Happy Friday! I am extremely lazy at heart, and when several friends told me about the easiest bread to make, I was in. The no knead bread has been around for a while, and I've seen various versions of Jim Lahey's original recipe around the web and I suppose in a vague sort of way, I'd been curious about this wonder bread. My first attempt, sadly, was a bust. Though the crust was amazing, the glutinous, uncooked middle was disgusting, and the bottom burnt to a crisp. I'm not easily put off by …
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10 Minute Jam
No joke, this jam took less than 10 minutes to make. I do have to mention that a microwave played a major role, and I'm usually not one to rally behind nuked foods. But when a recipe claims to take a mere ten minutes, well, I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. When it first came out of the microwave, the mixture had ballooned considerably and then slowly deflated, leaving a soupy mixture. As it cooled, the jam thickened, and I have to say, it's scrumptious. K, of course, thought it was a …
No-Bake Energy Blasts
It's hard to believe, but I've continued with my daily green juice for nearly a year now. It helps jumpstart my day, but I must 'fess up to still being hopelessly addicted to my beloved coffee. Maybe it's the coffee voiding the green juice, but by mid-afternoon I usually need an energy boost. I made these no-bake energy blasts (named by one of K's friends who happened to be over while I was typing this up) and they live up to their name. I slightly modified this recipe by replacing the …
Pancakes: Banana Oat vs. Chocolate Chip
K made an unusual pronouncement on Sunday that threw me for a loop. "I want something different for breakfast, Mommy," she said. For the past five years, I've been serving up buckwheat pancakes every Sunday. It's like clockwork: wake up, brush my teeth, make pancakes. Turns out that my routine girl didn't want to deviate too much from the ritual. She just wanted different pancakes, so we thought it might be fun to each make our own version. K created a chocolate chip concoction and I …
Avocado Chocolate Cookies
I keep a loose sort of blog schedule -- every Friday, I list out potential post ideas for the following week and most of the time, I don't follow the schedule at all because I'm always way too unrealistic and wait to create my post the day before. I'm pretty much a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of gal. On rare occasions, I will list the same topic over and over, carrying it through several weeks without making it happen even though it's completely doable. These avocado chocolate cookies are …