Lazy Saturday morning breakfasts are a favorite of ours and french toast is in the normal rotation. French toast is also great for a quick mid-week dinner, who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner?! French Toast is also a sentimental food for me because it is one of the first meals that the hubby and I made together when we were dating. It’s been a special treat for us ever since! I never thought I needed a recipe for french toast. I mean, you just dip bread in an egg and milk mixture, sprinkle with cinnamon and then fry it up. A few months ago I decided that our french toast needed a makeover. After doing…
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Dark Chocolate Granola
I’m always looking for an excuse to eat chocolate for breakfast and this granola is chocolaty and addicting…needless to say, I haven’t only been eating this for breakfast. It’s also great for a mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, dessert, or bedtime snack…I think you get the idea. I’ve made and enjoyed 3 batches over the last 2 weeks! If you aren’t a big fan of chocolate, this probably isn’t the granola for you. This granola is so fragrant while baking. It made my entire house smell like a giant chocolate bar. Um…Yum! The smell makes it that much harder to wait for it to cool before tasting. While it gets more crisp when it’s cool, it…
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Healthy Banana Oatmeal Muffins
We bake and consume a lot of muffins at our house and these healthy and delicious ones are a favorite. I hope you have over-ripe bananas in your kitchen, because you need to make these right now. Oatmeal replaces some of the flour in these muffins and gives them a great texture. The banana and sour cream keeps them moist and gives them extra flavor. While I’m sure they would still be delicious if you baked them without adding the mix-ins, I can’t say for sure because I always add the mix-ins! There are several reasons why you need these muffins in your life… Healthy, yes! Moist, yes! Customizable, Yes! Uses fruit that you…
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Double Dark Chocolate Muffins
When I think of Valentine’s Day I think of chocolate. Let’s be honest here, I think about chocolate every day, not just on Valentine’s Day. Anyways, these muffins would make a great addition to your Valentine’s Day breakfast or brunch any weekend. I use dark cocoa powder in these muffins, but you could definitely use regular cocoa powder. I talk about my love of dark cocoa powder over in this post. Because of the dark chocolate color it gives them, you’ll never know that there is whole wheat flour hiding out in there. That makes them healthy, right? These muffins are best when they are warm and the chocolate chips are melted. I love to stock my…
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Baked Oatmeal
Winter has arrived and it’s cold out there! There’s nothing fun about eating a bowl of cold cereal before walking outside in the below freezing temps to your frozen car. Since I can’t do anything about the temperature outside, I’m going to stick with breakfast. This oatmeal is delicious any day, but there is something very comforting about hot oatmeal on a cold morning. This makes this recipe perfect for the mornings we’ve had this week with temperatures in the teens. Brr! Even if I get up early enough to make a big breakfast before work, I never plan time to clean it up. Let’s be honest here, I rarely get up early…
