A study released recently and resulting slew of articles came out questioning the influence of eating breakfast on weight gain/loss. Now, any of us grew up shoveling in bowl after bowl of spackle-like gruel with our parents incessantly reminding us of those 'starving children in Aftica’ and how much they would appreciate our bowl of goo. We were reminded repeatedly about the importance of ‘breaking our hours long fast.' We were told that without breakfast our brains would

I gather there are several versions of this out there in Internet-land, most of which resemble a cake. Well, we went a different route. This is not necessarily lowfat, but it is really tasty, and a nice change from granola or other cereals. Good with yogurt or on fruit. It also makes a great topping for a smoothie bowl or just in clumps from the container. No judgement. Found this version on lottieanddoof.com, and I made a few adjustments. I do tend to use my scale when

We have a lot of sour milk at our house. As in the literal kind, not the whinging kind. In our last post, we had lovely fresh milk delivered to our house each week. Literally, straight from the cow, milk could not be more fresh than this. Not pasteurized, not homogenized … good stuff. With three growing boys and a husband who loves all things dairy, we went through a lot of milk each week. Now, here we are in our new country, and finding acceptable milk has been a bit

I know, you need another granola recipe like you need a hole in the head. That said, I'm still going to share these with you because one is a very good basic granola that allows for a lot of spring-boarding. It's also excellent as is with milk or yogurt (methinks fruited yogurt is a bit much for this granola, but go with what you and your kids like). Or eat it plain in a bag in the car on the way to school/work. The second is unusual, but equally as tasty. It takes a lit