Well we just got back from a wonderful, exciting, week-long vacation. It was nice to relax, take it easy and spend sometime with family, but after a week of no cooking – I was really looking forward to some time in the kitchen. When we headed home from the beach, my mother-in-law sent some fruit home with us and so I decided to bake some banana muffins. This recipe is a combination of a few of my favorite things: bananas, chocolate, oats and macadamia nuts. It might seem like an odd combination, ... Read More about Chocolate Chip Oat Macadamia Banana Muffins
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Citrus Blueberry Muffins
If you read this, then you know I love muffins, assuming anyone actually does read this! Anyway, back to muffins – what I love about muffins is that they are self contained, and they can be made in cute little papers or miniatures, in so many different varieties. I have been wanting to try an orange-type muffin, I was a little apprehensive, not sure if I would like an orange-flavored bread. So when I came across this recipe for Citrus Blueberry Muffins in one of my cooking magazines, I decided I ... Read More about Citrus Blueberry Muffins
Waffles
Belgian Waffles, are one of my all time favorite breakfast foods! We love Brinner in our house, so much so that we eat it every Monday – and we love waffles. So tonight it only seemed fitting to make these Belgian Waffles, which according to my husband are the best. Just the other day we had the what makes it a "Belgian Waffle" debate, the shape or the recipe? So I did a little reading, and it is in fact the size and waffle grid that attribute to it's name, although a lighter, airy batter is ... Read More about Waffles
Banana Bread
You'll go bananas over this low-fat homemade banana bread that is perfect for breakfast or as an afternoon snack. I love bananas! and I love bread! So what's not to love about banana bread? I have been making this recipe for years now, my dear grandmother once gave me a cookbook called "1,001 Low-fat Recipes" and I have been using this recipe, slightly modified, ever since. It's a tasty bread, that you can customize with cranberries, nuts or even chocolate chips. It can even be made into ... Read More about Banana Bread
Apple Cinnamon Danish Braid
Apple Cinnamon Danish Braid is a simple, delicious pastry filled cream cheese and cinnamon apples. So I ran across this recipe probably 1 1/2 to 2 months ago and then it took me a few days to track it down again, because I look at so many websites daily, weekly that sometimes I don't know what I have looked at. I'm not a cream cheese fan, but I do like cheese danish, and what could make that better than apples and cinnamon :)I will say that I didn't make the dough, I know that makes it less ... Read More about Apple Cinnamon Danish Braid