When the world feels chaotic, my kitchen is a place where I find calm and comfort. Baking in particular is a place to go when I need to rest my brain and ground myself. There is something about perfectly measuring, pouring, mixing, and smelling the delicious comforting smells wafting through the house that is exactly what I need when I am feeling a bit of anxiety creeping in. Loaf breads are always my go-to method of baking because I always have ingredients on hand to whip some sort of variety that never disappoints. My blueberry muffin bread is just the sort of recipe to bring a bit of comfort when you need it most and makes for a delicious breakfast with a cup of coffee to start the day of right.
Hello March! I am welcoming a new month with open arms and some delicious muffins that are giving me all the Spring feels! I forgot how much I enjoy a poppy seed muffin until I was playing around with this recipe and ended up creating the most delicious muffin! Typically you see lemon with poppy seed in a recipe, but I am here to tell you that key limes are an amazing substitute for the traditional lemon flavor! Key limes are a bit more tart than a traditional lime and are so fun to use in recipes, not to mention they are adorable too! I love baking a batch of muffins for the week for easy breakfasts and snacks and these do not disappoint. While I am traditionally more of a blueberry or chocolate chip muffin kind of gal, these muffins just might have converted me. My key lime poppy seed muffins are definitely one to add into your muffin rotation and I can guarantee your whole family will approve!
Roasted cauliflower is one of my absolute favorite winter time vegetables! I am definitely the person who needs to make an extra batch for my family because I end up snacking on it as soon as it comes out of the oven and tend to eat half of the pan myself before I have even served dinner. But beyond roasting, cauliflower is so versatile and I love incorporating it into any meals where I can! It’s truly a vegetable that is a jack of all trades if you will. From roasting, to pureeing, to everything in between, cauliflower is the veggie for the job! I love a good bowl situation during the week where I can add veggies, a grain, and maybe a fried egg and dinner is done, and cauliflower is the perfect veggie to add to any bowl mix up. My roasted cauliflower and spinach grain bowls are seriously one of my new favorite dinners and you are going to love them too!
Citrus season is one of the gifts of winter that keeps me hanging in there until summertime rolls around again. I love that during the dreariest and chilliest part of the year, that citrus can give any dish a bit of brightness. I also don’t think its coincidence that citrus is loaded with Vitamin C when our bodies need it most. One of my favorite citrus of the season is grapefruit. I have so many memories growing up eating grapefruit sprinkled with sugar and sharing a half with my mom. It’s still one of my favorite ways to eat it, so I took that same idea and turned it into a fun new way to enjoy grapefruit as a complete meal for breakfast. My broiled grapefruit, yogurt, and granola bowls are so delicious and healthy and you will love adding them into your breakfast rotation for a little something different.
The holidays are over and if you are like us, this week is the week to get back to reality, work, and school. That means regular schedules, meal times, and having to adjust to not being in relaxed holiday mode anymore. With that being said, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and yet I feel like it gets the least attention when it comes to meal time planning and prep. Mornings are typically rushed and having breakfast ready to go or at least figured out for the week with ingredients on hand, can make or break how smoothly your mornings can run for your family. I love having a mix of savory and sweeter options to mix and match throughout the week based upon how much time I have and what I am in the mood for. That’s why I compiled a list of my favorite top 25 go-to breakfast recipes for you to kickstart your mornings the right way!
Breakfast casseroles are one of those dishes that come in handy for meal prep and when you have guests that will be staying in your house. Whenever I need to feed a crowd for breakfast, this casserole is my go-to recipe. What I love most about it, is that I can prep the ingredients the day before and have breakfast in the oven before my guests even wake up, leaving me time to sip coffee and visit while it bakes! ( #winning ) While there are an endless variety of breakfast casseroles out there, this is one that has been in my family for forever and though I might be biased, I truly think it’s the best! My egg, sausage, and hash brown casserole is a crowd pleaser every time and couldn’t be any easier to make!
