Looking to start a weight loss journey or maybe just need to add some healthier meal options into your everyday routine? These 15 simple, easy and fresh recipes are just as satisfying as they are delicious! Great for jump-starting your healthy New Years resolutions, too! We all typically have good intentions to eat healthier and make more mindful food choices. However, sometimes when we don't set ourselves up for success, if often becomes overwhelming to know exactly what to eat. What if I told you that having these simple recipe ideas at your fingertips could help you prepare for every meal of the day, giving you more control to make healthier food choices? Having these healthy, easy and delicious options will help you feel satisfied and in control all the while still enjoying … [Read more...]
Vanilla Bean Iced Coffee
An amazing Vanilla Iced Coffee right at home! Forget the morning rush at your local coffee shop - make your favorite vanilla iced coffee drink right at home! My Vanilla Bean Iced Coffee is made with a simple vanilla bean syrup, cold brew coffee, and half and half. An amazing drink to start your day! When its 90+ degrees outside before 9am, its definitely time for vanilla iced coffee. Don't get me wrong, I love nothing more than drinking a warm, comforting, delicious cup of joe first thing in the morning, but when the heat is overly oppressive, iced coffee is where it's at! A cold, refreshing iced coffee always hits the spot! How to Make Cold Brew Coffee: I just recently tried cold brew coffee (I know, I know....sometimes I can be slow at trying new … [Read more...]
Blueberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Braid
The Easiest Blueberry Breakfast Braid recipe! Meet your new favorite breakfast treat! This super-simple Blueberry Breakfast Braid is made from simple, store-bought crescent sheets, along with fresh blueberries, almonds and cream cheese. No one will ever know this Blueberry Crescent Braid didn't come from a fancy bakery! Blueberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Braid The ultimate easy breakfast pastry, this delicious Blueberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Braid is amazing! With some great shortcuts, like store-bought refrigerated crescent dough, this breakfast braid recipe comes together in moments. If you've even gone through my content here at DelightfulEMade, you'll quickly discover that I'm pretty much in love with blueberries! We didn't have them much as a … [Read more...]
Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
The fresh, delicious flavors of lemon and blueberry come together in these fluffy Lemon Blueberry Pancakes. Topped with a delicious lemon cream cheese whipped topping, and fresh blueberries, these make for an amazing breakfast or brunch! I think I can say with a fair amount of confidence that pancakes are one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Most Saturday mornings at our house are filled with the fresh smells of pancake batter sizzling on a hot griddle. My son loves my Chocolate Chip Pancakes, but I especially love fruit filled pancakes, like these fluffy Lemon Blueberry Pancakes. No need for a box mix pancake batter than can often lead to dry, heavy cakes. These pancakes are light, fluffy and loaded with fresh delicious flavor! To add extra lemon flavor, I've … [Read more...]
Chocolate Almond Croissant Bread
If you love chocolate and almond croissants, this Chocolate Almond Croissant Bread is definitely for you! Loaded with lots of semi-sweet chocolate and sliced almonds, this easy to make breakfast bread is perfect with your morning coffee or tea! When the weekend rolls around at our house, we tend to have a few more minutes to spare in the morning, which allows for a some yummy fresh baked breakfast treats. We often do Chocolate Chip Pancakes or a batch of Glazed Lemon Poppyseed Muffins, but this weekend I did something a bit different (and easier!). I did a little experiment with a tube of refrigerated croissant dough. The results were this incredible Chocolate Almond Croissant Bread! The recipe literally takes 10 minutes to put together. (I think I had to wait longer for … [Read more...]
30 On-the-Go Breakfast Options
Are mornings busy and rushed at your house? I've put together 30 quick, easy and delicious breakfast options that are perfect for hectic, rushed mornings when you need to get out the door! Now that school is back in session, mornings at our house have become much more hectic. Between getting everyone dressed, lunches made and packed, and making sure book bags are ready to return to school, not much time remains for a good breakfast. Does this sound familiar? I've paired up with several of my fellow food bloggers to bring you 30 easy, quick and delicious breakfast options. I've put together options that are either made in just a couple minutes in the morning, or made ahead and froze so you can simply defrost and go. Whatever you and your family prefer, … [Read more...]
Banana Bread French Toast
If you like Banana Bread then you'll love this decadent, delicious Banana Bread French Toast! A simple, easy French toast recipe made with thick slices of moist, delicious banana bread, its the ultimate breakfast or brunch dish! When the weekend rolls around, I love nothing more than a hot, satisfying breakfast! Cooking up some bacon or sausage, and maybe even some scrambled eggs. I recently tried out this Banana Bread French Toast, and all I have to say is "Why have I not made this sooner!!" It starts out with a good loaf of Banana Bread. I have a great recipe, which is my Award Winning Banana Bread recipe. This recipe has won several 4-H Purple ribbons and its the ONLY banana bread recipe I use. The flavor and consistency is perfect, and … [Read more...]
Orange Pecan Cinnamon Roll Donuts
Donuts and cinnamon rolls come together for the most amazing breakfast treat! Orange zest, chopped pecans and a delicious orange glaze top these easy-to-make donuts, perfect for warming up on a cold morning. Now that its January, my son has had a snow-day every week this month. On those snow days when its cold, a warm, delicious treat from the oven is the perfect way to start the day. These Orange Pecan Cinnamon Roll Donuts are the perfect way to warm up on those days when the temperature drops. The donuts are made with just a few simple ingredients, and are ready in moments. I've begun to really love making donuts at home. They're the perfect way to enjoy donuts without leaving the house. Baking up a half dozen is also a great way to enjoy a morning treat without … [Read more...]
Triple Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars – my best Oatmeal Recipes!
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Quaker. All opinions are mine alone. The combination of sweet, zesty Strawberries, Raspberries and Blueberries are baked to perfection with rolled oats and brown sugar. These breakfast bars make the perfect quick breakfast on-the-go, or are fantastic when you have company during the holidays and want to having something sweet to enjoy with coffee. This is one of my favorite oatmeal recipes! #QuakerUp #My OatsCreation #CollectiveBias When it comes to oatmeal, I love baking with it, just as much as I love cooking up for breakfast on a cold morning. One of my favorite ways to eat oatmeal is stirring in berries, to the delicious hot cereal. A while back, I decided that I need to make a portable, breakfast … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Pear Quick Bread
With soft pears, crunchy pecans and a delicious cinnamon flavor, this Cinnamon Pear Quick Bread makes for a delightfully delicious snack. Moist, flavorful and topped with a cinnamon-pecan-brown sugar crumble, it will be your new favorite bread! For the past several days here in Northern Virginia its been cold, rainy and windy. There is something about the cold, dreary weather that comes with fall that makes me want to bake. Perhaps its the craving for something warm and comforting, fresh out of the oven. Or maybe its the wonderful smells that waft through the house while the treat bakes to perfection. I decided that the thing I was craving the most was my delicious Cinnamon Pear Quick Bread! I can't even begin to tell you how delicious this bread is once it comes out of … [Read more...]
Smokey Apple & Bacon Quesadillas
Sweet and savory. For me, this is one of my all-time favorite flavor combinations. I'm always trying to come up with new, easy and flavorful things to make for lunch or snacks, and my son is a big fan of quesadillas. So I decided to mix it up a bit, and come up with a sweet, crunchy, savory quesadilla that would work as a snack, lunch or even breakfast. This Smokey Apple & Bacon Quesadilla is perfect!! The smokey aspect of this quesadilla comes from the creamy, delicious smoked Gouda. I absolutely love this cheese! It adds such a great smokey, savory flavor to just about anything you're cooking. (PS - It's my favorite cheese to top a burger!) Paired with the crisp, slightly tart Granny Smith apple, and thick-cut crisply cooked … [Read more...]
Coconut Glazed Chocolate Donuts
So, yes, I realize it is now January and the dead of winter. However, it was freakin' cold here yesterday morning. Here in the 'burbs of Northern Virginia it was 7 degrees!! Now, granted, I grew up in the frozen tundra of South Dakota where it gets much, much colder, but for Virginia 7 degrees is COLD. So when I finally had to roll out of my toasty, warm bed (child was awake, otherwise I wouldn't have left my bed!), child asks, "Can we go to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast?" My response, "Ummmm, NO! Its way to cold." My child is 5 and already knows how to play me. He then says with a sly, overly cute grin, "But they have coffffeeeeee mommmmyyyyyyyy!" After a good chuckle, I resisted the urge for a delicious cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee as the cold kept us inside for the … [Read more...]
Cherry Almond Breakfast Bread
Every year at Christmas time I say to myself, "I going to start earlier next year." Meaning, start the holiday shopping, baking, card-making and all the other stuff that goes along with Christmas. I truly enjoy doing these things, and I would certainly cut back and eliminate if things got too crazy. But putting these things off until the month of December, when I know I could at least start in say, October, would certainly make things less stressful come 13 days until Christmas. I always enjoy giving friends and neighbors some goodies during the holidays. I always feel its a nice way of expressing your gratitude and truly giving thanks for having them in our lives. This year, I'm planning on giving some loaves of these pretty Cherry Almond Breakfast Bread. They are perfect for … [Read more...]
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Harrison and I came back to my home town, Burke, SD to visit my family for a couple weeks. Unlike last summer, they've had lots of rain and sunshine, which has helped the local crops and gardens grow leaps and bounds. My dad's strawberry patch is no exception. I've never seen strawberry plants as full and plentiful as these. Dad has picked several gallons of strawberries so far this summer, filling up their freezer for fall and winter. Since they have a nice sized rhubarb plant, I thought hmmmm, what could we make with copious amounts of strawberries and rhubarb? Jam!!! I raided mom's basement pantry of miscellaneous jars, picked up some jar flats, and pectin at the local grocery store, and pulled out the big pot. In a couple … [Read more...]
Easy Iced Coffee
I have to tell you, that I really love coffee. If it wouldn't keep me up at night, I would drink it all day long! It's one of my favorite parts of the morning - I walk over to my trusty Tassimo coffee maker and brew me up a nice cup of joe. However, when it gets hot like it did here yesterday (90 by noon!), I really love nothing more than an iced coffee. Now don't get me wrong, I delight in a great Starbucks iced latte like everyone else, but its not always great on my wallet. So, I'm gonna fill you in on how to make a fabulous tasting, and super easy iced coffee right at home. A great tip to making iced coffee is using coffee ice cubes. Making coffee ice cubes is about as simple as it sounds. Pour some brewed coffee in an ice cube tray, and freeze. You can use regular … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Pancakes – Super easy from Scratch
How many mornings has this happened? You or your kids say, "We/I want pancakes!" You proceed to your pantry all to discover there is no Bisquick or any other mix on hand, and the freezer is void of anything resembling breakfast. I'm here to tell ya - You don't need it! Scratch pancakes are super easy to throw together, and in my opinion, taste WAY better than any mix you could buy at the grocery store. Not to mention, its way cheaper, too! **This recipe has been adapted by Family Fare: A Guide to Good Nutrition, published by the US Department of Agriculture, Revised , July 1974. One happy boy on the first day of summer break. That smile makes it all worth it! Hope you Enjoy! Erin … [Read more...]
