Recipes

Frankly speaking, my cranberry of choice comes out of a can, lines and all. Save your fresh cranberries on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I’ll take mine out of the can. Thanks.

I think there is something about the lemon, sugar and buttermilk, that takes some of the tartness out of the cranberries and makes it blend so perfectly in the morning with a cup of coffee….and yes I eat cake for breakfast.

As we move away from pumpkin everything and toward cranberry and other seasonal tastes I thought it would be a good time to share this recipe with you.

So, here goes a true story. I made a mistake and added baking soda instead of baking powder, then I decided to not make two pans and tried to get a way with one and the cake crumbled.

I tried this silicone pan in place of my good ole trusty bread pans that I usually flour but didn’t, cause silicone. The cake stuck.

So sorry I don’t have a Pinterest worthy image to insert here.

Don’t be like me. Make two cakes out of the mixture and flour your cake pans. It is so rich that it will do better in two batches unless you love ugly crumbled cake. In that case go for it.

It’ll still taste good.

{ Please note, I captured these photos before the middle of the cake sunk in}

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Seeing as how Thanksgiving is not the time to pull new recipes out of your hat, if you are looking to add something new to the Thanksgiving spread now would be the time to start experimenting.

This sweet potato cornbread is really good. It’s sweeter and  “cakier” than regular cornbread so I don’t recommend substituting it for the jiffy/Grandma’s corn meal special but it deserves a seat at the table. I have made this a few times and will say I enjoyed it better when I baked the sweet potato instead of boiling it.

Again, perfect it before you bring it to Thanksgiving. I don’t want the discussion about who made the sweet potato cornbread to go unfavorably on my watch.

Although I haven’t tried it, I think this would taste really good with melted honey butter.

So what’s on your Thanksgiving menu? Our plans are up in the air. I’m kind of looking to go to someone else’s house and eat in exchange for doing the dishes. My inbox is open for Atlanta area invites!

 Thank you Revolution Foods for sponsoring this post. My kids like pancakes and I need quick options!

The re-entry period back into the hustle and bustle of back to school is brutal. I think adrenaline and excitement pushed us last week. It was short lived,  this week the 5a alarm has been introduced to the snooze button and everybody is starting to drag in the mornings.

We’re just a week in folks. Just a week in.

The awesome part about re-entry is you can add something back into the routine weekly to ease the transition. This week, extracurricular activities are being reintroduced and next week I am getting back to batching things during the weekend to make our mornings less hectic.

One of the best time saving activities that I have done in the past is cooking breakfast for the week and simply reheating in the morning. I’ve shared my make ahead breakfast sandwiches, however they require a little more work, cooking and clean up time than I would like for days that I am in a hurry. When I just want to get it done pancakes are the move.

Breakfast Hero by Revolution Foods makes light work of making pancakes in a hurry. I can grab a pre-filled carton out of the freezer, let it thaw and pour. With decent sized pancakes I can easily get 15 pancakes out of one carton, enough for a week’s worth of breakfast. A 15 second reheat in the morning beats cooking every morning hands down.

The first week of school, my daughter’s teacher sent a note home specifying their lunch time and mentioning they are hungry before then and feel free to send in a snack. While I do send an additional snack, my goal is to make sure they walk out of here having eaten a healthy breakfast, and with 12-14 grams of whole grains, six grams of protein per serving, and no artificial colors or flavors Breakfast Hero meets the criteria in a variety of offerings.

To effectively store your pre-made pancakes you will need:

Plastic or Glass Storage Container with Airtight Lid

Plastic Wrap or Aluminum Foil

Pancakes

Once I’ve cooked all of the pancakes, I let them cool, wrap them in plastic wrap and insert them into a container with an airtight lid. In the mornings, I either reheat them in the oven or wrap them in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 10 sec.

Our schedule this year involves activities in the evenings Monday – Thursday. Being able to eat and snack with minimal effort in minimal time is the goal. Revolution Foods offers a variety of meal options that are  perfect for on-the-go nutrition for school, work or play and quick meal solutions from breakfast to dinner. They are hosting a fun Giveaway that will provide you with month’s supply of Revolution Foods to help ease the re-entry transition to back to school.

Enter to win the Revolution Foods Giveaway here!