Breakfast

Muffins with a Kick

January 30, 2012

I have always enjoyed coffee flavored things – ice cream, cookies…mocha if you will. When I turned to page 184 of the January/February 2012 Cooking Light magazine, I knew I needed to make them as soon as possible.  My intuition was correct. It was love at first bite.  Even Matt loved them even though he [...]

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Chocolate Banana Muffins

January 24, 2012

Last weekend, while having our normal debate of “what to have to breakfast,” I stared at the bananas on my counter and then went to my guilty pleasure, Pinterest, to seek out some options.  I sought out a recipe that was Peanut Butter Soynut Butter and Banana but then after some deeper consideration, realized it [...]

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Breakfast Dessert Hummus

January 19, 2012

I have recently fallen into a breakfast slump.  I have started to drink coffee (and join the adult world) and part of my morning routine has been to enjoy my not quite coffee yet mocha.  My morning mocha has cut into my crap is it really 8:30 am already morning routine, so I have made [...]

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Have you tried…Broiled Grapefruit?

January 17, 2012

I have not.  I love grapefruit – my mother-in-law sent us back from New Jersey at Christmas time with a few grapefruits sent to her from a friend in Florida.  They were amazing.  So sweet and juicy.  I looked into buying more from that grove but they were uber pricy – and cost money for [...]

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Baked Oatmeal with Strawberries, Bananas and Chocolate

January 10, 2012

Through some peer pressure (ahem Cindy and Maribeth), I succumbed to joining Pinterest.  After spending a little while few hours on it this past weekend, I realized I needed to make this recipe for Baked Oatmeal with Strawberries, Bananas and Chocolate.  How could you go wrong? I omitted the orange zest because I am not [...]

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Date Shake

January 3, 2012

I have pounds and pounds of medjool dates in my apartment – my mother-in-law even gave us more for Christmas because she knows how much I love them. Now that I’m searching for ways to use some of them, I found a great recipe for a Date Shake Matt and I didn’t clearly read the [...]

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Banana Oatmeal Cups

November 18, 2011

While doing my Real Food Challenge a few weeks ago, I noticed a recipe on Green Lite Bites that I thought would would be easy to fit into the challenge.  The Banana Oatmeal Cups appealed to me for the real ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) and the simplicity of the recipe.  Of course I made [...]

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