Snacks

Pumpkin olive oil snacking bread

Pumpkin olive oil snacking bread

Every year at Thanksgiving, I buy way too much canned pumpkin. I don’t even really like pumpkin stuff that much – I’m no raging pumpkin spice fan. But I make a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie every year and I never look up how much pumpkin you […]

Perfect playground treat: Chocolate peanut butter oat bars

Perfect playground treat: Chocolate peanut butter oat bars

Spring is upon us, which means that in our household, we are in constant need of easy, hand-held treats that I can throw in a tin and bring to the playground. I’ve sworn off singly-wrapped snacks to avoid the waste; this makes that Costco membership […]

Cinnamon oatmeal cookie bars: sorta kinda like Clif Z-bars

Cinnamon oatmeal cookie bars: sorta kinda like Clif Z-bars

My kids eat a lot of Clif Z-bars when we are out adventuring – biking, hiking, skiing. Also other strenuous activities like walking to school for pick-up. Or swinging at the playground. I have a lot of guilt about all those wrappers – they can’t […]

Not 100% sure this counts as a post: park snack mix

Not 100% sure this counts as a post: park snack mix

It’s not fully clear to me that this is worth putting out onto the internets, but as I mixed a small batch up this morning, I thought about how happy it makes me, and how easy it is, and how many bins in the bulk […]