Easy Cold Brew Brownies recipe. This fudgy nut free dessert idea is the perfect chocolatey treat to satisfy your sweet tooth. Ever since moving to the US, I have become obsessed with cold brew. It isn't really a thing in Canada, but over here it is so popular. You can even buy bags of coffee...
Easy Cold Brew Cream Cheese Muffins recipe. This fudgy decadent dessert idea is like a cake and cheesecake in one bite sized snack. Looking for more chocolatey muffin recipes? Try my Peppermint Creamer Chocolate Muffins or my Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins recipe. The weather in Wisconsin is crazy! One week it's so hot that my...
Easy Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches recipe. This chewy dessert idea is stuffed with cream cheese frosting to make it a great nut free snack. It is almost Easter! Which means that I will be making anything and everything carrot cake themed. That is because carrot cake is one of my husband's favourite things that I...
Easy Pecan Nutella Cups recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this last minute dessert idea is the perfect sweet treat. It's hard trying to bake when you have a very needy toddler. For one, I am running around after him when he is awake, trying to keep him out of trouble. Then, when he does...
Easy Chips Ahoy Nutella Brownies recipe. This dessert idea combines two of the best sweet treats, making it a great peanut free snack. If you want more delicious Nutella recipes, try my 2 Ingredient Nutella Fudge Bites or my Nutella Latte Oatmeal. It's a snow day here in Madison Wisconsin! I remember being a kid...
Easy Birthday Nutella Cups recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this no bake dessert idea is a great last minute treat. It's my birthday month! I am not someone who likes celebrating their birthday. Or doing anything much different on that day other than eating a cake that my husband usually bakes me on that...
Easy Halloween Blended Baked Oats recipe. The perfect healthy breakfast idea for a spooky gluten free treat. The last few days leading up to Halloween and I am going to make them COUNT! It seems like I have made an oatmeal for every occasion, but this is my first Halloween oatmeal! But this Halloween Blended...
These Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins are the perfect grab and go breakfast recipe. Using strawberry preserves, it makes an easy snack idea. If you are looking for more easy breakfast ideas, try my Simple Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pancakes or my Vegan Cherry Oatmeal. We are moving again! This year has been a crazy...
Easy Yogurt Covered Raisin Nutella Cups recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this last minute dessert idea is a perfect sweet snack. Today was my first day back in the classroom. Back to teaching young minds math. HOWEVER, my work visa hasn't come in the mail yet, so I had to zoom into the classroom....
Easy Healthy Banana Split recipe. A quick and simple breakfast idea that tastes like dessert. Topped with yogurt and peanut butter. We are moving all of our stuff from Chicago to Madison on Tuesday. That's in two days. I don't know that I am ready. Moving is such a pain, especially with a baby. We...
If you have ever wondered how to make a Banana Split, this recipe is for you. This last minute dessert idea is made with simple ingredients. Need more recipes using only 1 banana? Try my Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Pancakes or my Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal recipe. It isn't even summer here yet, and it...
Easy Tropical Acai Protein Smoothie Bowl recipe. This quick and simple healthy breakfast idea will keep you satisfied until lunch. If you are looking for more healthy breakfast ideas, try my Healthy Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Cups or my Healthy Banana Split. The weather is starting to heat up, so you know what that means. Making...
Easy Chocolate Almond Butter Blended Baked Oats recipe. Made without banana, this breakfast idea is healthy, vegan and gluten free. Can you tell that I'm obsessed with baked oats? Honestly, it is one of the only ways I convince other people to start eating oatmeal for breakfast. But can you really call it oatmeal when...
Easy Chocolate Chip Coffee Coconut Muffins recipe. The coconut makes this breakfast idea into a unique nut free treat. Looking for more grab-and-go breakfast recipes? Try my Easy Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins or my Carrot Oatmeal Cookies. Since I may be moving next year, I've been doing these "clear out the cupboards" kind of recipes...
Easy Nutella Blended Baked Oats recipe. This gluten free breakfast idea is the perfect sweet treat to start the morning. Looking for more breakfast recipes using 1 ripe banana? Try my Banana Shortbread Cookies or my Eggless Banana Chai Latte cookies recipe. Are you over the blended baked oat tiktok trend? Because I definitely am...
Easy Cookies and Cream Pancakes recipe. A breakfast that tastes like dessert, this is the ultimate decadent morning treat. Who else tries their best to make breakfast taste like dessert? I am always on the lookout to eat cookies, chocolate and ice cream in the morning. So these Cookies and Cream Pancakes are obviously the...
Easy Banana Bread French Toast for One recipe. A great way to use up your leftover banana loaf, this makes a quick breakfast idea. What is your go-to order for brunch? Mine is either Eggs Benedict or French Toast. My reasoning is that I only order food that I don't make at home. But then...
Easy Cranberry Bliss Bars recipe. These Starbucks copycat sweet treats are perfect for dessert or with a cup of coffee. Who is ready for all things Christmas related? Because same. As soon as Halloween is over, I am 100% in Christmas mode. I don't wait for Thanksgiving to be over. As a Canadian, our Thanksgiving...
Easy Chewy Peppermint Chunk Cookies recipe. This quick and simple dessert idea makes a great nut free sweet treat. Grocery stores are selling Christmas ingredients. I repeat. Grocery stores are selling Christmas ingredients. And I couldn't be happier. I'm buying out their stock of peppermint flavoured items, and getting two cartons of eggnog every time...
Easy Caramel Sauce recipe. Made with only 5 ingredients, this sweet sauce tastes great in drinks or as a topping for ice cream. Does anyone else associate caramel and Christmas? Because in my mind, the two go hand in hand. So making homemade Caramel Sauce is a no brainer at this time of year, don't...
Easy Glazed Lemon Blueberry Blended Baked Oats recipe. This vegan and gluten free breakfast idea makes a great comforting treat in the morning. So grocery stores are selling berries really cheap this week. Maybe it's a last ditch effort to sell all of their stock of berries before going all in on apples and pumpkins,...
Easy Strawberry Sauce recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this homemade sweet treat can be used on pancakes, ice cream and beyond. Still holding on to the tail end of strawberry season before accepting my fate and baking all things apple and pumpkin. I'm probably going to hold out until September 22nd. Because the start...
Easy Cherry Blended Baked Oats recipe. Vegan and gluten free, this breakfast idea is a great healthy option that tastes like cake. Are you cool and hip to the new Tik Tok trends? Don't worry. I'm not either. It was only until the Tik Tok baked oats trend came onto Instagram that I became aware...
Easy Birthday Cake Nanaimo Bars recipe. The perfect quick and simple no bake dessert idea to celebrate any event. It's my husband's birthday on Tuesday! And while he is not very big on birthdays, he is big on eating Nanaimo Bars. So I thought I would make him some. Especially because they are no bake. I...
Easy Strawberry Pancakes recipe. This healthy breakfast idea is quick and simple to prepare on a busy morning. Lately I have been seeing all of these back to school ads, and this is making me compulsively buy strawberries and other berries. Summer won't end if I am still buying berries, right? Can I bribe anyone...
Easy White Chocolate Chip Blondies recipe. These bars are the perfect fast and simple dessert idea using pantry staples. What is your favourite thing to do "for fun"? Mine is go grocery shopping. Browsing the aisles, looking for deals, buying new food... My local grocery store is really my therapy. But these days, I have...
Easy Vanilla Latte Overnight Oats recipe. Made with cold brew concentrate, this breakfast idea gets you your coffee and meal all in one bowl. My first time making overnight oats! Can you believe that it has taken me this long??? Considering I have a HUGE amount of oatmeal recipes on this blog. But now that...
Easy Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe. These soft cookies are the perfect last minute sweet and salty snack or dessert idea. When people ask me what my baking specialty is and I say "cookies", they always seem a little bit disappointed. I think most people are expecting me to say macarons or layer cakes or...
Easy Pumpkin Pancakes recipe. So soft and fluffy, this makes a great weekend breakfast or brunch idea that you can enjoy year round. Is it still acceptable to have pumpkin flavored foods well into the winter season? It is the winter solstice tomorrow, and I am still craving all things pumpkin. Why wasn't I craving...
The best Pumpkin Streusel Muffins recipe. Perfect quick grab and go breakfast idea, these nut free moist treats also make a great snack. Are you sick of pumpkin yet? I am definitely not. As you can probably see with all of my pumpkin recipes lately! Will I stop any time soon? Probably not. Until Thanksgiving...
Easy Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Bread recipe. Almost like a cake, this loaf is moist and makes a great breakfast or dessert idea. If you are looking for more delicious banana recipes, try my Easy Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread Donuts or my Chocolate Cake Banana Graham Cookies. Going from that warm weather making all my...
Easy Parmesan Turkey Meatballs recipe. A healthier version of meatballs baked in the oven, perfect served on spaghetti or with mashed potatoes. Another reason I am so happy that our sugar free week is over: we can now eat pasta! Pasta has been a staple around here during the quarantine. So maybe it was a...
Easy Mango Berry Smoothie recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this makes a quick and simple breakfast or snack drink idea. Anyone else not turning on the oven these days? Typically when I have the time, I will make a Baked Oatmeal for breakfast. But now that it is so hot, it is almost 100%...
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats recipe. This is the perfect make ahead breakfast idea. My favourite simple meal prep. We just got back from our road trip around Illinois. Since we haven't been to many states in the US, we got to explore a couple new ones. We went to Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio,...
Easy Chocolate Raspberry Protein Smoothie recipe. This is the perfect post workout shake, and made with only 3 ingredients. The weather is starting to warm up. FINALLY! Now instead of oatmeal, I am craving smoothies and ice cream. And this Chocolate Raspberry Protein Smoothie is happening on repeat in my kitchen.
Easy Cashew Vanilla Granola recipe. Made with oats, cashews, raisins, coconut oil and other pantry staples, this makes a great breakfast or snack idea. I am always fully stocked with oats. Back in November, I bought a 10 lb container of Old Fashioned Oats, and since the pandemic hit, I bought another 10 lb container....
Easy Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread recipe. This loaf is moist and perfect for a grab and go breakfast or nut free snack idea. It seems like this quarantine is making almost everybody want to bake banana bread. And now I have been influenced by everyone else to make some banana bread too. So here we...
Easy Mini Egg Ice Cream recipe. This is the perfect light and refreshing dessert idea to make for Easter, or if you are craving mini eggs! It's that time of year again! The time of year where you eat your body weight in Mini Eggs. Fill your carts full with them and see if you...
Easy Cheesy Gnocchi with Spinach recipe. This is a great quick vegetarian dinner idea that is perfect for lazy weeknights. Lately, I have been on a real breakfast-for-dinner kick that I have been wanting to break. My most recent addiction has been oatmeal, specifically this snickerdoodle oatmeal in the past couple of weeks. But John...
Easy Eggnog Cupcakes with eggnog buttercream recipe. The perfect dessert idea to use up your leftover eggnog over the holidays. Are you getting sick of eggnog yet? Or maybe you are getting sick of my eggnog oatmeal recipes. I have been making it way too often lately, I needed to switch things up. Eggnog cupcakes...
Easy Eggnog Snickerdoodles recipe. A great snack or dessert idea to use up your leftover eggnog over the Christmas holidays. How is it December already?? I am amazed at how fast time seems to be going this year, I can barely keep up! Last month I missed Halloween baking because THAT seemed to come out...
[This post has been sponsored by Splenda. I am so excited to be partnering with a brand I have been using for ages! All opinions are my own] First pumpkin recipe of the season over here, and I am SO EXCITED FOR IT!! If you know me at all, you know that I go CRAZY...