Kid-friendly Apple Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal

By rebeccatalbotJanuary 12, 2023April 21, 2023 Apples, Breakfast, Featured

Days with a small child can be unpredictable. Some mornings my 19-month-old daughter will go straight to her shape sorters and forget the rest of the world exists for a while. Other mornings it can take some ingenuity for Mom to make a pot of coffee without interruption. Having breakfast already planned makes one variable,…

Caramel Apple Bars

By rachelvanduzerDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Apples, Breakfast

This is a delicious recipe for caramel apple bars. I used a blend of homegrown apples that I’ve had in my fridge over the season: Empire, Macoun and Pink Lady. Any apples will be excellent in this recipe! It calls for a shortbread crust with oatmeal and a hint of brown sugar. I used caramel…

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

By Abigail BullSeptember 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Breakfast, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

I discover new things about my husband every day, and one of those things is that he loves zucchini bread. And now that the seasons are shifting in the direction of autumn, I’m beginning to find the shelves at our local farmers market full of colorful gourds, perfect for making such fall-themed baked goods. With…

Fresh Cranberry Orange Oat Bars

By rachelvanduzerDecember 22, 2021April 21, 2023 Apples, Berries, Breakfast, Featured

This is a delicious recipe for cranberry orange apple oat bars. It’s the perfect way to use any extra cranberries that might be lying around after the holidays! Plus, since it’s rich in oats you can use it as a tasty holiday breakfast or brunch option. Fresh Cranberry Orange Oat Bars This time of year,…

Blueberry Bran Muffins

By rachelvanduzerApril 22, 2021April 21, 2023 Berries, Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Every so often, I take stock of my pantry and try to make recipes calling for ingredients that I’ve had lying around. One of these forgotten ingredients I discovered recently was bran cereal. My sister-in-law regularly makes bran muffins from Raisin Bran, so I decided to make blueberry muffins out of plain bran flakes. …

Crepes with Strawberries & Chocolate Drizzle

By rachelvanduzerFebruary 11, 2021April 21, 2023 Berries, Breakfast, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

I love when Valentine’s Day falls on a weekend. There’s something so cozy about this mid-February holiday. I’ve never been much for competing with the crowds to get a table at a restaurant, but I love getting to enjoy some chocolate-themed treats in the quiet of my home. This year as restaurants operate at even…

Brioche French Toast

By recipesDecember 21, 2020April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Wolff’s chef Chuck Smith LOVES making breakfast and brunch. Here’s his go-to French Toast recipe, using Media Bakers Guild brioche (cinnamon OR cinnamon raisin are both great here!) Great for Sunday breakfast, but Chuck says he completely understands if you’d rather make this for a weeknight dinner ☺ Serves 3 or 4.

Sunday Night Waffles

By rachelvanduzerJanuary 23, 2020April 21, 2023 Berries, Breakfast

Somewhere along the line, my family decided that dinner was optional on a Sunday night. It may have been because we’d often eat a late lunch or visit relatives, but whatever the reason, cereal was usually what was offered for Sunday night dinner. I do like cereal, but when it comes to a meal I…

Apple Cranberry Baked Oatmeal

By rachelvanduzerDecember 18, 2019April 21, 2023 Apples, Berries, Breakfast, Featured

With the holiday season well underway, it’s good to have some easy breakfast recipes handy that feed a crowd. On Black Friday, my sister-in-law made a delicious baked oatmeal recipe that instantly became my favorite breakfast! It reminds me of a favorite “Vermont-style granola” recipe I’ve made many times. In fact, I used to make…

Veggie Quiche with Quinoa Crust

By recipesApril 3, 2019April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

This crust boasts the nutty goodness and nutritional punch of quinoa—with no processed flour and no gluten! Use the filling below or easily substitute a personal favorite. Give yourself at least a couple of hours, because in a few spots you have to wait for things to cool before you can proceed.

Maple Pecan Crepes

By rachelvanduzerMarch 27, 2019April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured

Having been raised on the East Coast, maple syrup is a taste I grew up loving. I didn’t realize until I was older that for some it’s an acquired taste. Even a Canadian friend from the West Coast didn’t indulge in maple products too often because as a non-local product it tended to be expensive,…

Make-ahead Pancake Mix for Holiday Gift-Giving

By rachelvanduzerDecember 13, 2018April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Recipes pancakes

There’s nothing quite like pancakes on a snow day or a lazy Saturday morning. But quite often the thought of whipping up pancakes from scratch first thing in the morning isn’t feasible, so I’ll stick with an easier breakfast option. However, I decided to overcome this by making my own ready-to-use pancake mix with ingredients…

Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

By rebeccatalbotOctober 25, 2018April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Pumpkin, Seasonal pancakes, pumpkins

Have you ever had this problem? You make a pumpkin pie, but the recipe calls for more filling than will fit inside the pie crust. If only all of life’s problems were so delicious. I decided to freeze the leftover pie filling until I’d figured out just what to do with it. Pumpkin bread? Pancakes? I…

Sweet Potato Pancakes with Apple Compote

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 20, 2018April 21, 2023 Apples, Breakfast, Featured, Recipes, Root Vegetables gluten-free, vegetarian

I can picture it now: the bright yellow box of pancake mix, the tall, translucent pitcher filled with lumpy batter, the squeezable plastic bottle of something vaguely resembling maple syrup (already sticky with congealed sugar). These were the ingredients of a special treat. Pancakes for dinner! This meal was so surprising. “Wait… pancakes for WHAT?! For…

Berry-Berry Pancakes

By rachelvanduzerJuly 2, 2018April 21, 2023 Berries, Breakfast, Recipes pancakes

As soon as the 4th of July rolls around, I start thinking of those delicious red and blue berries that tend to be in season this time of year, like red raspberries, blueberries and sometimes still strawberries. While it’s not the most traditional use of these berries for Independence Day, I propose sleeping in and…

Springtime Strawberry Syrup

By recipesMay 31, 2018April 21, 2023 Berries, Breakfast, Featured, Recipes strawberry syrup, syrup

This strawberry syrup is an amazing use for locally grown strawberries in the spring! Super easy to make, and delicious with pancakes, waffles, or flavored cocktails! This recipe makes about 1 ½ cups. SaveSave

Classic Fluffy Scones with Spreadable Fruit & Whipped Butter

By rachelvanduzerJanuary 25, 2018April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

The first time I ate “real” British scones, I admit I was quite surprised, as they differ from American scones on many levels. Generally, British scones are – Either plain or have dried fruit in them, and serve as an excuse for jam and clotted cream (like a whipped butter) to eat with a cup…

Apple Baked Oatmeal

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 19, 2017April 21, 2023 Apples, Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Throughout any given day, I am usually thinking about the cup of coffee I will have at breakfast the next morning. I know that if I make myself a second cup of coffee sometime in the mid-afternoon, it won’t have the same flavor as my first-thing-in-the-morning cup because nothing compares to the steaming mug of…

The BEST Waffles

By recipesMarch 1, 2017April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Make these with a yeast-based batter, which rises overnight. It’s a little bit of extra work, but the result is an unbelievably light waffle, crisp on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth on the inside! You’ll never go back to the regular kind again.

Maple Pecan Sticky Buns (With NO Refined Sugar)

By rachelvanduzerDecember 13, 2016April 21, 2023 Apples, Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Scents and tastes have a way of transporting us back to some wonderful memories. That’s what happened when I made these maple pecan sticky buns, which happen to be free of refined sugar! Imagine that – a cinnamon bun with NO refined sugar! More on why I chose to go sugar free later, but for…