One of the best ways to encourage kids to eat healthy food is through tasty dishes that are presented in fun and appetizing manner. A plain bowl of oatmeal can be made more appetizing by adding banana for eyes, nuts for nose, and honey for a sweet smile. For our back to school breakfast, we gave the good old buttered toast a new and more enticing look with the use of a waffle maker. Here are 3 easy steps to make Bread Waffle, our quick and fun breakfast that is perfect for the morning … [read more]
Good Morning Scents of Freshly Cooked Bacon, Eggs and Pancake
Serving bacon, eggs and pancake during breakfast may be ordinary for some families but not for us. Since we started watching my husband’s cholesterol levels our menu changed into low fat and low cholesterol food products, which means no bacon or fatty food products for us. After several months of fish, chicken, veggies and lean meat menu we all started craving for old time favorites like bacon and pork chop. With his recent lab results showing good cholesterol levels, we decided to give in to … [read more]
Reliable Brands for Dependable Breakfast Nutrition
One of the advantages of buying food products from trusted brands is you get the quality assurance that comes with the brand name. There are several food and beverage brands that have proven the quality and nutrition of their products over the years. These same tried and tested brands that we grew up with are the same brands that we use in providing breakfast nutrition for our kids. Breakfast is considered as the most important meal of the day so I make sure that what we serve to our kids is … [read more]
Whole Wheat Pancake Medley
Here's a healthier option for your breakfast pancakes. This pancake mix made from whole wheat is cholesterol-free, is high in fiber, has zero transfat, and uses muscovado sugar. The mix is also great for newbie MomChefs like me who have yet to perfect pancakes made from scratch (which comes after mustering patience to accurately measure the ingredients and properly mix them together) and who still call dumping ingredients together "cooking". Breakfast: Banana-Carrot-Pineapple … [read more]