “It was disappointing to hear things about the kids, the drama going on,” she says. “Some of them are not as grateful as you would expect. All of a sudden they have fan mail, millions of people saying they’re great, and some of them just stop appreciating it.” The mild, bafﬂed observations at the heart of DeGeneres’s comedy routines are intentionally zinger-free. “I don’t like to make fun of people,” she says. “It’s a form of bullying. I’ve been the butt of jokes before—a punch line—and that just gave me more fuel to say I will never do it.” The ability to be compassionate, emotional, and still laugh-out-loud funny is her secret sauce, says her friend Harry Connick Jr., a frequent guest on her show. “She is exactly like she is on TV—and I know that’s a cliché,” he says. “She really is a good person who cares for people. Rarely in show business is something as pure e he lif a trop ES ! T ng s v i a t a IN U Sa a c M 1 om Y 1 r f ER EV

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De Rossi and DeGeneres both wore Zac Posen at their intimate wedding ceremony in August 2008. “We get each other and like each other more than anything and anybody,” DeGeneres says.

and simple as that the reason someone is so popular.” Like most idealists, DeGeneres has had her letdowns. She admits there can be a disconnect between the regard some of her fans show for her and the way they view the world at large. Recalling one encounter she had with a girl and her mother, she says, “The mother seemed really excited to meet me, and said, ‘I’d love to meet Portia.’ But when the girl was alone with me, she said that she was gay, and that her mother calls her [an offensive term]. I couldn’t believe it: This was the woman who was just asking about Portia. Some people seem to be okay with me being gay, as long as it’s ‘not my kid,’ and that just makes me sad. It really is the last accepted prejudice.” DeGeneres’s own family was more understanding when she came out at age 18. “If anything, it was a shock to me,” she says. “I’d always known that I had crushes on girls, but I also liked boys—though I wasn’t drawn to them romantically. For me to get in touch with myself enough to recognize that I was gay, and then not to stay private about it, was a huge step.” Now, she believes, it’s her authenticity that’s giving her staying power. “I think I’m just very real, and people sense that,” she says. “They know everything about me. This is a platform that’s probably more powerful than politics, and I think if you have a loud voice, you should use it for good.”

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A Chance Encounter, A Lasting Bond He was just 11 and hungry. She was 35 and a successful executive. When they met on a Manhattan street 25 years ago, their lives were changed forever. By Alex Tresniowski

corner in midtown Manhattan in September, two old friends have come together to mark an anniversary of sorts. “This is where we met,” says Maurice Mazyck, 37. “Wait, wasn’t it further up the block?” asks Laura Schroff, 60. They ﬁnally settle on a spot and hug. “Sometimes,” says Mazyck, “I wonder if I would be here at all if you hadn’t done what you did.” It was there on Monday, Sept. 1, 1986, that Mazyck, then a skinny 11-year-old in grimy sweats and sneakers, stuck out his hand as Schroff walked by. Thirtyﬁve at the time and a successful newspaper executive, Schroff lived just two blocks away from Mazyck in New York City, but their homes might as well have been on different planets—he lived in a welfare hotel, she in a luxury high-rise. “Excuse me, lady, do you have any spare change?” he asked, hoping to buy some food. Schroff didn’t answer and kept going. But then, just a few steps later, she stopped, turned, and came back. Instead of giving the boy money, she took him to lunch at McDonald’s. He got a Big Mac, fries, and a chocolate shake that day—and the two of them wound up with an extraordinary friendship that has changed both their lives. “Of all the achievements in my life,” says Schroff, who

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spent three decades in advertising sales before retiring in 2009, “there is nothing that makes me prouder than to call Maurice my friend.” In 1986, the hungry child Schroff encountered was already trapped in a cycle of poverty, drugs, and violence. His father, a gang member, left when Maurice was 6; his mother was a heroin and crack addict. He had never known an adult who held a full-time job, and he’d received only two presents in his young life: a toy truck and a joint. Still, Mazyck, who today owns a small construction ﬁrm, says, “I know my mother did the best she could.”

had on Mazyck is only half the story. “When people tell me how lucky Maurice was,” she says, “I tell them, ‘I was the lucky one.’” She, too, had a turbulent childhood. Her father had a drinking problem and often hit her mother and brother. Schroff vowed that when she had kids, they would always feel safe. With Mazyck, Schroff could try to repair some of the damage in his life that she couldn’t go back and fix in her own. And in the process he helped her see what truly matters. FRIENDS FOR LIFE Laura Schroff and Watching him experience things for Maurice Mazyck at their reunion on the street last month; the pair in 1986. the first time—she took him to his first baseball game, bought him his first bicycle, let him decorate his And then he met Schroff. At the first-ever Christmas tree—opened end of their lunch, she gave him her her eyes to the joy and beauty card and told him to call if he was around her. “Sometimes those blesshungry. After three days with no ings are right there in front of you, word, Schroff went looking for him. just as Maurice was in front of me “I felt like he’d entered my life for a on the street,” says Schroff. “Somereason,” she says. Mazyck was on times you just have to open your the corner where they’d met. They eyes and open your heart.” agreed to meet the following MonThen, in 1997, Mazyck, 22, vanday, and the Monday after that, and ished from Schroff ’s life. She tried a ritual evolved. to track him down, but he had At first she took him out to moved to North Carolina to try to dinner, but soon she began cooking set up a business. for him at her place. “I had to go away The simple things they “Some blessings and become a man did on their nights are right in front on my own,” he together—setting of you, just as says now. There, the table, doing Maurice was in Mazyck faced the laundry, or just sitting front of me.” temptation and talking—were

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the kinds of comforting activities on which most childhoods are built, but they were foreign to Mazyck. Tellingly, no one in his family ever wondered where he was. When Schroff offered to make him lunch for school, he asked that she put it in a brown paper bag. “When kids see you walk in with a paper bag,” he explained, “they know someone cares about you.”

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E Talk to your doctor about how to prevent, recognize and manage low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and problems you have because of your diabetes. E Your doctor will check your diabetes with regular blood tests, including your blood sugar levels and your /,46.36)05 What are the possible side effects of JANUVIA? Serious side effects have happened in people taking JANUVIA. E See â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the most important information I should know about JANUVIA?â&#x20AC;?. E Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). If you take JANUVIA with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea or insulin, your risk of getting low blood sugar is higher. The dose of your sulfonylurea medicine or insulin may need to be lowered while you use JANUVIA. Signs and symptoms of low blood sugar may include: E headache E irritability E drowsiness E hunger E weakness E fast heart beat E dizziness E sweating E confusion E feeling jittery E Serious allergic reactions. If you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who should not take JANUVIA?â&#x20AC;?. Your doctor may give you a medicine for your allergic reaction and prescribe a different medicine for your diabetes. E Kidney problems, sometimes requiring dialysis The most common side effects of JANUVIA include: E upper respiratory infection E stuffy or runny nose and sore throat E headache JANUVIA may have other side effects, including: E stomach upset and diarrhea E swelling of the hands or legs, when JANUVIA is used with rosiglitazone (AvandiaÂŽ). Rosiglitazone is another type of diabetes medicine. These are not all the possible side effects of JANUVIA. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you, is unusual or does not go away. (33 @6<9 +6*;69 -69 4,+0*(3 (+=0*, ()6<; :0+, ,--,*;: '6< 4(@ 9,769; :0+, ,--,*;: ;6 (; How should I store JANUVIA? ";69, $% (; F ;6 F F ;6 F Keep JANUVIA and all medicines out of the reach of children. General information about the use of JANUVIA Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes that are not listed in Medication Guides. Do not use JANUVIA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give JANUVIA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about JANUVIA. If you would like to know more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for additional information about JANUVIA that is written for health professionals. For more information, go to www.JANUVIA.com 69 *(33

What are the ingredients in JANUVIA? Active ingredient: sitagliptin. Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The tablet ďŹ lm coating contains the following inactive ingredients: polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, talc, titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, and yellow iron oxide. What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body does not make enough insulin, and the insulin that your body produces does not work as well as it should. Your body can also make too much sugar. When this happens, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems. High blood sugar can be lowered by diet and exercise, and by certain medicines when necessary. JANUVIAÂŽ is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. AvandiaÂŽ is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline. 67@90./; H ,9*2 "/(97 6/4, 697 ( :<):0+0(9@ 6- Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved !,=0:,+ 7903

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to make easy money selling drugs, as so many men in his family had done, but he resisted. “Because of Laura, I made the right decisions.” He finally called Schroff in 2000 after his mother died. “I told her, ‘You are my mother now.’ ” She bore him no grudge for his absence. “I’d never given up on Maurice,” she says. When Schroff helped the boy she met on the street get a shot at a better future, she was extending that same opportunity to his kids. Today Mazyck is a proud husband and father, and he and his wife have seven children, ages 4 to 19. He and Schroff see each other at least once a month. When she visits his New York City apartment, his kids swarm over their “Aunt Laurie.” “I have my own family,” says Schroff, who has three siblings and five nieces and nephews, “but they are my family, too.” Back in 1986, Schroff took Mazyck to her sister’s house in the suburbs. For the first time, he sat down for a meal with her family at a large dining-room table. “To me, it was magical. I told them when I grew up, I’d have a big table in my home,” he says. True to his word, he now owns a huge dinner table, where he and his big, noisy family—and his friend Laura—eat and talk and count their blessings. Alex Tresniowski is the coauthor of An Invisible Thread, on sale Nov. 1. The book tells the story of Schroff’s and Mazyck’s unlikely 25-year-long friendship.

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Busy Philipps of TV’s Cougar Town serves her daughter this fun classic

P “We’d always beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. That’s why the wafﬂes came out so ﬂuffy.”

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My great-grandmother, who was known as Nana, passed away before I was born, but she and my mother were very, very close. For as long as I can remember, we made Nana’s waffles in my house. It was a weekend tradition. My sister needed to fill every hole in the waffle with syrup; I was more free-form. And you know those little crispy waffle edges? We called those “poodle pieces” because my parents would feed them to our dog, Harrison. He would eat them only if they had butter on them. If not, he’d walk away! I’m trying to raise my daughter, Birdie, to be more health-conscious. I give her organic syrup and a bowl of fruit. She calls raspberries “fingerberries” because she puts them on her fingertips. She doesn’t know the delight that is Log Cabin.

P “Before you use the iron for the ﬁrst time, season it with shortening. You have to get it into every nook and cranny. One tip I learned from my mom is to spread it around with a paper towel.”

P “You want the iron really hot so the wafﬂe cooks beautifully and easily.”

Nana’s Never-Fail Waffles 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup ﬂour 1 tsp sugar ¼ tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder ¼ cup vegetable oil

1. Preheat a waffle iron (follow manufacturer’s instructions). 2. Separate eggs and whip whites until soft peaks form. In a bowl, blend yolks, milk, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. 3. Add vegetable oil, making sure not to overmix. 4. Fold in egg whites and mix well with a fork or whisk. 5. Lightly oil waffle iron. Pour in about ½ cup batter. Close iron and cook according to instructions. Repeat with remaining batter.

MAKES: 4 PER WAFFLE: 310 calories, 29g carbs, 8g protein, 18g fat,

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To read about Busy’s role in the recent ﬁlm I Don’t Know How She Does It, go to dashrecipes.com

PHOTOS, CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: CHRISTOPHER POLK/GETTY IMAGES; RITA MAAS, FOOD STYLING BY SUSAN OTTAVIANO, PROP STYLING BY KAREN QUATSOE; NO CREDIT; SHUTTERSTOCK; NO CREDIT; THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY. NUTRITION ANALYSIS/CONSULTING BY JEANINE SHERRY, M.S., R.D.

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