This oatmeal is absolutely delicious and packed with all kinds of good stuff! I made a batch and shared it with a neighbor who also loved it! Thanks to the yummylife.com for this recipe. Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup milk (whole or 2%) 1 1/2 cup water 1 cup steel-cut oats, un-cooked 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 3/4 cup...
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Where have these cookies been all my life?? How is this the first time I’m hearing about caramel apple cookies?? These are INCREDIBLE little bites of Fall bliss!!!! I made them for a party and it was really hard not to eat them all before arriving. Thanks to Parents Magazine for the recipe and...
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This cake is delicious, full of flavor, and great as both a dessert and a breakfast cake with coffee. Plus the house smells AMAZING as it bakes! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup Home-made Applesauce 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 egg 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 3/4 cup pecans, chopped Powdered...
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These are dead easy to make, and even easier to eat! Serve them at your next brunch, or surprise your family one Sunday morning with a treat. Mix things up and try different jam and nut combos–apricot and walnuts, strawberry and almonds, whatever you have at home. Also, Whole Foods sells a refrigerated pie...
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I have no idea why this is called “Monkey Bead”. But honestly, they can call it whatever they want, as long as I can eat it. This is really easy to make and really, really, really delicious to eat.  It’s everything a coffee cake should be–sweet and gooey and nutty. Serve it warm with...
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This recipe comes strait off the Quaker Oats lid. I did use a little less butter, and a bit more cinnamon, and they turned out incredible! The perfect balance of sweetness from cinnamon and sugar, and chewiness from oats and raisins. Ingredients: 1/2  cup, PLUS 4 Tablespoons butter, softened 3/4  cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2  cup granulated sugar 2  eggs 1  teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2...
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Cranberry sauce is a traditional side dish served at American Thanksgiving. You can buy it canned at the grocery store, buy why would you??? This recipe adds orange juice, apples, pecans, and cinnamon to the fresh cranberries to make a sweet, yet slightly tart side dish. It’s really good served with any roasted meat,...
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No boring, plain-old pumpkin pie this holiday season! Move over whipped cream–this pie is topped with cinnamon, sugar, oats, and pecans. The recipe comes from Cooking Light magazine, so if you cut the pie into 12 slices (good luck!), then each slice has less than 300 calories. Gobble, gobble! Ingredients: 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground...
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This dish is known as “Karen carrots” in my house, thanks to my friend Karen who first made these fantastic carrots for us! I LOVE these, and I don’t even like cooked carrots. They’re a great holiday side dish (just double the recipe for a crowd) because they go well with ham or turkey....
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Growing up this was one of my favorite cookies. So on a Fall afternoon, my son and I baked up a batch. Now he has a favorite cookie too. The recipe is from Cooking Light magazine, so only 50 calories each (if you can eat only one!) Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2...
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