Breakfast

I was flipping through the Jan/Feb issue of Cooking Light, I came across a recipe for Mini Bacon Egg Tarts (page 169) in their budget cooking section. I have the Heatlhy Life 35 calorie bread so I made my own version – perfect to make up a batch of these on a Sunday for a quick reheat in the toaster oven for later in the...

It still amazes me that up until about 8 years ago, the only vegetables I ate were cucumbers and carrots.  No joke.  Just the thought of spinach, butternut squash, and zucchini occupying space in my fridge would have made me thow up in my mouth. Now I love so many veggies!  The latest one being sweet potato.  Here’s the deal with me and sweet potatoes...

The only thing worse than having to set my alarm yesterday was getting out of my toasty bed and discovering that its 9 degrees outside, and with the windchill it was -1!  Definitely the coldest we’ve been in a long time. I made these waffles over the weekend, had every intention of making another batch for my breakfast, but just simply ran out of time...

I forgot to buy coffee the day before yesterday, but then remembered that my brother had given me pumpkin spice coffee – yum!  Thanks for all my Christmas loot Charlie and Laura! 😀  (BTW, click on Charlie’s name – he’s leaving the blog world for a while 🙁 ) No matter what time of year it is, I almost always have an iced coffee when...

I love making Jimmy Dean’s sausage breakfast casserole – its so easy and delicious.  I don’t let mine sit overnight, but you certainly can.  It was funny because Hannah’s bedroom is right off the kitchen.  She said she could hear me start to brown the sausage and had a thought to get up and help me, but then decided if she fell back asleep when...

Hope everyone is set for Christmas by now!  This year is a weird one for me – no one is coming over, Tony is still eating bland food and its weird not to be spending most of the day in my kitchen making a big feast!  Pretty sure I am not going to be making a crown roast for one, so I may just have...

My one goal yesterday was to get my holiday gift baskets out to family.  I spent a couple hours each night last week making different things – cranberry and nut brittle, Chex Mix, white chocolate and cranberry cookies, and chocolate snowball cookies. My dining room table looked like an assembly line with plastic containers of baked goods – my goal was to pack up all...

Thanks for all your continued support as I complete Day 3 of the Paleo diet.  I think I successfully raised my carbs enough to meet the RDA minimum for diabetics.  While I know Rich believes that this diet benefits diabetics, I still need to do what works for me. 😀 Long time readers know that I typically steer towards eggs/savory breakfasts.  I thought I would...

I was an okay student.  If I really put my mind to something, like a project, I would give it 110%.  Daily homework however, hardly happened, or maybe happened the morning it was due.  I think I graduated high school with a 2.9 – enough to get me into college, but probably barely. Which is why I don’t know where my daughter gets her school...

I don’t even know where Tony heard of this recipe, but this one is a winner.  And it was nice to just sit back and have breakfast made for me. 😀  And these are perfect if you are following a gluten free diet. Popcorn Flour Pancakes (haven’t figured out the points yet!) 4 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups popcorn flour 1/2 teaspoon...