I generally have at least four different nut/seed butters open in my fridge at one time. We’ve got the classic peanut butter, almond butter, my new favourite sunflower butter, and generally one other “special” one – right now it’s a coconut/peanut butter blend. Pretty darn delicious. And it’s not only because of me – my…
Breakfast
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: Snack Healthy – Applesauce Oat Cranberry Muffins
I may be a bit of a weirdo, but whenever I can get some “me-time” I thoroughly enjoy using it for grocery shopping. Having the time to go up and down the aisles without a child requesting every second food item we pass feels like a luxury. This past weekend, however, that was not the…
Whole Wheat Maple Oatmeal Banana Muffins
Our broken oven saga has finally come to an end! After going back and forth too many times to count with a kitchen appliance company that shall remain nameless and too many weeks of frustrations, our oven is finally in working condition. What better way to celebrate this victory than by baking muffins? Maple sweetened,…
How To: Healthy Breakfast – Pumpkin French Toast Bake
Sorry for the blog hiatus folks. Lets chalk it up to the need for some R&R over the holidays after a big move. I left you in the midst of packing hell and I am FINALLY beginning to emerge from the other side – I’m not sure what’s worse – packing or UNpacking? Thoughts? …
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: Healthy Breakfast – Apple and Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal
This weekend I fully embraced fall. I bought my first can of pumpkin, baked up my first pumpkin loaf, and made my first baked oatmeal of the season. Fall, bring it on! Spring and summer I’m more of a cold breakfast eater – yogurt and granola or overnight oats are the usual suspects. But…