Cranberry is an underutilized fruit. Tart little suckers that they are, they are so delicious when sweetened in one manner or another. I always have a bag or two in my freezer after the holidays, and I wanted to find other uses for them, besides muffins and scones and pies—something healthier. This Cranberry Spiced Green Smoothie […]
Top of the Morning Muffin Roundup
Muffins are my love language. If I can have anything for breakfast it is almost always a freshly baked muffin. I will sometimes postpone breakfast until 10:30 just so I can bake a batch of muffins to have with my coffee. A great muffin must absolutely be moist and not dry, have a crunchy, well […]
Gingerbread Granola Bars
Gingerbread is a fall flavor I just love. You might reserve gingerbread for Christmas time, but when you think about it, it should really make its entrance now, with all of its warm spices and molasses, why on earth not? So I am commencing the first week of fall with something equivalent to fuzzy slippers, […]
Three Kings Cocoa Spice Winter Oatmeal
I could eat oatmeal seven ways to Sunday, I love it so. If for you, oatmeal = bowl of mush, then believe me when I tell you, it has not been properly prepared for you. Oatmeal is a grain, and in the same way as rice or any other grain, it must be cooked to […]