I pride myself in my meal planning abilities. Not to toot my own horn, but I think preparing food for the upcoming week and planning each night’s dinner is one of my best skills; that, and juggling. But raise your hand if you feel life has just become busy with a capital ‘B’? I can…
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How To: Snack Healthy – Oatmeal Molasses Muffins
“Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes!” This David Bowie song has been playing in my head on repeat this past weekend. My babe – the youngest of my two girls is starting daycare today. DAYCARE. When did this happen? I swear I closed my eyes for like a minute and my 3 month old tiny babe turned into an almost 1…
How To: Healthy Breakfast – Double Maple Overnight Oats
I tend to go in waves when it comes to breakfast choices. Oatmeal for one week, cereal the next, pancakes and yogurt and granola are also on rotation. But right now I’m on an overnight oat kick. Way back when we were blogger newbies, I posted a recipe for an overnight oatmeal variation. While it is…
How To: Quickie Meal – One Pan Roasted Chicken Breasts with Lemon, Brussels Sprouts, and Butternut Squash
I survived. I made it through the 8 days of Passover. 8 days of forgoing my usual oatmeal breakfast. 8 days of giving up muffins and granola bars. 8 days of choosing a salad over a sandwich for lunch. 8 days of Matzah pizza. Well, that last part was okay. And I did it without eating quinoa 27 million…
How To: Snack Healthy – No Bake Chocolate, Coconut, Almond, and Date Snack Balls
The other day I was wheeling a cart around my local grocery store and noticed that all the Passover foods were out on the shelves in all their unleavened glory. How on earth is it time for Matzah already?? This Friday evening Passover begins once again – the time when matzah replaces the usual bread…
How To: Healthy Breakfast – Overnight Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
What happens when you take two of my favourite breakfasts and put them together in one 8 x 8 pyrex? Deliciousness, that’s what. Baked oatmeal is not a new breakfast idea to this blog – we’ve given you a pumpkin cranberry version and a peanut butter apple variety as well. But I live by the…
How To: Snack Healthy – Tahini, Oatmeal, and Date Cookies
What do you do when it’s pouring rain outside and you are trying to entertain an almost 2 year old extremely busy toddler in a two bedroom apartment? You bake cookies. I have never seen such concentration scooping oats into a bowl and mixing them about. I guess the apple doesn’t fall very far from…