Ideas For Breakfast

1. Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup light-brown sugar, packed

1/3 cup sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk

1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 (11 1/2 ounce) package milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.

• Grease twelve muffin cups.

• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt.

• In another bowl, stir together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla until blended.

• Make a well in center of dry ingredients.

• Add milk mixture and stir just to combine.

• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

• Now bake for 15-20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.

• Remove muffin tin to wire rack.

• Cool for 5 minutes.

• Remove from tins to finish cooling.

• Serve warm or completely cool.

• These muffins freeze well.

2. How To Make Yogurt Parfait

Ingredients:

• 1 32 oz container of whole milk plain yogurt, organic recommended

• 3 Tbs. honey

• 1 lb. of fresh or frozen berries

• 1 1/2 – 2 cups of granola

Instructions:

1. Add honey to the container of yogurt. Stir well.

2. In a mason jar, layer yogurt and berries. Top with granola.

Milan's Notes

Yogurt parfaits will keep in the refrigerator for several days. The granola will get soggy. See post for info about how to avoid this.

Canela Morning Coffee

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of water

• 1 cinnamon stick

• honey

• a quarter of a lime

Instructions:

1. Bring water to a boil.

2. Break cinnamon into pieces and place in water.

3. Remove from heat and steep for at least 15 minutes.

4. Strain the tea into a mug.

5. Add about 2 tbsp of honey to the mug.

6. Add the lime juice to the mug and stir.