Everyday Breakfasts: Stove-top Oatmeal (Sugar-Free!)

Everybody has their standard, go-to breakfasts for a quick meal when anything else sounds too complex.  (Or, in my case, when I'm too tired and lazy to think of making anything else for breakfast...which is most days.) Today, I'm happy to share with you one of my auto-programmed breakfasts.  I haven't bothered sharing it yet…

Fruity Oatmeal Breakfast Cookie

  If you didn't catch my last post, it's been a bit busy around here with two munchkins running around.  Well, actually, only one of them is running around, but there are two screaming munchkins living with me now. This makes it a bit difficult to get much of anything done.  Even cooking...especially cooking.  So,…

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Banana Muffins

I finally broke out the baby pool.  I have been avoiding going outside at all, due to the intense heat (it's been 90° lately!) and the fact that I am pregnant.  Pregnancy = must be cool at all times. Anyway, my little girl just turned 18 months old, and I decided it was time to…

Huevos Rancheros with Roasted Sweet Potatoes

For our snacks lately, we've been having a lot of the same thing.  Basically, whatever is easiest.  I love cutting up a banana and drizzling some melted chocolate (mixed with a bit of coconut oil) over it and then popping it in the freezer for a couple of hours.  It makes a delicious snack that…

Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Muffins

I've tried to turn over a new leaf with meal planning for the past couple of weeks.  So far, this is the first week that we have actually had all of the meals on our meal plan.  I feel pretty good about it...of course we are only about halfway through the week, since the meal…

Apple Spiced Scones with Cinnamon Glaze

Can I talk for a second about something that has nothing to do with food? Actually, it does have to do with food - it has quite a bit to do with my food. A little over a year ago, I got my hubby to agree to get an upright freezer. We have the normal…