I was browsing around Martha’s website and found a recipe for these. They looked and sounded wonderful. Since I had a huge 5 pound bag of carrots that I needed to eat and I couldn’t think of a better way to use them up…well..besides a yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting….but with the summer months on their [...]
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Spiced Carrot Muffins
Posted in Breakfast, Snacks on March 11, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Oatmeal Blueberry muffins
Posted in Breakfast, Snacks on February 15, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I had a plethora of blueberries in my freezer that I desperately needed to use up. So I did some searching for a healthy blueberry muffin. I love blueberry muffins so much but considering bakery style muffins are usually loaded with butter and sugar I decided there has to be a better option.
Much to my [...]
Buttermilk Pancakes
Posted in Breakfast, Kids corner on January 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday morning Ava woke up and insisted that we have pancakes for breakfast!!?! Where that came from I have no idea! We don’t have pancakes at our house very often. So I decided to make some and I found the perfect recipe at Smitten Kitchen. We really did not need as many pancakes as [...]
FRiday Eats: Suprising Oatmeal!
Posted in Breakfast, Friday Eats on January 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This morning I was pleasantly suprised with this wonderful bowl of oatmeal!! Yum!!! Jonathan made us a delicious bowl of oats for breakfast
*Oatmeal picture to come *
Now its hard to say how much (plain white) sugar was put into this bowl but it was much appreciated none-the-less!! And it was GOOD!!
Oatmeal [...]
Frosty Mornings
Posted in Breakfast, Friday Eats, tagged bananas, friday, green tea, jelly, peanut butter on January 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I started my COLD morning with a nice toasty natural peanutbutter and jelly sandwhich with marshmellow bananas and a nice WARM cup of green tea! Hopefully this will keep me going until lunch!
I used to think people were so strange for eating bananas and milk! But I have really grown to love the [...]
Christmas Morning Breakfast
Posted in Breakfast, tagged Breakfast, Christmas, cinnamonrolls on December 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I hope you all have a Wonderful and Joyful Christmas!!!
Cinnamon Rolls
adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook (found at Goodthingscatered)
Ingredients:
For dough
1/2 cup warm water (105–115°F)
2 (1/4-oz) packages active dry yeast (5 teaspoons)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
5 cups all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup warm milk
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted [...]
Oatmeal eater
Posted in Breakfast, Kids corner, tagged Breakfast, children, oatmeal on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have the pickiest child when it comes eating. She only wants snacks and candy. So I devised a plan to make sure she gets a nourishing breakfast….I added what else? candy to her oatmeal!!! Now she never passes up a bowl of oatmeal.
Making cute faces and getting her to laugh at her food is a great [...]
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