Category Archives: Breakfasts

Sweet & Savory Brown Rice Porridge

May 26, 2016 by AHS

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited out to the Clif Family Winery for a bikeride through Napa valley with a few of their team members, including Clif Family’s fantastic Executive Chef John McConnell. Before the ride, John prepared a wonderful breakfast for our small group including this eye opening brown rice porridge. I was out of my seat after one bite to ask him exactly how it’s made, and he generously shared the many details on how […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Kitchen Tips, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: Brown Rice Porriage, Brown Rice Pudding, Cream of Wheat, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Breakfast, Maple Syrup, No Refined Sugar, Oatmeal, Olive Oil, Refined Sugar Free, Rice Pudding, Sunflower Seeds, Sweet & Savory Cream of Wheat

Lemon, Olive Oil & Thyme Muffins

May 24, 2016 by AHS

These easy muffins are a nice departure from the typical sweeter ones I usually make – on the savorier side of the spectrum, but in this case by savory I mean a bit tangy, thanks to the lemon. The cornmeal adds a sturdy bite and the olive oil just enough richness. Be careful about the yogurt selection, as it can swing these into the too-tangy category! ‘Traditional’ (e.g. not Greek) plain yogurt does the trick. Kefir et al is little […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads, Recipes • Tags: Breakfast Corn Muffins, Breakfast Muffins, Corn Muffin Recipe, Healthy Lemon Muffins, Healthy Olive Oil Muffins, Lemon Corn Muffins, Lemon Muffin Recipe, Lemon Olive Oil Muffin Recipe, Lemon Yogurt Muffins, Olive Oil Muffin Recipe, Tuscan Inspired Muffins

Lemon & Rosemary Scones

February 14, 2016 by AHS

Re the visit out to Sonoma County last weekend, from which I admittedly returned with more lemons than may be able to use (unless you count freezing the juice): there was a component that we talked up for the whole week leading up to the trip and then entirely dismissed, and that is the impressive range of baked goods, particularly scones, that we have come across out in said country. Grounds for dismissal were simply that the lauded bakeries are […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Almond Flour Scones, Baking, Buttermilk Scones, Healthy Baking, Healthy Substitutions, Lemon Rosemary Scones, Lemon Scones, Scones, Special Breakfast

Sonoma County Olive Oil & Meyer Lemon Cake

February 10, 2016 by AHS

Over the weekend, we got to go to a ranch in Sonoma County where a long lost family member (my brother-in-law’s step uncle if we’re counting) grows about an acres’s worth of grapes – enough to make several dozen cases of wine per year, with which among other things he brings bountiful country picnics with a tasting of several gold and silver winning varietals to life on a regular basis. When we got there for a late lunch on Saturday, […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Pies, Gallettes & Tarts, Trips • Tags: Baking With Lemons, Candied Lemons, Cooking with Lemons, Lemons, Meyer Lemon, Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake, Olive Oil Cake, Sonoma County, Wine Country

Hungry Fan™ Pumpkin Spice Protein Pancakes

November 20, 2015 by AHS

The last time I ordered pancakes, over the summer, I think it had been years since I’d eaten them at all, so decadent and irresponsible they seem. I ordered the stack under premise that I was going to dive in and enjoy them, butter and loads of syrup and all, without looking back. And I did, every bite, without an ounce of guilt. It truly was a treat to indulge, even if the remaining meals that day were small and […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Recipes • Tags: Brunch, Butternut Squash Pancakes, Easy Brunch, Fangating, Healthy Pancake Recipe, Healthy Pancakes, Holiday Cooking, Hungry Fan, Pancakes, Protein Pancakes, Pumpkin, Seasonal Recipe

Leave a comment

Make-Ahead Monday: The Muesli Project

September 21, 2015 by AHS

Since visiting Munich and several small towns in Austria this summer, and being inspired by the phenomenal muesli breakfasts there, I have been on a quest to recreate this Central European staple. A cross between yogurt with granola and oatmeal, for me this muesli has the kind of magic that makes you look forward to tomorrow’s breakfast when you’re getting ready for bed. I cannot wait to one day return My Muesli in Munich, a store dedicated to the endless possibilities […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis, Recipes • Tags: Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Muesli, Oatmeal, Recipe, Seasonal

Leave a comment

Zucchini Bread Two Ways

September 19, 2015 by AHS

Since first spying our new home back in June, we agreed that a kitchen ‘facelift’ is in order, and set to locking the project in immediately. As always when anticipating something I’m excited about, it feels like it’s eons away – when we met with a stone supplier for an updated countertop in early August, it felt like the start date of our project would never come. Now, it’s a week away! So in a panic I am baking and […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads, Recipes • Tags: Banana Bread, Food Photography, Healthy Baking, Make Ahead, Photography, Quickbread, Recipe, Zucchini Bread

Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Glaze

August 26, 2015 by AHS

Why did I bake banana bread today? Oh, because the heat came on this morning… that and, it is easily the case that having homemade baked goods on our counter helps home feel warm and familiar. We are getting there as far as settling into our new digs, in no small part thanks to repeated cooking and at last, baking. This batch of banana bread includes something I rarely if ever use: a glaze topping. Typically I opt out of […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Baked, Banana Bread, breakfast, Coconut, Food Photography, Healthy Baking, Homemade, Low Sugar, Peanut Butter, Photography, Recipe, Snack

Fig & Greek Yogurt Toasts with Almonds & Honey

August 5, 2015 by AHS

I’m happy to say that the contents of our kitchen should be here (in our new home in SF) in less than a week’s time. That said, we are already going on a longish stretch with no proper kitchen set up to speak of, with all due respect to our car-camping pot, pan, sharp-ish knife, titanium sporks and scrub brush. So it will be a true joy to unpack our gadgets, utensils, plates, placemats, baking supplies, measuring cups, et al. […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Snacks, Toasts • Tags: breakfast, Figs, Food Photography, Greek Yogurt, Healthy Snacking, Mission Figs, Photography, Recipe, Slivered Almonds, Strained Greek Yogurt, Toasts

Leave a comment

Make Ahead Monday: Rolled Oats with Greek Yogurt & Mixed Berries

May 18, 2015 by AHS

With rain in the forecast today and tomorrow, combined with the particularly warm and humid weekend, this week’s make-ahead presented an unusual challenge in that I wanted it to be cozy-ish but not piping hot. (We climbed in the Gunks – (New Paltz, NY) yesterday in spite of hot and sticky conditions and the thought of even boiling water for traditional oatmeal was a non-starter while I was prepping this last night!) Here, rolled oats are ‘soaked’ in Greek Yogurt […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: berries, breakfast, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Lean Protein, Make Ahead, Oatmeal, Photography, Recipe

Make-Ahead Monday: Mixed Berry Scones

May 11, 2015 by AHS

Lately I have such a hankering to bake! Even though the weather’s warming up I just really enjoy it, I think because even amid all the chaos a day (a week, a month, life) can bring, baking requires weights and measures, plus patience, and for me lends an actual sense of calm! Also, it’s fun to layer new ingredients and combinations on a foundation of general baking knowledge to expand the skill set. And if I’m being honest, I just […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: breakfast, Buckwheat Flour, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Low Sugar, Make Ahead, Mixed-Berry, Photography, Scones, To Go Breakfast

Raspberry Sunflower Smoothie

April 26, 2015 by AHS

I can’t stop with the micro greens lately! This smoothie makes delicious use of them. It’s raspberry – mango base compliments the earthier flavor of Sunflower micros perfectly, creating a subtly sweet nutritional powerhouse. Have a great day!!!

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: breakfast, Coconut, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Start, Micro Greens, Non-Dairy, Paleo, Papaya, Preppy, Raspberry, Smoothie

Leave a comment

Chocolatey Chia Pudding with Strawberries & Hazelnuts

April 20, 2015 by AHS

Monday morning means we’re talking make-ahead breakfasts that will start the week off strong without sacrificing flavor or fun, and as such we kicked this week off with Chocolatey Chia Pudding. By using unsweetened cocoa powder and topping with hazelnuts, we’ve updated what has been flavor-wise for me one of the most life enhancing foods – Nutella – for a certifiably healthy breakfast. Along with strawberries, cocoa offers antioxidant benefits, but perhaps even more importantly on a Monday morning is […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: breakfast, Chia, Food Photography, Hazelnuts, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Nutella, Omega-3, Photography

Sunshine in a Cup

April 19, 2015 by AHS

Green smoothies have quickly become a regular part of our routine, (here are two that we love) so much so that it’s already time to shake things up a bit in the ingredients department. Which is why I’m so glad to have begun to learn about the super-high nutritional content found in micro-greens, the teeny leaves found in the produce section next to the lettuce. They are often confused with sprouts, and understandably so – while the name seems to […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: Food Photography, Green Smoothie, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Smoothie, Microgreens, Photography, Smoothie

Leave a comment

Papaya Blueberry Smoothie or, Introducing Bee Pollen

April 15, 2015 by AHS

There are two things going on here: 1.) A delicious cleansing smoothie made with papaya, frozen blueberries, lime juice and tart cherry puree that’s such a great way to start the day. It’s refreshing and very light, and is a great accompaniment to say a Raspberry-Lemon Muffin with almond butter or your favorite breakfast routine. To make the smoothie, blend: – 1/2 Fresh Papaya, de-seeded and peeled – 1/2 Cup Frozen Blueberries – Juice from 1/2 Fresh Lime – 1/4 […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies

← Older posts