Most food, like pancakes for instance, tastes better homemade. But if you’re in a pinch, instant (and even frozen) varieties will do. Then there are those foods that are so much better homemade that substitutions will never compare. Homemade applesauce is one such food.
Category Archives: Recipes
Breakfast Banana Croissants
If you haven’t already discovered the delight that is caramelizing bananas, you need to bust out those pans and get to cooking! Caramelizing, that is, cooking the bananas until they brown slightly, is a great way to use up those super ripe bananas you have sitting around. The recipe could hardly be simpler:
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Sticks
Guys, this recipe was a smashing success. We woke up a little worried that we didn’t have enough ingredients on hand for a great breakfast, but we made do with what we had and knocked it out of the park. Couldn’t have been simpler, either.
Spapple Juice (Spinach and Apple Juice)
Squeezing vegetables into our kids’ diet can sometimes be a challenge. Fortunately, it’s a problem easily solved by a blender, apples, spinach, and a cheesecloth.
Chocolate Breakfast Croissants
Mmmm. Croissants. What’s not to love? While we’re not quite adventurous enough to bake them from scratch, that doesn’t mean we can’t make them better.
Quick Fix Snack Smoothies
“In-between meal snacks” are a great way to stave off hunger meltdowns, and when it comes to snacks, we love our smoothies. While the sky’s the limit when it comes to flavors, it helps to have a starting base. Ours is simple:
Healthy Herb Infused Lemonade
Lemonade can be healthy and delicious.
Irish Blonde (aka Summer Shandy)
“Most. Refreshing. Drink. Ever.” – Jennifer after sipping this St. Patrick’s Day concoction, an Irish Blonde (she named it).
