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Blueberry Pie Granola
Big chunk granola with maple syrup, almonds, pecans and dried blueberries – and nearly no added oil. Blueberry pie. Big chunk granola. The state of Maine. That’s what this breakfast enthusiast is...
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Crunchy Nut Peanut Butter Cookies
One bowl peanut butter cookies packed with Crunchy Nut cereal and salted peanuts. They’re dairy free too. You you that old guessing game, ‘Who am I?’ Well, where am I? I’m somewhere with a floating...
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Cherry Bourbon Baked Oatmeal
Dessert-for-breakfast baked oatmeal that’s gluten free and made with cherries, bourbon, vanilla and nuts. Washington, D.C. is many things. The subject of much anger and frustration. The American...
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Key Lime Pie Bundt Cakes
Mini cakes flavored with lime and cream cheese. There’s no butter, no oil, and the batter’s made in one bowl. First things first, I have a confession to make. A deep, dark confession: I used regular...
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Painkiller Cocktail Overnight Oats
Single serving overnight oats made with the flavors of the Painkiller: coconut, pineapple and orange juice. What’s a Painkiller cocktail, you ask? It is not something with crushed-up pills in it, I...
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Chocolate Covered Jello (or Banana) Mountains
Edible ‘mountains’ made from jello or frozen banana ice cream covered in dark and white chocolate. Let me explain… Today I was eager to post something relating to the US state of Utah. Arizona and Utah...
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Coconut Mini Muffins
Simple but flavorsome mini muffins made with shredded coconut, coconut milk (from the carton) and yogurt. What, exactly, is the purpose of an official state muffin? Don’t get me wrong: I love muffins...
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Cowboy Cookie Dough Oatmeal
Cookie dough steel-cut oatmeal with chocolate chips, coconut and pecans. It’s vegan and on the healthy side. Tired of chocolate yet? No? Me neither. Clearly last weekend simply wasn’t chocolatey enough...
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Cranberry Cottage Cheese Baked Oatmeal
Baked oatmeal made with cottage cheese, yogurt, dried cranberries and a few white chocolate chips for fun. Are you a meticulous planner or a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type of person? I’m more of...
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Cowboy Cookies on the Healthy Side
Healthier soft cowboy cookies made with oat flour and no butter, so they’re easily gluten free and dairy free. One of the lesser known quirks of the US election is the First Lady bake-off. Ever since...
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Orange, Coconut and Blueberry Toasted Muesli
Simple oil-free and vegan toasted muesli flavored with orange zest, maple syrup, coconut and vanilla. Europe has often struck me as an ill-fitting jigsaw puzzle. As though someone bought dozens of...
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Black and White Mini Cupcakes
A cupcake version of Black and White Cookies, with extra chocolate. There’s no butter, only a tablespoon of oil. Black and White Cookies puzzle me. Are they cookies? Are they cakes? Perhaps the answer...
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Roasted Bell Pepper and Chickpea Enchiladas
Vegetable loaded enchiladas that are vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and healthy enough any day of Mayo. Today marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. What does that have to do with...
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Peanut Butter Cup Swirl Baked Oatmeal
Layers of peanut butter and chocolate baked oatmeal sprinkled with peanut butter cups and chocolate chips. Bertie struts down the street, happily munching on a chocolate bar as he walks. ‘Mmm…...
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Sugar Cream Pie Overnight Oats
Easy and creamy overnight oats for one made with yogurt, topped with granola, and inspired by pie. It would be quite reasonable to ask, ‘What in the name of Merlin’s beard is a Sugar Cream Pie?’ Surely...
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Coconut Candy Granola
Big chunk granola that’s oil free, vegan, easily gluten free, and packed with shredded coconut and walnuts. I don’t know when it happened. I don’t know when the world became obsessed with coconut....
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Ginger Molasses Baked Oatmeal with Apples
Baked oatmeal loosely based on ginger molasses cookies stuffed with apples. Easily dairy free and gluten free. Folks, it’s a darn crazy world out there. Today’s the day of the first Republican...
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Healthy Blackberry Cobbler
A healthier version of blackberry cobbler using frozen blackberries, some hazelnut meal, no butter and no oil. When you slip on a banana peel and end up with gum in your hair, it’s cobbler time. When...
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Banana Cake Batter Oatmeal
A warm, breakfast version of banana cake batter topped with an easy cream cheese frosting. Easily vegan too. Murphy’s Law has infiltrated my bananas. When I’m after an extremely ripe, brown-spotted...
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Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake
Coffee and walnut cakes made without butter, filled with cream cheese frosting and topped with chocolate. A few weeks ago, I had big plans. Big cake plans. Long story short, on the first Sunday of May,...
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