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Savory Oatmeal with Bacon, Spinach and Blistered Tomatoes #BaconMonth

August 23, 2016 By Aly 14 Comments

For your next brunch or when you want breakfast for dinner, make this scrumptious Savory Oatmeal with Bacon, Spinach and Blistered Tomatoes

I have a recipe that is perfection for those that love breakfast for dinner – a Savory Oatmeal with Bacon, Spinach and Blistered Tomatoes.

Now – before you give me that side-eye, hear me out. Do you like grits – like cheese grits? What about polenta?

This recipe is a riff on that with a savory oatmeal flavored with thyme and Parmesan cheese and simmered in veggie stock. Easy peasy. I was inspired by some savory oatmeal recipes from Shape Magazine and decided to play. A splash of heavy cream adds a bit of richness and to add even more flavor, I wanted to add some accoutrements like, what else, BACON!…

Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal

August 18, 2016 By Aly 19 Comments

This scrumptious Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal is a delicious and healthy way to start the day, packed with apples, carrots, pecans, coconut and dried cherries. This baked oatmeal recipe is perfect for breakfast or a lazy weekend brunch!

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Today I have a delicious idea for breakfast that I know you are going to love – Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal.

I am not a fan of those instant oatmeal packets ever since I first made baked oatmeal. I love that you can essentially whip up the oatmeal, pour it in a baking dish and the oven does all of the hard work. I saw this Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal recipe on one of my favorite cooking shows, Ellie’s Real Good Food, and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I love Ellie Krieger’s recipes and her cookbooks, Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy and You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy Do-Ahead Meals, are a must on my cookbook shelf. Her recipes always have a healthy twist but you don’t feel like you are skimping out an anything. When she said she had a breakfast recipe that was somewhat like carrot cake, I knew I had to give it a whirl. …

Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies for #Choctoberfest

October 10, 2015 By Aly 4 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided product from some Brand Sponsors for recipe creation in conjunction with #Choctoberfest. My opinions are 100% my own.

To celebrate #Choctoberfest, I am bringing you some of the most rich chocolate cookies that I have ever whisked up and can I say, with a touch of oatmeal in them, they might be *ahem* better for you?

But, before we go and wax on aboout all things chocolate, first, did you enter the #Choctoberfest giveaway? You can enter here.

There’s nothing like chocolate cookies to celebrate the weekend. These Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies literally came together in no time and I’m willing to bet you have most of the ingredients already on hand. Some pantry ingredients, a bit of mixing and it was off to the oven. The longest was waiting for the cookies to cool and set up. But, the wait was worth it. These cookies are best chilled or at room temperature and even better with a tall glass of milk….

Welcome Fall With Apple Oatmeal Muffins

September 9, 2015 By Aly 15 Comments

Apple Oatmeal Muffins are a delicious bite for crisp fall mornings. Tart apples are baked in a spiced oatmeal muffin & drizzled with a sweet applesauce glaze.

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I hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day Weekend full of fun, relaxation and summer delights! Now that we’re in the unofficial start of fall, today’s recipe is one that you might find yourself making again and again – Apple Oatmeal Muffins.

The start of September also means that it’s time for another Blogger C.L.U.E. recipe and this month’s blogger that I got to stalk is my gal Christiane from Taking on Magazines. She’s a stellar cook and baker and her recipes are always delicious. What I love is that she’s a straight shooter when it comes to recipes – she tells you what she likes, what she doesn’t and how she’d switch it up on the next time she’d make a recipe. I knew that whatever recipe I chose to feature would be fabulous.

This month’s assignment was to focus on recipes featuring apples and pears, but the minute I spotted these Apple Oatmeal Muffins I was sold. Some other fabulous apple recipes on her site include this sweet Dutch Apple, Pear and Raisin Pie, her Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and this intriguing Cheddar, Apple and Pastrami Grilled Cheese.

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Lemon Blackberry Baked Oatmeal #BrunchWeek

May 9, 2015 By Aly 10 Comments

Welcome to the third annual #BrunchWeek hosted by Terri from Love and Confections and Shaina from Take A Bite Out Of Boca. We are so excited to have you join us this year! Celebrate Brunch with us this week as we prepare for Mother’s Day. 30 Bloggers from around the country will showcase their best brunch dishes, from cocktails to casseroles, breakfast breads, sandwiches and salads – there is something for everyone!

This is our last day of #BrunchWeek and I hope you found some amazing dishes to enjoy for Mother’s Day and on your next weekend brunch. First – many many thanks to our fearless leaders, Terri and Shaina, for all of their hard work. Also – many many thanks to our fabulous sponsors who supplied us with ingredients to play with and some outrageous prizes that YOU can win. Which reminds me – did you enter to win yet? If not – hurry up and enter the giveaway!

Oatmeal and I haven’t always had a lovely relationship. Sure – I love a good oatmeal cookie now and then and love using it in granola and recipes but oatmeal on its own – notsomuch. Perhaps it was one of those lovely micro packets back when I was a kid that had the flavor what one might think of as cardboard with chewy “fruit” flavor. Perhaps I nuked the heck out of it. Any way I looked at it – if you told me I was having oatmeal for breakfast, I probably would tell you not in this lifetime. As I’ve gotten older, I do keep some “instant” oatmeal at the 9to9 and, if I do decide oatmeal is the way to start the day, I’ll jazz it up with my own spin. My friends have talked about overnight oats and baked oatmeal as the way to make oatmeal nowadays, so I thought I’d give my own attempt a try. The key would be to make a recipe that was so good I’d crave it again. Well folks, we have an oatmeal convert here – this Lemon Blackberry Baked Oatmeal is a tried and true dish that will be made time and time again. …