Category: Breakfast/Brunch
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Cranberry-Raisin Toasted Oat Cereal
Here’s a great way to make your own healthy toasted oat cereal! I really like the taste of toasted oats—they have a richer, slightly nuttier flavor when they’re toasted in the oven. This cereal is not sweet like granola and it’s not as crunchy as granola either, since it doesn’t have a honey or maple…
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Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread or Dip
It’s definitely pumpkin season and this lightly-sweet and very creamy spread is great on bagels or pumpkin bread for breakfast! Or, use this Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread or Dip on crackers or as a dip for fruit—it makes a great autumn appetizer or snack! It’s flavored with warm spices that really add to the…
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Pumpkin Spice Yogurt
If you like pumpkin-flavored foods, this is a super-easy recipe you can make for breakfast or even as a snack. It’s made with pure pumpkin puree that’s mixed into yogurt, with honey, cinnamon, and other spices added in. And it’s topped with a sprinkle of your favorite granola!
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Loaded Sweet Potato Muffins
Sweet potatoes are something many of us enjoy eating year-round…baked sweet potatoes, sweet potato fries, sweet potato “bowls”—there are lots of ways you can enjoy them! But it’s mainly in the fall and winter when I use sweet potatoes in my baking, and these Loaded Sweet Potato Muffins are one of my favorite things to…
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Blackberry Crumb Coffee Cake
Crumb-topped coffee cakes are the best—like this Blackberry Crumb Coffee Cake! It’s made in a 9 x 13″ pan, so there’s plenty of it to enjoy! 🙂 This coffee cake is topped with a yummy crumb topping and inside it’s moistened by the juicy blackberries and small chunks of cream cheese that are stirred into…
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Frozen Berry Smoothie
Here’s a great smoothie I tend to make more in the summer, but it’s great any time of the year! I use frozen berries in this smoothie, which makes it convenient because I don’t have to worry about having fresh berries on hand—I just pop them out of the freezer whenever I want to make…
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Sugar-Crusted Blackberry Muffins
Blackberries are one of my favorite treats of summer, and one way I love to enjoy them is in these muffins! They’re easy to make, with a thick, creamy batter that bakes into yummy moist muffins with lots of blackberries in every bite. And sprinkling them with some coarse sugar before putting them in the oven gives these muffins a…
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Blueberry Green Tea Smoothie
I saw this smoothie at Food.com and was kind of intrigued by the blueberry/green tea combination, wondering just what that would taste like. I had plenty of green tea on hand, some blueberries in my freezer, and vanilla yogurt in my fridge, so I didn’t have to buy a single thing to make this, which was…
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Banana Oat Buttermilk Muffins
The other day I was at the grocery store and they had quite a few ripe bananas at a really good price! So thought it would be a good time to make some banana muffins! I had some buttermilk that I needed to be using up soon too, so that’s how I landed on baking…
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Buttermilk Honey Biscuits
If you like tender, flaky, easy-to-make biscuits, these Buttermilk Honey Biscuits are for you! They’re actually not very sweet, even with the honey—they might just have the very slightest hint of sweetness, but I think the honey slightly mellows out the tang of the buttermilk, and the buttermilk helps give the biscuits a tender texture.
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Green Chile and Cheddar Cornbread
If you’re a cornbread lover like I am, you probably make it year ’round. In the warm weather months, I like having cornbread with a nice big salad; in the cool months, I love it with chili or soup. And cornbread is always a great item for breakfast, right? I like making different variations of…
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Strawberry-Citrus Flax Smoothie
Wow, it sure is hot out there! So I thought it would be a good idea to post another smoothie recipe! This Strawberry-Citrus Flax Smoothie is a healthy, refreshing way to start your day, and it also makes a healthy snack—blend one up whenever you’re craving something cool and creamy (like ice cream or a…
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