I have a very clear memory of begging my mom to leave the “brown stuff” out of our pancake batter. I was referring to (completely benignly flavored) wheat germ; I didn’t want her ruining my fluffy white pancakes with anything remotely healthy. I’d love to tell you I was five but I was probably...
Rich eats “lectin free” but its awfully close to paleo so I often will search for paleo recipes. This came up on Pinterest but it was all out of wack and only made 8 muffins (8 muffins!). If I’m going to be grating apples I want to get my effort’s worth and have extra...
There have been a lot of healthy recipes lately and it’s time for something delectable. This recipe comes straight from my favorite cookbook for kids, The (surprise surprise) America’s Test Kitchen Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs. Tessa also has the cook book version. Both books are AWESOME and the intros and guides are...
I love when food is fancy and easy; the trifecta comes when it’s healthy, too. These egg spirals are different from anything I’ve seen out there and they’ve come in handy so many times when I have company over and have baked something decadent. A small portion of decadence and a larger portion of...
Alternate title is “Healthy Zucchini Bread”. I realized I didn’t have any zucchini bread on my site and I believe the reason is that the zucchini bread most people love is so laden with sugar and oil that in reality, it’s zucchini cake. I have these double chocolate zucchini muffins on the site which...
Leo and I just decided we’re going to make these every Christmas Eve. There isn’t a better smell than the steam that comes off the waffle iron when these are cooking. The flavor, even without butter and syrup, is like the lightest, airiest dinner roll you’ve ever had. Afraid of yeast? I get it,...
I’d had this double chocolate muffin on my site for a while but it wasn’t what I wanted for my kids snack time. Why? All white flour, too much sugar and no hidden healthy extras. I revamped the recipe to make it something I felt good about giving them and also cut the size...
I love granola; I know that it’s not “light” but now that there are three kids to bake for, its exactly the kind of stuff I want them eating. I said this to my friend the other day but when your kids are hungry, why on earth do you think a bag of Pirate’s...
When Rich and I were first married, he ate a fairly low-fat, high carb diet (as most of us did back then). I used to make these banana muffins and he would take the whole batch to work – eating them in the first two days for snacks. Not the case any more, with...
As I look back on my recipes from 2011 its pretty much cringe-city. The photos are terrible with a capital T and my writing… well, have you ever found an old diary you wrote as a teenager? It’s like that. The recipes, however, remain in my memory as tasty and well-tested. If the high...
