Healthy Recipes from a Busy Kitchen
Breakfast Quinoa with Pumpkin and Spice Have you tried quinoa for breakfast? You’ll love it – it’s like oatmeal but without the mushiness. When you think about it there are a lot of reasons why you should consider giving quinoa a try with your morning coffee. It’s gluten free, and full of protein and fiber [...]
Smoothies make the perfect healthy breakfast for busy mornings. This Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Smoothie is my go-to breakfast for these cooler days. It only takes a few minutes to throw everything into the blender, then I pour it into a travel mug, stick a straw through the top and off I go. The protein and [...]
Who couldn’t use a few more cookies in their life? Especially chocolate chip cookies. Or, even better, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. These cookies make the perfect seasonal treat and are a favorite around our house. Anyone who likes freshly baked, homemade chocolate chip cookies (which is around 99.5% of the population) will love these. The [...]
I’ve got to tell you, it’s going to be hard for me to top the perfection of this meal. With no description at all I knew I was going to love it from the name alone – Pasta with Pumpkin Sage Cream Sauce. Wow, does that have my name written all over it. To make [...]
I get a lot of requests for snack ideas. Around here we eat a lot of no-cook foods for snacks like fruit, cheese, yogurt, raisins, and nuts. Sophie loves toast with jelly for a sweet treat, while Max would eat applesauce all day if I let him. You can’t beat the convenience of snacks like [...]
Pumpkin Flavored Coffee Creamer - There are so many reasons to celebrate Labor Day. As the un-official end of Summer it signifies the end of carefree days and the beginning of back to school schedules. But in my world there’s a whole different reason to celebrate, because in my world the period after Labor Day [...]
Boy, I am really making the most of pumpkin season this year. And if you’re a regular reader, you have probably figured out that I have a weakness for chocolate and pumpkin, as evidenced by these Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars that I gorged myself on earlier this month. So it stands to reason that this chocolate [...]
Can’t get enough pumpkin? Me either. Here’s a quick way to add it to your breakfast – pumpkin oatmeal. I made this version with old fashioned oats, but you could do the same thing with instant oatmeal for a busy weekday morning. Pumpkin if full of amazing antioxidants and vitamins, so don’t hold back. You [...]
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