It’s Recipe Redux time again! Last month the challenge was grilling. This month we are sharing summer drink recipes. To be honest, I had a hard time coming up with a summer drink idea. That’s probably because I tend to drink water, water, and more water in the summer. I don’t get very fancy with my water except to put a slice of cucumber in the glass every once in…
You know when you get to the end of your peanut butter but there’s still a light coating on the sides and bottom? Don’t throw the jar away. Make overnight oats in it! You recently read about my love for overnight oats. Well, eating it out of a peanut butter jar might be even better. Especially during the summer months because it is eaten cold. But most importantly because with…
Meet my newest breakfast obsession, overnight oats. I wanted to try overnight oats because I don’t like the texture of instant oats, and I want breakfast faster than the time it takes to cook rolled oats. Overnight oats take 2 minutes to throw together at night and 2 minutes to heat up in the morning (you can even eat them cold if you want to). You get all of the…
Last week, I posted about the health benefits of chia seeds. I received lots of comments. Many of you enjoy chia seeds on a regular basis, and many of you have never tried them before. Ricki from Diet, Dessert and Dogs says that she eats them every single day, many times in pudding form. I was intrigued by her chia pudding post and decided to make my own. She suggests…
Cookies? For breakfast? Is that legal? Yes! Each 2-cookie serving contains 7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. You get healthy carbs to fuel your brain through the morning and healthy fat to keep you full. And because you make them yourself and know the ingredients, you avoid ending up with an over-processed breakfast bar or worse yet, no breakfast at all. If you are the type who…
Every Christmas, we whip out the family cookbook and start baking. I don’t know what it is about our old family recipes, but nothing ever seems to stack up against them. One of our favorites is cranberry bread. Not too sweet with a wonderful crunch, it makes for a tasty treat or scrumptious breakfast bread. My dad baked up a batch for the neighbors this week, so I snapped a…
Yesterday, we talked about what kind of oatmeal to buy at the store. Now that you know to buy plain oats, what will you add to jazz up your bowl? I posed this question on Facebook yesterday and received some interesting answers ranging from brown sugar to pumpkin butter to bacon. Here are a few combinations to get your creative juices flowing: Pecans & Spice -1 t. apple pie spice…