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Breakfast Items that Freeze Well

One of the ways to save money is by avoiding the expensive cost of breakfast. You may be overspending on this important meal if you rely on convenience items, such as dry cereal, individual oatmeal packets, and store-bought frozen breakfast items, from sandwiches to pancakes. To reduce your spending in this area, consider preparing your own breakfast items and freezing them for later use. This way, you will always have a ready breakfast at hand, no matter how hectic the morning turns out to be. You can approach preparing freezer breakfast items in at least two different ways. You can … Continue reading →

Eliminate Food Waste: Chocolate Waffles and Pancake Mix

I’m making it a goal to check my fridge and pantry at the end of each week for ingredients that need to be used soon. This way, I can eliminate the food waste. Sometimes even this effort isn’t enough. For example, I pulled out some chicken that had a sell by date of a few days into the future, however, it had already gone bad. I won’t be shopping for chicken in that store again. I bought it at the beginning of the week. Today’s hunt through the pantry yielded a carton of buttermilk and some organic cocoa powder, so … Continue reading →

Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Oooh, does my house smell good today. I just finished baking two loaves of double chocolate zucchini bread. The aroma reminds me that the holidays are coming soon. Now the only question is do I freeze one or leave them both out for the family to gobble all up? Zucchini bread is a lot easier to make than you might think. The most tedious part is grating the zucchini, but I have a short cut for you. I use the grating attachment on my food processor, which makes the grating a very quick step. Most food processors come standard with … Continue reading →

Let Them Eat Chocolate

I’ve confessed to my “Mommy addiction” in previous posts. It’s not Downton Abbey, Facebook or expensive leather handbags (though, I wouldn’t balk if Santa happened to leave a Hermes Birkin bag under the tree this Christmas). Rather, my obsession is much higher in calories: Nature Valley Dark Chocolate Granola Thins. A.K.A. Crunchy crack. Crispy, chocolatey, OOOOHHH-EMMM-GEEE! drool-on-your-keyboard crack. Don’t let the name fool you; the granola part is just a guise. The fact is; I’m all about the chocolate. I love me some chocolate… and so does my 8-year-old. Unfortunately, as parents we’re supposed to set good examples, so eating … Continue reading →

1 Recipe 2 Ways: Chocolate Chip or Cinnamon Scones

Photo credit: momtastic.com I always thought that scones were too hard to make. Then I discovered that it is okay to cheat a little bit. You can produce yummy scones that take just a few minutes to produce. No one will ever know, unless you tell them! I started with a basic chocolate chip scone. My family loves chocolate chips in everything. Having chocolate chips somewhere in breakfast is a real treat. While we don’t do it all of the time, we will have the occasional chocolate chip muffin or chocolate chip pancakes. One time I even incorporated them into theme … Continue reading →

Back to School with a Hot Breakfast

Back to school means crazy mornings, but that doesn’t also mean that you can’t serve your kids a hot breakfast. Although we do have our share of cereal mornings, I enjoy knowing that I got them out the door with something warm and filling most of the time. It also helps me control the ingredients and cut down on the preservatives and other additives that go into pre-prepared breakfast food. One of the tools that I use to help serve a hot breakfast despite a busy morning is my crockpot. I can either fill it with ingredients in the quite … Continue reading →

Valentine Breakfast in Bed

Breakfast in bed is a small luxury that can make a big impact for your valentine. Start the day off right with a celebratory breakfast. Here are are a couple of ideas. One is sweet and the other is savory Choose the one that works best for you and your love. Whipped cream is optional. Chocolate Waffles Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup milk 2 eggs 4 tablespoons butter, melted   Directions: In a large mixing bowl, stir together the dry ingredients: … Continue reading →

Low Fat Chocolate Banana Bread

Are you looking for an indulgent snack to sit beside a hot cup of coffee in the morning or in the afternoon? If you want to snack but do not want the calories then try the Low Fat Chocolate Banana Bread recipe below. Think about bringing this to Christmas parties. You can also make these in mini loaf pans and give as homemade gifts to friends and family. They will enjoy having an alternative to the high sugar and fat food Christmas normally involves. If you do not want a loaf you can make these in a muffin pan for … Continue reading →

Dessert for Breakfast

Think of the most heinous accusation that has ever been hurled in your direction. If you are a parent, you likely shudder at the thought of being categorized with these derelict moms and dads, who shouldn’t even be free to walk the earth, let alone be allowed to influence a young life. While you may refrain from using an electronic dog collar to shock your young children as a means of punishment and entertainment, attaching your 13-year-old to the roof of the family van to hold down a large cardboard box, knowingly poison your kids in an effort to score … Continue reading →

The Big Morning Breakfast

As fate (or luck, or fortune, or something else) would have it, an aunt moved in next door to us. My sister-in-law, to be more precise. (I’ll leave it to the reader to decide whether this is good or bad fate/luck/fortune/etc. — I think it’s clearly in the “good” camp). At any rate, this situation has provided our son the ability to constantly interact with a family member as if they were just next door (because, you know, she is). After being away from family for so long we can really tell that our son enjoys knowing that at the … Continue reading →