Whole Wheat Browned Butter Banana Bread

Whole Wheat Browned Butter Banana Bread

Whole wheat banana bread made with browned butter and studded with walnuts. Slather with some salted butter and make a hot cup of coffee and you have the perfect winter breakfast! Even though I dislike eating bananas, I love banana bread. It’s basically taking garbage fruit and turning it into a delicious and filling breakfast option. It’s easy to make, … Read More

Simple Granola with No Refined Sugar

Healthy homemade granola made with no refined sugars.

This simple granola recipe is highly customizable based on ingredients already in your pantry and contains no refined sugar. I live in the Midwest and last week we were slammed with some nasty, cold weather. Like -25 degrees cold. Weather where pipes freeze and cars don’t start. Amazingly, I was gifted two days off from work in the middle of … Read More

Whipped Orange Honey Butter

Whipped orange honey butter is a creamy whipped butter brightened with orange zest and sweetened with a touch of honey perfect for slathering on your favorite homemade bread or dinner roll.   It all started with leftover mashed potatoes and a winter slump.  Every time my mom would have leftover mashed potatoes, she would make potato bread.  Since growing up, … Read More

Pecan Pie Mini Muffins

Pecan Pie Mini Muffins

I have a real love/hate relationship with mini muffins.  On the one hand, they are lovely to just pop into your mouth.  On the other hand, a recipe typically makes, oh, about a million and I am standing around scooping tiny amounts of batter into tiny cupcake wrappers for ages. This recipe, however, is designed to make minis.  Only about … Read More

Overnight Oats with Coconut Milk and Chia Seeds

Overnight oats with chia and coconut milk

Easy, make ahead breakfast that’s healthy and delicious.  Overnight oats with coconut milk and chia seeds are sure to satisfy your hunger until lunch!   I know, overnight oats, kinda last year huh?  But, they one of the most perfect summer breakfasts.  With just a touch of prep work the night before, you have a cool, creamy, filling breakfast in … Read More

Homemade Granola

Homemade Granola

One of the most satisfying work day morning breakfasts for me is Greek yogurt with some homemade granola mixed in.  The cool and creamy melding with the crunchy and sweet is so delightful.  Plus, it is a quick and easy breakfast.  The best part of this granola, is that it is fairly adaptable depending on what you have floating around … Read More

Marti Gras-Cinnamon Roll King Cake

Mardi Gras King cake made with cinnamon rolls

    Happy Marti Gras!  Here is a cinnamon roll variation of King Cake that I made this morning.  All the recipes I have read for King Cake are cinnamon filled yeasted coffee cakes.  I decided that cinnamon rolls are the perfect individual sized portions of King Cake.  No baby hidden inside, the prize is the the cinnamon sugar awesomeness … Read More

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls are the perfect breakfast treat. Straightforward yeast dough filled to the brim with sugar and cinnamon and topped with your favorite icing! Homemade cinnamon rolls are hands down my favorite breakfast food.  My mom used to only make them for special occasions, like Christmas, and I would anticipate them for weeks.  I love these cinnamon rolls plain, warm, … Read More