baked pumpkin oatmeal

baked pumpkin oatmeal

Might as well jump on the pumpkin band wagon as it seems like all the cool kids are doing it! I was in Trader Joe’s a few days ago and every end aisle facing the cash registers was filled with pumpkin products. Pumpkin tortilla chips. Pumpkin butter. Canned...
blank canvas granola

blank canvas granola

I call this homemade granola recipe “blank canvas granola” because really it’s just a suggestion and totally adaptable to your tastes…or what you have in the cupboard. Really you don’t even need a recipe for it. All you really need What...
spicy bacon + brew muffins

spicy bacon + brew muffins

Dear Cooking Light, I clearly owe you an apology. Somewhere in the early 2000′s, I’m guessing it was, “light” food became synonymous with “boring” in my book. I turned my back on you for perceivably more gourmand magazines like Bon Appétit and Gourmet, Cook’s...
cha-cha-cha-chia

cha-cha-cha-chia

Fine Cooking magazine runs a segment on what to do when you have succumbed to the lure of the club store and are now left contemplating a five pound bag of Brussels sprouts or vat of olives. But where are they now that I need them with my monster package of chia...
carrot cake baked oatmeal cups

carrot cake baked oatmeal cups

It was a Saturday morning, I had the house to myself and it was raining. Any of these things alone might elicit the need to bake, but collectively they left no doubt. I pulled up a recipe on Shape magazine’s website that had caught my eye earlier in the week,...
breakfast tostada

breakfast tostada

The weekend is in sight and since my last post was about the advantages of having breakfast at home, let’s run with another idea of something that feels like you’re at a restaurant with all the benefits of still being in your PJs. I like breakfast burritos...