Tag: Healthy Breakfast

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

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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

Monday Make-Ahead with Quinoa, Veggies and Eggs

May 4, 2015 by AHS

This morning, the Monday Make-Ahead resolution came in particularly handy as Paul had to be out the door at 5:30 am to catch a flight. Which meant that not only did this week’s make-ahead have to be especially fast, it had to be one in which the finishing touches were exaggeratedly obvious as I was not stringing together coherent sentences while prepping said breakfast. Two things I love about this to-go meal. One, while the night before prep takes a […]

Categories: Lunch, Proteins, Snacks • Tags: Clean Eating, Cycling, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Recipe, Jars, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Mason Jars, Quinoa, Recipe, Recovery Meal, Training Food, Training Fuel, Whole Foods

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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

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Paul’s Perfect Poached Eggs

April 23, 2015 by AHS

Aren’t poached eggs just the best at times? It’s amazing that what’s one of the simplest of dishes – an egg boiled in water – can be so comforting, satisfying, delicious and nutritious all at once. We buy them by the dozen for a few dollars, but are also willing to shell out multiples of that sum if the mood for eggs strikes us while out for brunch. It does seem like the ones we order in restaurants can be […]

Categories: Kitchen Tips • Tags: breakfast, Classic Breakfast, Cooking, Cooking Techniques, Easy Recipe, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Kitchen Tips, Photography, Poached Eggs

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

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Make Ahead Monday: Raspberry-Lemon Muffins

April 13, 2015 by AHS

While loving all the make-ahead bowls that have been devoured on Mondays lately, I started to miss baking! It can feel like Fall is the time to really dive into the baked goods, and for obvious reasons. Still I love a muffin (on Monday and for the rest of the week) and really who among us doesn’t? I wanted to make a version suited for spring, but being that we’re between growing seasons – unless I was going to make […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Muffins, Healthy Recipe, Lemon Zest, Muffins, No Refined Sugar, Photography, Raspberries, Recipe, Vegan Friendly

Overnight Oats with Cider & Golden Raisins

March 23, 2015 by AHS

Happy 4th Day of Spring! So far, the season has been a little cooler than we’d hoped, starting with a snowstorm and opening today with a steam signal from across the street that it’s definitively cold and windy outside. I’m not quite sure where this puts our score for March (the pros and cons of the month are oft debated here), but as we discussed our Monday morning grab and go breakfast yesterday, Paul suggested oatmeal, with the rationale that […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: Early Spring, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead Breakfast, Oatmeal, Overnight Oats, Photography, Photography (2), Quick Breakfast, Snow, To Go Breakfast

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Modernized Bircher Muesli

March 2, 2015 by AHS

New healthy habit goal: every Monday, bounce out of bed a little early to kick off the week with a great breakfast. So far so good (since starting last week…). Paul leaves particularily early on Mondays, but so far this exercise is worth it as it seems to take the edge off the start of the week. That said, Monday breakfast has to be espicially fast around here. I suspect for you too. I thought a little harder about this […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: Featured, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Muesli, Photography, Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian

Best Winter Smoothie

January 31, 2015 by AHS

Happy January 31st!!! Even though we are looking at some seriously low mercury plus extra-icy wind today, I am so excited to share this smoothie, because it maxes out seasonal produce to the best extent I’ve seen all Winter. It’s citrus season, which means that right now we get to enjoy the best tasting oranges, grapefruits, limes and lemons of the year. Not only that, but also the best variety. Enter Blood Oranges, which almost taste like a raspberry crossed […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: Citrus Season, Colors, Featured, Food Photography, Healthy, Healthy Breakfast, Photography, Recipe, Smoothie

Bright & Hearty Overnight Oats

January 21, 2015 by AHS

Reporting live from Denver, CO today where this early morning meal was inspired by a number of things: 1.) The need for a nutritious, hearty breakfast that’s nearly done when we wake up (so my sister, brother-in-law and I can spend more time playing with my niece!) 2.) a locally made energy bar I came across at Whole Foods – it’s called Honey Bunchies and includes some of the key ingredients listed below, 3.) a snowy forecast and 4.) the […]

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

Good Morning Granola

January 14, 2015 by AHS

What’s good about granola is not exactly complicated – it’s crunch immediately adds fun to anything it accompanies, it’s satisfying, it’s yummy. You can add it to your favorite yogurt, top with fruit, enjoy it plain, over pancakes, add it to cookies, make parfaits, create smoothie bowls, add it to snack mixes, or wrap it as a gift (to name a few). These happy things all being true, sugars and fats can add up very quickly in some recipes. What […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Granola • Tags: Food, Food Photography, Granola, Healthy Baking, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Photography

Back to Business Breakfast Smoothie

December 1, 2014 by AHS

Before diving into the warming holiday flavors of December, I took this morning to dust off the cobwebs after last week’s indulgences – Thanksgiving of course, leftovers included, and lots of ice cream – and started the day with this reliable smoothie. Add the following to the blender for a filling and delicious antioxidant breakfast: – 1 Cup frozen cherries – 1/2 Cup frozen blueberries – 1/2 Cup frozen mango – 1/4 Cup vanilla yogurt – 1/3 Cup plain Greek […]

Categories: Smoothies • Tags: Berry Smoothie, Food, Healthy Breakfast, Recipes, Smoothie

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