This healthy oatmeal tastes like apple pie but don’t let either of those phrases fool you: it’s easy to make and politely cooks in the microwave for 6 minutes while you carry on about your morning. Also, this healthy oatmeal is my kids’ new favorite breakfast. Packed with fiber and good-for-you extras like cinnamon and…
My Favorite Easy Smoothie Recipe: Chunky Monkey Green Smoothie
I love this chunky monkey green smoothie so much, it’s my favorite easy smoothie recipe! But not as much as my four-year-old. When she hears the blender (And who wouldn’t?), you can be sure you’ll have a small person at your hip with a suggestion: “How about if we share?” No problem. This chunky monkey…
Whole-Wheat Honey Muffins
This Saturday I’ll be cooking two honey-rich recipes at our local farmer’s market: Honey-Mustard Chicken and these brand new Whole-Wheat Honey Muffins. It’s is my fourth and final appearance of the year and it’s been a blast. Hope I get the chance to do it again next spring and summer! If you want to use…
Zucchini Banana Bread
Zucchini Banana Bread is what you make when you can’t decide which sounds better (or don’t have enough of either one). Combine the best of both breads into a moist and flavorful treat: Zucchini Banana Bread! When I cooked through Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines, her banana bread recipe was delicious but you know what…
Double Strawberry Heart-Shaped Toast
“THEY’RE SHAPED LIKE HEARTS!” That was the squeal at breakfast this morning. And that’s only the first piece of good news. The second is this: If you can slice a strawberry, you can make double strawberry heart-shaped toast in minutes. What you need for double strawberry heart-shaped toast Toast (I like the more whole-wheat the…
Simple Strawberry Chia Seed Hand Pies…for Breakfast!
It’s hard to go wrong with a generous layer of strawberry fruit spread combined with tiny chia seeds, mingling together inside a warm, flaky crust. But what makes these strawberry chia seed hand pies good for breakfast? The whole combination is surprisingly nutritious. With three simple ingredients, you get a make-ahead breakfast full of protein,…
3-Ingredient Silky Strawberry Milk (None of them is Sugar)
I love a good Valentine’s Day treat, but the last thing I want on a busy morning is four kids hopped up on sugar. Enter, this 3-ingredient silky strawberry milk. Not one of those ingredients is sugar. But all of them are delicious. What you need to make 3-ingredient strawberry milk Milk Strawberries (frozen or…
Healthy Double Chocolate Muffins (With 5 Kinds of Vegetables & Fruit Inside)
Some muffins are really just cupcakes pretending to be good for you. These are not those muffins. As a mom of four small kids, healthy muffins are my secret weapon for packing as many nutritious ingredients into my rascals as possible. All those fruits and veggies? That’s the magic. How to make magical double chocolate…
How to Make Double Chocolate Oatmeal in the Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
With a handful of ingredients, you can whip up a warm, rich and hearty breakfast that’s lower in sugar than you think. Best of all, you just throw everything for these Double Chocolate Slow Cooker Oatmeal into an Instant Pot or a slow cooker before bed, and the whole thing cooks politely while you sleep….
Easy French Toast Casserole with Blueberries
Baked French toast casserole is one of my favorite special breakfasts. Like our awesome sheet pan pancakes, there’s no flipping and everyone gets to dig in at once. Plus you can prep the whole thing the night before and just bake it when you’re ready in the morning. What you need to make baked french…
3-Ingredient Shortcut Danish Pastry
Around this time last year, my 7-year-old and I scoured Pinterest looking for the perfect Christmas breakfast. We settled on a recipe for lemon buns that looked amazing. Then proceeded to spend four hours making them. Guess how they turned out? Gooey. Drippy. Tasty but a totally laughable mess. This year, we’re making one of…
2-Ingredient Homemade Hot Chocolate
Did you know you could make hot chocolate with only 2 ingredients you already have–and neither one of them is a packet of mix? Milk and chocolate chips. That’s all it takes to make our favorite hot chocolate without a powdered mix at all. How to make homemade hot chocolate without a mix For 4…
Candy Corn Breakfast Parfaits…Minus the Candy
These “candy corn” breakfast parfaits are such a hit but that’s not the best thing about them. They’re so easy! But that’s not it either. These candy corn breakfast parfaits are made out of fruit and Greek yogurt with a hit of whipped cream on top. They’re THE cutest way to start Halloween on a…
The Easiest Halloween Hack Ever: Spooky Smoothies
This is hands-down, the easiest Halloween “recipe” for kids you’ll ever see. Step 1: Make one of your favorite smoothies. Peach, blueberry or my favorite spinach and pineapple. Step 2: Rummage in your medicine cabinet for one of those syringes for giving kids medicine. Fill syringe with half & half, then make a circle near…
Mummy Fruit Pies for Halloween
It doesn’t get much sweeter than these mummy fruit pies for Halloween! With only a couple of ingredients, you can turn pie crust and fresh fruit into the breakfast, lunch or dessert of your kids’ dreams. Is it necessary to make special treats like this? Nope! But it’s fun. For me, for the kids, and…
Jack-o-Lantern Fruit Cups
You know those cute Halloween breakfast ideas you see on Pinterest? The ones that seem SO easy, then turn out to be as hard as convincing your three-year-old that it’ll be faster if you just buckle her carseat? This is not one of them. After testing out the idea, I have good news. These adorable…
Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies with Whole Oats
What happens when you combine our favorite Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Zucchini Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies? The perfect fall breakfast: Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies with Whole Oats. Just throw everything together in one big mixing bowl, bake and bam. A gluten-free, make-ahead breakfast that’s not too sweet but boy is it satisfying. My eight-year-old called…
A healthy breakfast recipe for busy mornings: Make-ahead egg sandwiches with the works!
What’s the secret/only hope for a healthy breakfast recipe on busy school days? A make-ahead breakfast sandwich like this one and a healthy drink to go with it like ORANGINA. For our favorite new healthy breakfast recipe, starts with leftover roasted vegetables. This could be roasted cauliflower. Or oven roasted broccoli. Sauteed spinach would be…
The Easy Breakfast Peach Crisp Your Kids Will Sit Quietly and Eat Without Fighting, Ever
Just kidding. This breakfast peach crisp IS delicious. And just happens to be filled with good-for-you ingredients. But I have four small kids and it’s rare that they sit down for breakfast without mayhem swirling in behind them. Someone spills their drink. Someone touches someone else’s chair. You know. You’ve fed kids in the morning….
Pancakes To Go! 2 Kinds of Sheet Pan Pancakes + 3 Simple Ways to Make Any Mix Healthier & Tastier
With after-school activities breathing down my neck coming up, I’m experimenting with tons of healthy snacks. Portable snacks. Really just any good snack for kids that will stay with them until dinner. And somehow I arrived here. At pancakes. But these are not just your average pancakes. You can bake TWO WHOLE PANS of these…