Slow cooker apple pie steel cut oats recipe (stovetop version, too!)

I feel like whining.  Nooooo, I don’t waaaaaaant school to start tomorrow.  I have to wake up so eaaaarrrrrly.  Ugggh.  And lunnnnnnches.  Ok.  I’m done.  Thanks for listening. I think making breakfast, lunch and dinner during the school year is hard.  Sometimes I feel like I’m in a competition on a Food Network show.  Minutes […]

Individual baked oatmeal cups

I’m down one child for the next six weeks since I dropped Daughter #1 off far, far away in upstate NY for a summer college program.  There were some tears before I left.  I know how most of you think, but no, those tears were not mine.  I love my daughter to pieces, but hear […]

Baked Berry Oatmeal | Pamela Salzman

Baked Berry Oatmeal Recipe

My favorite thing about the weekends and vacations is lingering over breakfast.  Weekdays are (sadly) so rushed that we don’t really have more than 10 minutes to sit down and enjoy our morning meal.  Not only are we lacking time to relax and  enjoy, but the five of us never eat breakfast together during the […]

Kiwi salsa recipe

Have you ever looked at recipe and thought there was an ingredient that could be omitted no big deal?  But then afterwards you realize that maybe it was there for a reason.  I swear I don’t think I zested a piece of citrus for 20 years because I didn’t know any better.  Entire recipes, too. […]

Winter fruit salad recipe

Although I’m not 100% strict about it, I do try my best to eat seasonally as well as locally.  This helps to keep our bodies in harmony with nature, and is more healthful for us as well as the planet.  I know, easy for me since I live in Southern California.  It’s true we do […]