When life hands you lemons, make lemon scones. This week should have been a great week for me. I had a birthday, and I love birthdays. I'm not someone who worries about her age, but rather embraces each stage of my life. Despite the smile and carrot cake, I had a tough week. At times I felt ...
Breakfast Recipes
Breakfast Quinoa
It's easy to get into a breakfast rut. For Meghan and Tim, it's smoothies. For me, it's oatmeal. Both are great breakfast choices, but if you eat anything 7 days a week you're bound to get sick of it eventually. This recipe was my attempt to shake up our breakfasts. {The chocolate waffles were ...
Whole Wheat Chocolate Waffles with Strawberry Sauce
This is what I like to call a healthy indulgence. Is this an indulgent breakfast? Yes. Can an indulgence still be healthy? Of course! Just wait until you see the ingredient list--no one will ever guess the nutrition these waffles pack in. If you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of a ...
PB & J Oatmeal
As much as I like to think I'm helping develop a healthy eater who doesn't require "kid food" at every meal, there is one kid sandwich that Meghan would eat at every meal if I let her: peanut butter and jelly. One time she asked for it for breakfast, and I almost obliged. Instead, Peanut Butter ...
Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats
Steel cut oats are the less-processed brother of rolled oats. Because they are less processed, they retain more nutrients than rolled oats, which of course means steel cut are the oats I want to consume. Until recently, I have only consumed them on a rare occasion, though, because they take so. ...
Yogurt Parfaits
If you want to feel like you are eating breakfast at a fancy hotel, make a yogurt parfait and put it in a martini glass. It's a great way to use those martini glasses you registered for despite the fact you don't drink martinis on a regular basis or ever have eight people over who drink ...
Favorite Recipes of 2010
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed their time celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. While I took a few days off from blogging to focus on the celebration and time with my family, I wanted to give you a recap of our favorite recipes that I posted on Happy ...
Immune Boosting Smoothie
I hope everyone had a happy, healthy Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you enjoyed my non-recipe posts as we were visiting my in-laws and I didn't do much cooking. After two days of driving, Meghan woke up this morning with a low-grade fever, no energy, and not much of an appetite. My poor sweetie ...
Toddler Eats: Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast
It's been one of those weeks. Daylight savings time has not been kind to us. Five straight days of waking in the wee hours of the morning coupled with naps being spoiled by ill-timed bowel movements (I resisted the urge to call them "big poopies"), and Meghan is a bit out of sorts. So this ...