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basic muesli recipe in a bowl

Basic Muesli Recipe

If you are longing for something different from instant oatmeal packets, try this Basic Muesli Recipe with your pantry ingredients. Breakfast can be a tricky meal because you often need something quick, but during the cold weather months, no one wants to wake up early to cook breakfast from scratch.   Quick, processed breakfast options […]

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cranberry white chocolate macadamia energy bars on a plate

Cranberry White Chocolate Macadamia Energy Bars

If you are craving all the sweet stuff from the winter holiday season but need to watch your processed food intake, these Cranberry White Chocolate Macadamia Energy Bars are a welcome swap. You won’t even miss the marshmallows that are traditionally used to hold these cereal treat bars together. This recipe satisfies that craving for

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bowl of blueberry pie cream of wheat

Blueberry Pie Cream of Wheat

This Blueberry Pie Cream of Wheat tastes like a blueberry cream pie without tons of sugar. It’s creamy from the milk, has the taste of a crust from the graham cracker and nuts, and is full of sweet blueberry flavor. This breakfast is on the regular rotation during the cold winter months in my house.

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no-cook vegan chocolate mousse

No-Cook Vegan Chocolate Mousse

Surprise your tastebuds when you eat this creamy and decadent No-Cook Vegan Chocolate Mousse. This easy chocolate mousse recipe was adapted from the Avocado Chocolate Mousse recipe by Chef Jasmine Silverstein. It was our first experience using avocado in a dessert and it did not disappoint! One could describe this as a fresh homemade Nutella.

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kimchi pancake for one in a pan

Kimchi Pancake for One

Kimchi Pancake (kimchi jeon) is a great comfort food that’s easy to cook at home. It’s savory, salty, spicy, tangy, and crunchy all in one bite. You can eat it by itself or with a dipping sauce. Kimchi Pancake for One can be eaten as your meal to eat with leftovers or served as banchan

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bowl of garlic edamame

Garlic Edamame

Everyone will be so surprised when they taste the Garlic Edamame that you make using this recipe. It’s just like what you would get in Hawaii at the local grocery store deli, and better than what you would get at a Japanese restaurant. It’s so simple to make that you will be eating edamame every

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healthier spam musubi

Healthier Spam Musubi with Spam Lite and Genji Mai brown rice

I don’t know anyone that is born and raised in Hawaii that doesn’t love a Spam musubi or crave it when they are away from the islands. Spam is one of those things that I don’t plan on giving up anytime soon despite my goals of trying to eat healthier to avoid chronic health conditions

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ham and cheese cornbread muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins make for a quick breakfast on-the-go, a light lunch when paired with a salad, or an afternoon snack when you’re starved and have several hours until dinner. Using my Moist Whole Wheat Cornbread recipe, just add diced ham and shredded cheese. We like it heartier with 2 cups of ham

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cream cheese stuffed lychee

Easy Cream Cheese Stuffed Lychee

Cream Cheese Stuffed Lychee is a dish I’ve only seen in Hawaii. If anyone else is familiar with it outside of a Hawaii connection, I’d love to hear about it. Canned lychee makes it easy to prepare this recipe without having to peel and pit the lychees yourself. It’s simple enough to make on short

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creamy cranberry chicken salad as a sandwich

Creamy Cranberry Chicken Salad

This Cranberry Chicken Salad is easy to prepare and will help you save money by making it at home. Growing up, chicken salad for our sandwiches was just canned chicken breast mixed with mayonnaise and a little black pepper. (Tuna salad was prepared the same way.) As an adult buying lunches from the nearby coffee

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