DIY instant oatmeal in a jar.
Instant oatmeal cups are a delicious, quick way to start your day. But wow … so expensive. Here’s a recipe for making your own instant oatmeal in a jar.
Category: Breakfast & brunch
Dark chocolate sea salt muesli.
On a quest to solve the between-breakfast-and-lunch hungries, I created this recipe for Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt muesli.
Cherry almond oatmeal in a jar.
Totally loving this supereasy overnight oatmeal in a jar, with sweet cherries and crunchy slivered almonds. Mix up several jars ahead of time and enjoy a healthy breakfast any day of the week!
Spinach frittata with fresh herbs.
Spring’s finest ingredients — farm-fresh eggs, spring greens and tender herbs — come together in this beautiful frittata recipe. Great Meatless Monday dinner option with fat slices of buttered toast and a glass of white wine.
Homemade almond granola, perfected.
Here it is: granola perfection. Toasty brown, not too sweet, with a kick of sea salt, and clumpy enough to eat out of hand. I’ve worked this recipe over and over, and now it’s Perfect Homemade Almond Granola.
The Dorothy Project: Overnight coffee cake.
Two things strike me about this recipe that I found in my grandma Dorothy’s old recipe file: one, the beautiful penmanship, and two, this line: “Can be made 2 days before, providing you have good refrigeration.” …
The Dorothy Project: Poppy seed cake.
Welcome to installment No. 1 of The Dorothy Project, in which I’ll cook my way through many of the recipes in my grandma’s old recipe file. First up: one of my favorite desserts from growing up. I loved poppy seed cake so much it was the top layer of our wedding cake. Get my grandma’s old-fashioned recipe on writes4food.com — it’s really easy!
Blood orange French yogurt cake.
With a blush of glaze and a bright golden interior, this not-too-sweet Blood Orange French Yogurt Cake recipe has a ton going for it. Make it now, while blood oranges are available, and bookmark the recipe to make with other citrus in season. Get the recipe on writes4food.com!
Poached eggs and sweet potato bacon hash.
A recent trip to California’s Sonoma County and its lovely wineries and dining scene provided a ton of much-needed inspiration for new recipes — especially for dishes that are simple, seasonal and produce-centric. I’ll be posting several of these new recipes in coming weeks. First up: a fantastic sweet potato-bacon hash with poached eggs that’s great for brunch or “breakfast for dinner.” Get the recipe!
