I’ll be making these easy cranberry scones with whole oats on repeat this season. 4 updates that make these easy cranberry scones easier (and healthier!) They’re full of whole oats. Fiber rich, good-for-you whole oats to keep growing bodies full for longer. I use my Kitchenaide standing mixer to incorporate the butter. For me, it’s…
Easy Granola Recipe
Homemade granola is crunchy, lightly sweet without adding too much sugar or added stabilizers like the kind you find at the store. This easy granola recipe is fresh and delicious! Especially with homemade yogurt. What makes this granola recipe easy? I updated one of my favorite granola recipes to make it: easier and more friendly…
Chocolate Steel Cut Oats Recipe
My kids call this Chocolate Steel Cut Oats recipe “porridge”. As in, “Can we make the porridge again today?”. Everyday. My two biggest girls mastered the super simple technique and made their own batch of Chocolate Steel Cut Oats today. Those brilliant ladies even doubled it so they’d have enough to enjoy leftovers for snack….
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….
fresh, fruity summer porridge, a recipe from “The Family Cooks”
Summer porridge? It may sound like an oxymoron, but this hearty mix of raw oats, yogurt, and fresh fruit is cool and tangy. Spoon it into pretty glasses or mason jars, pop them into the fridge, and let chill overnight so the oats soften and all the flavors get to know each other. The next…
strawberry jam bars with oats
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO MAKE THESE–one involves chocolate while the other is packed with chia seeds, flaxseed and dried cranberries–and believe it or not, both are delicious. We’re focusing on the second option here, but you can zip right over to eHow to get our chocolate version too. In a long line of yummy…
no-bake oatmeal chocolate chip energy cookies
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING–Why would my kids need more energy!?–and I hear you. About the 50th time I’ve scooped George off the kitchen counter each day, or looked down only to find something like this happening, I have the same thought. And also this one. Who can make such a mess with toothpicks?
Healthier chocolate chip cookies
IT WASN’T THE COOKIES’ FAULT. After whipping up a batch of The Sneaky Chef’s “Unbelievable Chocolate Chip Cookies” (pictured above) and another batch of “Chocolate Chip Cookies” from Weelicious, the whole family came down with the flu. Before things took a turn for the worse, we had just enough time to come up with this…