Caramel Apple Baked Oatmeal
A breakfast loosely based on caramel apples: soft apple and date baked oatmeal topped with caramel sauce. To be completely honest, I don’t even like caramel apples or candy apples. The heat of the...
View ArticleDouble Chocolate Teddy Bear Cupcakes
A dozen butter-free chocolate cupcakes with teddy bear cookies, white chocolate chips and a simple topping. Because today’s the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic. When it comes to buying food, I...
View ArticleBlueberry Maple Overnight Oats
Simple, single serving overnight oats with Greek yogurt, cinnamon, blueberries and plenty of maple syrup. February 28 is Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras)! But if you don’t have the time...
View ArticleCoconut White Chocolate Oatmeal with Strawberries
Two bowls of coconut oatmeal with white chocolate chips and strawberries macerated in maple syrup. So, what’s for breakfast today? Oatmeal! Oatmeal again!? Jeez, what’s with all the oatmeal? A lot of...
View ArticleKey Lime Pie Smoothie Bowl
Key lime pie in a bowl: one thick, green and zesty smoothie topped with granola, almonds and berries. One of my ongoing, lifelong goals is to discover more and more ways to eat pie for breakfast. This...
View ArticleCornbread Baked Oatmeal
A single-serving cornbread baked oatmeal that’s healthy, easily vegan, gluten-free, and includes pumpkin. How did this recipe come about? Simple: I wanted a personal cornbread. Sometimes all you want...
View ArticleMint Chocolate Overnight Oats
Peppermint and chocolate overnight oats with chia seeds, Greek-style yogurt and some fun M&M’s candies. It’s that time of year again! Time to eat lots of potatoes and soda bread, drink Guinness and...
View ArticleTomato, Basil and Mushroom Breakfast Pasta
Vegetarian pasta with a homemade tomato and basil sauce, plus vegetables, topped with cheese and an egg. What are two words we don’t hear often enough? Breakfast pasta. Yes, there are plenty of other...
View ArticleCrispy Chunky Peanut Butter Granola
Big chunk peanut butter granola with oats, corn flakes, coconut and pretzels – and it’s relatively healthy. Oddly enough, going to work inspired me to whip up a batch of granola. After months of not...
View ArticlePeanut Butter ‘Butterfinger’ Oatmeal
An easy and fun breakfast for one: peanut butter oatmeal with chocolate sauce and crispy granola. When you hear the word ‘oatmeal’, you don’t normally think ‘crispy’ and ‘crunchy’. But lately, that’s...
View ArticleChocolate Amaretti Cookies
Chocolate amaretti cookies – soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, and easily gluten-free and dairy-free. It’s nearly Easter (seriously, it’s tomorrow)! Which means it’s time for chocolate,...
View ArticleCarrot and Orange Overnight Oats
An easy, make-ahead breakfast that’s on the healthy side, despite being based on carrot and orange cake. Sometimes I do things backwards. Like all those times I’ve bought myself a gift, and later...
View ArticleVegan Banana Date Muffins
A small batch of healthy and vegan-friendly banana muffins made with chia seeds, almond butter and dates. Full disclosure: I’m not vegan. But, oddly enough, I have been involved in plenty of...
View ArticleRoasted Rhubarb and Orange Oatmeal
Two bowls of creamy, vegan steel-cut oatmeal with orange segments, roasted rhubarb and strawberries. Woah, what was that crashing sound? And why are there notes and books all over the floor? What is...
View ArticleVeggie Hot Dogs (Frankfurters)
Vegetarian and vegan hot dogs made using sweet potato and gluten. The frankfurter mixture is also oil-free. The theme for this month on the blog was supposed to be ‘orange’. But it appears the real...
View ArticleDoughnut Overnight Oats
Two bowls of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla ‘doughnut’ overnight oats with an array of fun toppings. Doughnuts… is there anything they can’t do? – Homer Simpson Honestly, just seeing doughnuts makes me...
View ArticlePeach Bourbon French Toast
Spiced French Toast topped with warm peaches cooked in maple syrup, bourbon and vanilla bean paste. While many people were celebrating Father’s Day on the weekend,* I was thinking ahead to June 21 –...
View ArticleDouble Chocolate, Coconut and Almond Granola
Big chunks of crunchy chocolate granola with shredded coconut, whole almonds and dark chocolate chips. I’m afraid I may have turned into Count Chocula. Sure, I don’t have fangs. But I definitely have...
View ArticleBerry and Yogurt Tiramisù
A lighter, non-traditional tiramisù made with fresh berries, orange liqueur, and a yogurt-based creamy filling. Can something be called ‘tiramisù’ if there’s no coffee? This is one of the (many) issues...
View ArticlePeach, Coconut and Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
One bowl of peach and coconut oatmeal, topped with coconut and chocolate chips. Easy and vegan too. Sometimes we all have dopey, awkward moments. Case in point: actual court cases. Recently, I...
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