A variant of a plain bowl of oatmeal, these Coconut Chia Banana Pancakes pack all the health benefits, plus give a richer indulgence to your mouth. Sunday mornings are the best days for long breakfasts. Where I can splurge a little bit of time and have fun cooking something a little more indulgent than the weekday cup of coffee. This Sunday the family wanted pancakes, lots of pancakes, abnormal pancakes. The kind that doesnt come from a box. Healthy Pancakes! These broke the mold and ...
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Breakfast Jambalaya
So I've never been to New Orleans, my French is laughable ask my girlfriend and the only Jazz I know comes from Louis Armstrong. But New Orleans has the sassiest interpretation of French Cuisine this side of the Atlantic! And while there's plenty to geek out about that (I'm looking at you beignets, cafe au lait, GUMBO, and po' boys!) its Jambalaya that takes your palate on a grove. Basically rice cooked with sausages, shrimp, and chicken, heavily seasoned and served with the holy trinity (bell ...
Spanish Chorizo Migas
So this dish is born more out of curiosity than actual health consciousness! A few years ago I was in Barcelona, and I didnt see this dish in any restaurant that we went to. Not in Barcelona, not in Catalonia, not in the Basque Country, not in the whole north of Spain! It was nowhere. Except...in a bookstore. I was walking through the old part of Barcelona, and there was this tiny bookstore, in one of the stands was Un Paseo Gastronomico por España (A Gastronomic Trip Through ...
Home Made Peanut Butter
I was going through the usual routine for breakfast: oatmeal and peanut butter. You get oats, pop them in the microwave for a minute with water (did you think this was going to be fancy?) and add a little bit of honey for sweetness. It's a weekday breakfast, where you need to eat fast because the workday is ahead and you need something that will keep you full till lunch. ...