One of the biggest conundrums we’ve run into in our quest for healthier eating has been snacks. While the boys all love fruit, it isn’t always filling enough to keep them going. (Not much protein or fat in an apple!) They enjoy peanut butter with apples or bananas, but the biggest snack time crowd pleaser has always been yogurt. Last year we started buying tubs of full-fat, plain greek yogurt to mix with regular low fat yogurts, in an effort…
A few months ago, I’d planned on banana bread for breakfast. I had mixed it up the evening before, and since I didn’t have time to bake it that night I planned to put it in the oven in the morning. And then I overslept. At 7:30, with three boys yelling about grumbling tummies, I added some extra milk to the batter, and Banana Bread Pancakes were born! They’re now one of our favorites, although I don’t make them nearly…
I have never enjoyed oatmeal. I can’t get it to my liking no matter what I do to it. It’s always one of two things: too bland or too sweet. For us, too sweet is out of the question as we’ve been avoiding processed sugars and the like with our whole foods journey. Oddly enough, I really enjoy muesli. Yes, muesli is more or less just cold oatmeal, but it’s so much more than that. It is a healthy, whole…
So, this recipe was supposed to appear during Lent as it’s my favorite Whole30 recipe. In fact, we like it so much that it’s now a regular staple around here. The following IS Whole30, but I’ve added ingredient swaps in italics in case you aren’t crazy doing Whole30 at this particular time. I’m going to give you fair warning – while I follow recipes fairly closely when baking, I’m a bit, shall we say, relaxed when I cook. Over the…