Soaked Homemade Oatmeal

Soaked Homemade Oatmeal

by | Nov 7, 2019 | Baby Steps, Blog, breakfast, dairy, gluten-free, Real Food, Recipes

Mornings are about smiles, hugs, coffee and my daily greeting to my kids “How did you sleep, my love?” as each of them wakes up and emerges from their rooms. As the aroma of coffee fills the kitchen, it becomes the place in our home that we busily pack lunches, get breakfast, chat about the days activities and to-do items … before my hubby rushes out the door and I chauffeur the kids to school. The chauffeuring is my FAVORITE part of the day! We chat about what happened the day before and they share what is on their...
Gluten-Free Morning Muffins, Basic & Delicious!

Gluten-Free Morning Muffins, Basic & Delicious!

by | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog, breads, muffins & crackers, breakfast, gluten-free, Recipes

Going from Boxed to Basics, isn’t really that hard! Just LOTS of little changes … helped us go from a “bagged” blueberry muffin recipe to Homemade! When I was a little girl, my family used to take a yearly car-trip to where my parents were from and that meant, 2 days in the car! I’m not talking about a few hours; I’m talking about two days, 16 hours of driving each day! My mom used to make the muffins on the left. I knew I could make something Basic and yummy … my Morning Muffins are on the right!...

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Melanie Clayton

Welcome, Sweet Friends! Come follow along as I share all the Baby Steps we’re making as a family to live a more healthy and simple life! We live on about 1-1/2 acres north of Dallas, on what we call an Urban Homestead. If you’re feeling overwhelmed at where to start, I hope our Baby Step approach will let you look back 52-weeks from now and say “look how far I’ve come”! I’m hoping you’ll be inspired, as I share across the virtual kitchen table!