Category Archives: Breakfast

Breakfast Parfait

Now what should you do with the granola you made yesterday? Besides pour a big bowl, slop on some almond milk and dig in? How about a parfait. You know I love the Greek yogurt.

Raspberries and blackberries are super yummy in yogurt. And once you add a little crunch from the granola. . mmmm. Yum. These are the breakfasts that make me the very happiest!

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Homemade Granola

I love granola. I think I get it from my dad.

Especially when I make it myself and control the ingredients.

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Mini Baked Donuts

Happy Valentine’s Day! (Tim, I like you!! xoxo!!)

Time to talk about donuts. What would a month of breakfast be without donuts?

These are mini and baked so no guilt, right? I got this pan on sale a few weeks ago and have been anxious to try it. Read the rest of this entry

Valentine’s Chocolate Cinnamon Almond Biscotti

Guess what? You’ve got less than a week to Valentine’s Day. (And these biscotti will keep until then even if you make them right this second. They are like the cracker of the cookie world.)

I used to work in the holiday/gift “industry”.  V-day was our biggest holiday and by now I would have been up to my eyeballs in pink and red hearts, ribbons, vases, etc. I do not miss the frenzy. Working all night, being too busy to even drink a few gulps of water, fielding last minute dudes who forgot the holiday until that very second, and once I was even seriously hard-core cussed out by some lady who was pissed I could not break a $100 bill for a $6 sale. People are nuts!

For years it was an unheard of luxury for me to actually celebrate vday. I was too exhausted, hungry, annoyed by crazy people, etc.

These days I get to celebrate as I choose. As leisurely as I want. It might mean making chocolate biscotti to share with a loved one. (It always means making a chocolate cake for my dad.)

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Brown Sugar and Almond Oatcakes

February is going to be a month of breakfast. Yup. . .I am going to focus on only breakfast blogging. Surprising because for about the first 30+ years of my life I didn’t really eat breakfast. Not that I didn’t like a good breakfast from time to time (or a sausage McMuffin to soak up a few to many cocktails) but I was busy and didn’t make time for morning food. Plus eating before noon made me feel yucky.

In my old (healthier) age, all that has changed. I always eat breakfast now. Usually nothing too giant. I’m not downing plates full of pancakes and sausage every morning, but some sort of sustenance in the a.m. is a good thing. Read the rest of this entry