Making Muffins

Banana-sunflower seed muffins.
It is so hard when you go into a Starbuck’s or the coffee bar in the bookstore, and you just want a little something, to find anything that’s reasonably healthy. All those gigantic portions of cake, cookies as big as your head, oozing cinnamon buns, danishes and croissants look good, but they’re usually [...]

Running the Home Kitchen Like a Restaurant, Revisited

Recently, I blogged about running my home kitchen like a restaurant kitchen in order to ensure we get a nutritious, home-cooked meal each night, even though my hands are full taking care of a 2-month-old baby. I was going to try to prep ingredients for meals ahead of time so that when it was dinner [...]

Merry Christmas!

Smile, it’s Christmas! Treat yourself to a good breakfast today.

Breakfast Burritos (or Tostadas or Enchiladas)

Here is an idea for a quick and easy meal that is so simple, it doesn’t even really need a recipe. Breakfast “burritos” are not just for breakfast, but can be eaten anytime. This is one of my favorite kinds of dishes because it fulfills the basic requirements for getting a good meal into you [...]

Fried Rice to the Rescue

I don’t know about you, but I always have leftover rice whenever I make rice. It’s impossible to make just enough rice for two people; I can’t find a good method that serves less than four and still makes good rice.
But fortunately, for every leftover problem, there’s the perfect leftover dish. For rice, it’s fried [...]

A Great Smoothie

Being pregnant, I have been advised to drink more milk, something I don’t really like to do. Since I am wanting to eat a lot of fruit anyway, I have found that smoothies are a good way to sneak more milk into my diet. In case you haven’t encountered one of the thousands of smoothie [...]

How to Make Frittata

When I’m pressed for time and stressed to boot, I turn to old favorites — recipes I’ve made time and again, so I know that the result will be both tasty and satisfying. Recipes like Pasta with Quick Tomato Sauce, Potato-Broccoli Soup and of course, Frittata.
A frittata is like an omelet, except it’s easier to [...]

Pancakes! Tips & Tricks

Pancakes are a great choice for Sunday morning breakfast because we usually have all the ingredients we need hanging around the house, and besides, who doesn’t like pancakes? They’re incredibly simple and easy to make, but to get fluffy, tasty, perfectly cooked pancakes, there are a few tricks to keep in mind. (Adapted from a [...]

Breakfast Is Back

Well, it was a quiet week in my hometown. Really quiet. Not much happened, not much cooking going on because my hubby was traveling all week and I’m usually not motivated enough to cook only for myself, particularly if I can clean scraps out of the fridge by throwing together a salad. Even Top Chef [...]

Hearty Scramble

The hearty scramble with stuff is a great Sunday breakfast dish worthy of placement on the Denny’s menu. It satisfies all of my requirements for a good recipe: it is quick and easy to make; it can be varied almost any way you like; and my husband always cleans his plate when I make it. [...]