bircher muesli
Straight outta Switzerland, my new breakfast staple came to me by way of Melbourne, where I traveled for work last month.
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healthy winter granola
Many of you loyal readers of this blog already enjoy granola à la Jen; that simple, throw-together-whatever-you’ve-got bowl of nuts, seeds, and grains that turns mornings into moments. I call it Chameleon Granola, and it…
oatmeal bars
Things are pretty dismal in my kitchen these days. I’m down to kimchi, eggs, and staples—each of them honorable in their own right, but difficult things to build a meal on. I’ve been content to…
muffin mondays: meghan’s sweet potato bran muffins
For this week’s Muffin Monday, I’m happy to introduce someone very special to me. Meet my cousin, friend, and fellow wordsmith, Meghan J. Ward, of Banff, Alberta. Megan is a freelance writer on health and…
muffin mondays: kris’s no-bake chocolate chip bran muffins
This week, Kris from Married to Chocolate brings her special chocolatey touch to mornings. Kris also specializes in low maintenance: these muffins are almost no-bake and come together as fast as you’ll eat them. I’m…
muffin mondays: kim’s chocolate oatmeal peanut butter muffins
This week on Muffin Mondays, Kim touches on one of the reasons I love muffins so much. When she calls her creation “a bit healthier than your standard brownie,” she shows how muffins balance health…
muffin mondays: emily’s spiced carrot-date muffins with cashews
A medley of medjool dates, cashews, coconut, orange, fresh ginger and cardamom put a funky twist on the carrot-nut muffin.
muffin mondays: mom’s pumpkin quinoa muffins
This post begins a fall series on that best-loved of breakfast foods: The muffin. I am honored to present this inaugural guest post by my mother, Sheri Ward, who inspired the idea to devote my Mondays…
steel yourself for winter
Besides the health benefits, steel cut oats are just so much better than the instant ones.
peanut butter and carrot sandwiches
Today was one of those drifty days. I felt a pervasive lack of direction, the clouds of limbo thickening around me. Today was a day I ached to be too busy, and then chided myself…