BREAKFAST
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt
If you are looking for a healthy way to satisfy your craving for edible cookie dough, then look no further! This recipe can be for snack, dessert, as a dip, or even for breakfast! You can eat it as it is prepared, freeze it and enjoy as frozen yogurt, or serve it as a dip! The recipe is so simple to prepare, and the dish is packed with protein!
Colorful Fruit Salad with Simple Honey Lime Dressing
This recipe is so simple, yet so delicious. It is colorful, and it is an easy way to eat your daily servings of fruit. Serve with or without the honey lime dressing as part of your breakfast, as part of your lunch, as a snack, or as a sweet dessert! This is the perfect dish for spring and summer!
The Best Irish Soda Bread with Chocolate Chips
Irish soda bread is a quick bread, meaning it does not require yeast or time to rise. The buttermilk and baking soda act as leavening agents! Now some might argue that it is blasphemous to add chocolate chips to Irish soda bread, but I say reserve your judgement for after you eat some of this delicious, indulgent bread! This Irish soda bread is soft yet dense-and so easy to create, you can prepare it any time of the year!
The Best Homemade Granola
This homemade granola is easy to “whip up”. You can use this exact recipe, add to the recipe, or change up some of the flavors and add the ingredients that you love!
Snack on the granola, eat it like cereal with your choice of milk, or sprinkle the granola over yogurt for a simple snack that you can take anywhere.
With this simple and easy granola, the possibilities are endless!
The Best Berry Smoothie
This mixed berry smoothie is a healthy combination of fruit and yogurt, it is kid-approved, picky eater approved, and it’s super easy to make! The smoothie takes less than five minutes to make, and it is packed with protein, thanks to yogurt and almond milk. Drink this berry smoothie choice for breakfast or for a mid-day snack.
The Best Fluffy Homemade Nutella Pancakes
These Nutella stuffed pancakes are fluffy pancakes filled with a thick layer of creamy Nutella. The Nutella is frozen into discs, then sandwiched (pancaked?) between layers of pancake. This breakfast is easy to make, and insanely delicious to eat!
The Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Two flavors, peanut butter and chocolate, combine to form a delicious combination for these overnight oats. You might think you are eating a peanut butter cup (for real!), when in fact, you are enjoying a healthy and filling meal!
Easy Blueberry Lemon Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are easy to prepare, the texture is hearty and creamy, and they taste like pudding. These blueberry lemon oats are tangy yet sweet, and they’re packed with protein. The combination of blueberry and lemon reminds me of summertime-yet you can prepare and enjoy these oats any time of year!
The Best Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are the perfect breakfast to make ahead of time. You can prepare 5-7 individual jars and have your breakfast ready for the week!
These apple cinnamon overnight oats are delicious, healthy, and filling-and they taste like dessert!
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Pancakes
It sometimes feels like the holiday season starts once Halloween ends, but let’s not forget that Autumn doesn’t end until December–which gives time to enjoy all things pumpkin-now or any time of year!
These chocolate chip pumpkin pancakes are light, fluffy, and pure perfection on a plate!
The Best Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Muffins
Lately, for some odd reason, the texture of bananas is grossing me out (how old am I?!) Bananas are an excellent source of potassium, so I wanted to create a recipe that allows me to use our bananas rather than waste them. The good news about these muffins is that they are made with bananas (obv), but the flavor isn’t overpowering. Have them for breakfast, a snack, or even for a post-dinner treat!
The Best Blueberry Muffins
One thing I have learned during this “quarantine” COVID-19 time is how to use what food I have at home. I noticed that I had an excess amount of blueberries. I decided to freeze some (to make smoothies) and use the remaining blueberries in blueberry muffins. This recipe was perfected the second time around, with fresh, juicy blueberries and a sugar crust, these are the best blueberry muffins….let me know what you think!
CBM’s Favorite Crepes: Delicious and Quick
Crepes are a delicious thin “pancake-like” food. One thing that I love about crepes is how versatile they are- they can be filled with savory or sweet fillings, and eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Our daughter Calleigh, whom we affectionately call “CBM”, absolutely LOVES to eat crepes for breakfast. She likes to slather her crepes with Nutella, while I like to add strawberries and bananas to mine.
The Best No Bake Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bites (AKA “Energy Bites”)
These healthy little bites are perfect for a snack, as a post-workout treat, or as part of a “grab and go” breakfast!