Spinach, sweet potatoes, zucchini…sounds like a great savory dinner, right? How about the first meal of the day? Let’s push some paradigms and challenge people to get more veggies in their breakfasts! We all know the “Food Pyramid” guide (or whatever shape it is most recently) is too heavy on the grains, but they’re getting [...]
Entries Tagged as 'breakfast'
Vegetables for Breakfast? Popeye Would be Proud…
September 28th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen
Tags: breakfast·vegetables
Monday Mission: Are You Ready for Breakfasts?
September 5th, 2011 · 25 Comments · Monday Missions, Recipes
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to include more vegetables in your breakfasts. Impact Ratings: ! Level of Commitment: Making Strides This summer I challenged you to plan your breakfasts, with the goal of getting more variety, more food groups, better nutrition and less stress. Now that school has started or is imminent [...]
Tags: breakfast·gluten free·grain-free lifestyle·low-carb·pancakes·pumpkin·squash·sweet potatoes·vegetables
Recipe Connection: Potato Vegetable Pancakes (Latkes)
August 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Recipes
This Latke recipe (also called potato pancakes) is written in my own hand from 1988, when I would have been in third grade. Food has always been a part of my history, and this traditional dish from my Polish heritage is a perennial favorite. When I first served them to my husband, he was incredibly [...]
Tags: breakfast·dairy-free·gluten free·grain free·kid-friendly meals·pancakes·potatoes·quick foods·spinach·sweet potatoes·vegetables·zucchini
Recipe Connection: Two Grain-Free Pancake Options (Banana and Almond-Apple)
March 15th, 2011 · 22 Comments · Recipes
I shared this recipe last week on Twitter in well less than 140 characters. Brace yourselves. I’ll flesh it out a little more today, but rest assured it’s THAT brain-dead easy. It’s really nice having some grain-free options to take the place of traditionally grain-filled breakfast foods. We miss our oatmeal, so options beyond “eggs [...]
Tags: almonds·bananas·breakfast·dairy-free·gluten free·grain free·grain-free lifestyle·kid-friendly·pancakes·recipe
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Variations on Sourdough Muffins
March 10th, 2010 · 21 Comments · Recipes
Sarah Wood has made my life so much easier this week! Her recipes have been fabulous, and now I even have a few new things to try. (Sourdough pizza is planned for Sunday – we gave up seconds for Lent but will enjoy unlimited feasting on the solemnity!) Here is her last contribution to the [...]
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Sourdough Pancakes
March 9th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Recipes
My very first attempt at baking anything with my new sourdough starter last fall was Sarah’s sourdough focaccia with her Best Ever Minestrone. It really doesn’t need to rise at all, which is good, because I don’t think mine did. I thought I’d died and gone to Heaven in an Italian restaurant, though, when we [...]
