Breakfast/Brunch

Lowfat Cinnamon Chip Streusel Muffins

December 10, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch
Lowfat Cinnamon Chip Streusel Muffins

Where is my head?? I live with obsessive cinnamon-shakers. Fanatic chocolate chip eaters. Muffin maniacs. How did I not think of this combo before? The pieces of the puzzle were all there.. I’m just not very good at puzzles. Welcome to my latest installment of Mad Muffin Mania –this time with a healthy fat-lowering twist. Vanilla yogurt! It replaces [...]

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Breakfast Nachos!

November 30, 2012 10-minute Meal

There is certain things about me that will never change. My lifelong love for the color purple. My Harry Potter obsession. My commitment to all things volleyball. And my love for eggs. I love eggs in any shape or form, for any meal, and with any type of add-ins you can imagine. I love their simplicity, their no-nonsense [...]

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Lighten Up! Ham and Spinach Quiche

November 19, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

What’s better than a delicious, lower fat Quiche on a Saturday night? I’ll tell you what. When you’ve got a tall, dark, and handsome pal making it for you! Enter my friend, Jay, writer, actor, sometimes model, and oh, by the way, also a classically trained chef. Seriously, more creative energy than one person ought [...]

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Mini Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Muffins

October 8, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

Four glorious days off. Thank you, Christopher Columbus! And, many thanks to the N.R. school department for their wisdom in giving the students the day off the Friday before No volleyball. No work. Just a little soccer. What to do, what to do with all this free time? We had a “few” ideas… This list makes me laugh. [...]

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Squash Fritters!

September 24, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

If you’ve been asking, “What in the HECK do I do with all this summer squash?” then you ought to keep reading. Or if  you like stuff fried in a little bit of oil. Or if you like to make awesome stuff with only 4 ingredients. Of you’re just curious, since you thought fritters were only [...]

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Chocolate and White Chocolate Chip Muffins

September 4, 2012 Breads/Quick Breads

These muffins solve problems. TOUGH problems. Hopelessly unsolvable problems.  Like how to get your kids out of bed for school when they’ve been sleeping until brunchtime all summer.  No joke, the smell of these baking is enough to tempt anybody, big or small, out of bed and down to the kitchen. It’s like magic. These muffins are sweet, and moist.  Tender [...]

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Zucchini Pepper Onion Frittata with Bacon

August 3, 2012 Bacon

Here comes the zucchini! We’ve got it rolling in from all directions. Now, hold on — don’t think for a second that any of it came from my garden. I’d love to grow my own vegetables, but I haven’t quite figured out how to work that particular desire into my juggling schedule, never mind how [...]

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Snickerdoodles Pancakes and Cinnamon Syrup for a Sprained Ankle?

July 22, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

Saturday morning dawned sunny and bright; it promised to be a great day for a 2-on-2 volleyball tournament with my fave partner. All was going smashingly well, for a while anyway. Then I twisted my ankle when I landed on the foot of my opponent while blocking. [For anyone who knows me, you might wonder [...]

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Streusel Can Fix Anything!

June 20, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

Streusel is like bacon. It can make anything better. Cakes, breads, muffins, sweet potatoes, pies, cheesecakes — you name it, it’s better topped with a sweet crumb topping. So, if you’re pancakes are looking just a little bit flat — more flatjack, than flapjack – smear some streusel over the top. That’s what I did Sunday morning, and it all turned out [...]

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Fast Lane: Avocado, Bacon, and Egg Muffin

June 11, 2012 10-minute Meal

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Today’s quote is brought to you by Adelle Davis, a well-known nutritionist and cookbook author. She believed there wasn’t much that could not be solved by a healthy diet.  An influential voice in the 60′s and 70′s, her then-controversial ideas about avoiding excess sugar and [...]

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