Way back in November or early December my sister and I were discussing homemade Christmas gift ideas. I remembered a delicious granola recipe I got from a friend several years ago, and decided this would be our gift to friends and neighbors this year. I added the dried cranberries to make it a little more [...]

This idea came from a bed and breakfast I stayed in with a friend in the San Juan Islands a couple of years ago, where the host served pumpkin waffles. He showed us the recipe in an old Sunset magazine, and I came home and experimented.
I have yet to find a from-scratch whole wheat pancake recipe I [...]

This is another one of those family favorites that can’t be improved upon! Oh, I “healthify” it a bit when I make it, but I’ve never found any way to make this better. We usually eat this for Sunday morning breakfast. Used to be with scrambled eggs and some vegetarian “sausages”, but I also like [...]

Don’t like to eat oatmeal because it’s mushy? Try cooking it the way I learned from my mom.
For one serving,

3/4 c water
3/4 c old fashioned oats

Boil water and add oats. Return to a boil, then turn off the heat. Cover, when the boiling has settled down enough that they won’t boil over, and let sit [...]

I sort of made this up, and didn’t measure.

4 apples (I used Golden Delicious)
raw walnuts, finely chopped
raisins
cinnamon
drizzle of agave nectar
tiny pat of margarine

Core the apples and take out the seeds, leaving a hole about 3/4 inch to 1 inch wide. Mix up the walnuts, raisins and cinnamon and stuff into the hole in [...]

Got this recipe when I worked at the Lifestyle Center of America. I’ve embellished it a bit, and I don’t always make it the same way, but here are the “bare bones,” so to speak.

1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium to large onion, diced
2 or 3 cloves garlic
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 lb firm or extra firm [...]

1 frozen banana
~1 1/2 c frozen strawberries
vanilla soymilk, to desired consistency

Blend in a blender or food processor until smooth and creamy.

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Someone in my family used to make this–my mom or my grandma–but they couldn’t find their recipe. So I sort of made one up, based on what they could remember and what I found in other recipes. I make it for my husband about once a week so he can heat

A great thing to fool that sweet tooth into thinking it’s getting something bad for you!

frozen bananas
fresh or frozen strawberries
chocolate soymilk

Blend in a blender, adding soymilk to desired consistency.

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