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For Breakfast

10/21/2014 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Deep down, I know that breakfast is worth waking up early for. I mean, it’s the tastiest meal of the day. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to get my groggy self out of bed early to prepare it. Unless I’m going out to breakfast with friends, I usually just grab a ProBar or “prepare” the healthiest instant oatmeal I can find. Recently, I have come across some breakfast ideas that make me want to put a little more effort into this important meal.

(from top, left to right)

1. Bread Butter & Honey | by Berta_ on Flickr
2. Whole Wheat Vegan Waffles | Love and Lemons
3. Breakfast Pizza Bagels | Baker by Nature
4. Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Smoothie | Cooking Classy
5. Sweet Potato Goat Cheese Quiche | The Law Student’s Wife
6. Goat Cheese Toasts with Walnuts, Honey, & Thyme | The Recipe Link
7. The Best Giant Frittata | Dashing Dish
8. Balsamic Goat Cheese Tarts | Anthro Blog
9. Breakfast Cookies | Gimme Some Oven

Can we just talk about how pizza for breakfast is the best thing ever? Cookies, too.

What is your absolute favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

8 Savory Autumn Soup Recipes

09/30/2014 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Whenever I post roundups of food recipes, I feel a little lame because I’m not a chef or a baker or a foodie at all. I could come up with so many excuses like “I don’t have time” or “I have a kitchen made for ants” but excuses aside, I just flat out think it’s boring. However, I have a huge amount of respect for people who do cook. Especially for those who cook simple things! When the weather cools down more, I want to start eating soup like every day. From a lady who has never made soup from scratch, here are eight recipes that I would consider making this season…

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1. Sweet Potato Vichyssoise | Design Love Fest
2. Broccoli Cheddar Baked Soup | A Beautiful Mess
3. Thai Chicken and Coconut Soup | Food and Wine
4. Creamy Oven Roasted Tomato Soup | Strudel and Cream
5. Vegetarian Black Bean Soup | The Corner Kitchen
6. Slow Cooked Moroccan Lentil Soup | Zomt Bakes
7. Creamy Curried Cauliflower Soup | The Kitchn
8. Laila’s Arabic Lentil Soup | Veggie Belly

All of these look so good and I’m sure they would be pretty easy to make. How hard could soup be? I’m going to try and start with that yummy looking moroccan lentil soup (#6) and I’ll let you know how it goes.

Have a great day! Also, if you haven’t entered my giveaway with Angela yet, go for it! Today is the very last day to win a slouchy crocheted beanie and huge comfy crocheted infinity scarf from us. Make sure you’re all set for the upcoming chilly weather.

24 Healthy(ish) Pumpkin Spice Recipes

09/24/2014 by Jennifer 5 Comments

Oh, Autumn! Season of the one and only Pumpkin Spice Latte. I’m not really a fan of the popular Starbucks PSL (it’s too sweet!), but I still appreciate a hint of pumpkin flavor added to every day favorites (coffee, granola, cookies, etc). I planning to gather a few healthy variations of the pumpkin spice latte, but of course I ended up with 24 pumpkin spice everything recipes.

from top, left to right:

1. Pumpkin Spice Latte | The Kitchn
2. Pumpkin Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars | Averie Cooks
3. Pumpkin Soup | Applewood House
4. Vegan Pumpkin Spice Pancakes | Minimalist Baker
5. Gluten Free Pumpkin Loaf | Hello Natural
6. Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Shake
7. Skinny Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies | Joyful Healthy Eats
8. Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate | Peanut Butter & Peppers
9. Pumpkin Pie Spice Coconut Oil Granola | Lovely Little Kitchen
10. Easy Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal | My Blessed Life
11. Pumpkin Spice Smoothie | Skinny Ms.
12. Pumpkin Spiced Snickerdoodles | Skinny Taste
13. Clean Eating Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes | Dashing Dish
14. Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Quinoa | Once Upon a Cutting Board
15. Pumpkin Quinoa Muffins | FitSugar
16. Pumpkin Overnight Oats | Greens & Chocolate
17. Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte | FitSugar
18. Pumpkin Spice Latte Pancakes | Healthy Food for Living
19. Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Latte Muffins | Cookin’ Canuck
20. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies | Jessica in the Kitchen
21. Healthy Pumpkin Spice Popcorn Bars | Baker by Nature
22. Pumpkin Spice Smoothie | Lemon Tree Dwelling
23. Pumpkin Maple Pecan Granola | Minimalist Baker
24. Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal | The Cookie Rookie

Have you started to enjoy pumpkin-flavored things this season? I’d love to try out one of those cookie recipes soon!

ps. If you missed it yesterday, Angela and I are hosting a super cozy fall giveaway! Enter to win a large hand crocheted infinity scarf from Angela and a cute slouchy beanie from me. Click here for more deets. Happy Fall!

24 Earl Grey Tea Recipes

09/02/2014 by Jennifer 6 Comments

When I gather items for roundups, I like to keep things short and sweet. Ten of my favorite things here and there. But today we’re talking about Earl Grey and that’s a different story! You might have guessed that Earl Grey is my favorite tea, but I also love it in the form of ice cream, cocktails, and probably everything else on this list.

from the top, left to right:

1. Earl Grey Ice Cream | Earl Grey Blog
2. Earl Grey & Poppyseed Muffins | Raspberri Cupcakes
3. Earl Grey Tea Cocktail | Sugar and Charm
4. Vegan Earl Grey + Chocolate Shakes | The First Mess
5. Earl Grey Infused Chocolate Pots de Creme | Hint of Vanilla
6. Charred Lemon Mousse with Earl Grey and Lemon Sable | Hint of Vanilla
7. Earl Grey Infused Gin Cocktail | The Framed Table
8. Rich Chocolate Lavender Cake with German Earl Grey Buttercream | Local Milk Blog
9. Peach Earl Grey Jam | Gimme Some Oven
10. Earl Grey Tea Latte | Cookie Monster Cooking
11. Dark Chocolate and Earl Grey Tea Cookies | Hummingbird High
12. Earl Grey Shortbread Squares | Honestly Yum
13. Earl Grey Lavender Iced Tea | Food & Wine
14. Earl Grey Creme Brûlée | The Wanderlust Kitchen
15. Earl Grey Lemonade | Semisweetie
16. Vegan Earl Grey Chocolate Pots de Creme | Gourmande in the Kitchen
17. Earl Grey Panna Cotta | Hummingbird High
18. Earl Grey Macarons | Fig & Farrow
19. Earl Grey Honey Whiskey Cake | The Baking Bird
20. Earl Grey Infused Hot Chocolate | ChinDeep
21. Earl Grey and Lemon Cake | Crunchy Bottoms
22. Earl Grey Berry Tart | Chasing Delicious
23. Earl Grey Vanilla Tea Pancakes with Honey Tea Syrup | Once Upon a Cutting Board
24. Earl Grey Hot Chocolate | Our Kitchen

This is too much to handle. Creme Brûlée? Honey Whiskey Cake? This list of recipes alone might be enough to make me enjoy baking more.

Do you like tea-infused everything, too? What’s your favorite kind of tea? Have the nicest Tuesday, friends!

8 Recipes Inspired by Girl Scout Cookies

02/26/2014 by Jennifer 5 Comments

Girl Scout Cookie season is officially among us! On Sunday, I bought a box of “Caramel DeLites” (Samoas) and a box of Thin Mints. Samoas are pretty magical because I am not a coconut fan at all. I can’t stand it. But I love Samoas! Maybe a little too much (the box is, umm, already empty…). I’m not crazy about Thin Mints though, so I have many left still. If you were already planning to buy a bunch of GS cookies, here are eight Girl Scout Cookie-inspired recipes to tempt you even further.

1. Trefoil Cookie Pops – Coupon Clipping Cook (These are caramel-filled, candy-coated and covered in sprinkles. Omg.)
2. Tagalong Peanut Butter Parfaits – My Baking Addiction
3. Spiked Do-si-do Milkshake – Yummly
4. Thin Mint Puppy Chow – Erica’s Sweet Tooth
5. Savannah Smiles Lemon Blueberry Parfait – Little Brownie Bakers
6. Seven-Layer Samoa Bars – Cookie Crazed Mama
7. Chocolate, Caramel, & Coconut Covered Samoa Pretzels – Love From the Oven
8. Homemade Tagalong Cookies – Bakers Royale

Selling Girl Scout Cookies, or being a Daisy/Brownie Scout in general was not for me. I tried it, but I felt awkwardly older than everyone else and never wanted to participate. I did however take a couple skills away from being a Girl Scout, including making friendship bracelets and reciting the Girl Scout Law, which I actually recite pretty often. :) What’s your favorite GS cookie? Are you participating in cookie-buying this spring?

Eat Something Green

02/10/2014 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Last month I shared some of my New Year’s goals and resolutions. There was one little goal that I kept secret though! Eating something green every day. I didn’t share it because I honestly didn’t think I would follow through. I don’t like to cook very much, so some days it’s hard to get in enough green food even if I really do enjoy eating it. Also, as much as I love green smoothies, it just doesn’t feel right during the winter sometimes.

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Well, it turns out that this is actually one of the only goals I’ve been consistent with! It feels wonderful. Mostly I just eat a lot of broccoli, but I plan to get more creative eventually. Unfortunately, my “cook something new every month” goal is going nowhere. Maybe my green food challenge can help out my cooking challenge.

Do you have any favorite meals that include lots of green foods?