Tag: breakfast

Double Dutch Banana Bread ((baked in a jar))

Double Dutch Banana Bread ((baked in a jar))

I have been using the same banana bread recipe for over 20 years. One of the things mom gave me when I left home ((to get my Master’s at SMU)) was book of cooking instructions, tips and simple recipes. I still have it — somewhere, 

Loaded Sirup-filled Pancake Muffins

Loaded Sirup-filled Pancake Muffins

Summer has officially started in my ‘neck of the woods’… which means life has s-l-o-w-e-d way down. YAY!! To celebrate, the herd & I made breakfast together.

Eat your carrots… cake NomNoms!!

Eat your carrots… cake NomNoms!!

Easter is around the corner and carrot cake seems like an obvious dessert to be making…but what about carrot cake for a HEALTHY breakfast??

Lemonberry White Chocolate NomNoms

Lemonberry White Chocolate NomNoms

I taste tested this NomNom variation after my herd fell asleep for the night. I decided to make two new NomNom batches in hopes of starting the first morning of the new school week off right.

And the winner is….Sumo Dark Chocolate NomNoms

And the winner is….Sumo Dark Chocolate NomNoms

 I have been loving the Sumo season.

Big Country Breakfast Bread Pudding

Big Country Breakfast Bread Pudding

I think I found the skeleton of this recipe almost 14 years ago in the once free Kraft “Food & Family” magazine.  I was about 25, working full time, newly married and needed some meal ideas that were cheap and easy. I had never had anything 

Brownie NomNoms

Brownie NomNoms

This recipe has been a breath of fresh air into a much needed morning routine. I don’t know, I may be the only one who struggles to force-feed offer my children healthy food in the mornings. I have blended, I have toasted, I have mixed, stirred—and waved