Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies —...

Healthy and cookies aren’t words that usual go together. However, there are some recipes that exists for healthy cookies. For toddlers this is music to their ears. There is something magical about the word cookie. And for parents a toddler the magic is a toddler that will actually eat his breakfast! Believe you me, we know all about the morning breakfast struggle in our house. What qualifies as a healthy toddler friendly cookie Your toddler actually has to like them. So basically there need to be enough flavor there so that the buzz word “cookie” wins...

Grandma Leone’s Famous Pancakes

You are slow to wake up. You blink several times, but your eyes quickly retreat from the early morning light that is pouring in through the windows, searching out and revealing spaces that were hidden in darkness only moments before. Outside one of these windows a robin sounds his morning song, signaling the start of another glorious spring day.  The world is waking up. But not you. Not yet. The world of dreams that exists behind your eyelids is still too inviting. Better to linger here a while longer then to let in the painful light of morning. It seems strange to you...

Cinnamon Scones

Cinnamon Scones I know, I know.  It’s St. Patrick’s Day.  Why isn’t there a blog about corned beef and cabbage?  The short answer is that I forgot.  Plus, we have the day off.  So, it was a perfect morning for a treat.  These cinnamon scones are a good lazy morning treat with CBS Sunday morning, a good cup of coffee, and sudoku. Have you ever wandered into a cafe or Starbucks and been enticed by the scones only to instantly regret it after the first bite when it explodes into a dust cloud of crumbs?  I also dislike the crusty sugar on the...