This is a sponsored post and I have been compensated. However, all opinions are 100% mine. If you love to cook, when did you find that passion? When I became a mom that I found I enjoyed cooking for my family. I have an impressive cookbook collection and I refer to them several times a week. Lately, I have been focusing on healthier and easy breakfast and snack recipes.

Award winning actress and bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli is back with another amazing cookbook. Valerie’s Home Cooking: More than 100 Recipes to Share with Family and Friends is inspired by her family’s cooking legacy. Inside this gorgeous cookbook are a large variety of recipes perfect for every occasion. I love the creative recipes and the large, beautiful photos. A recipe we all are obsessed with are her Blueberry-Banana Oat Breakfast Muffins!

Valerie’s recipes are easy to make and many fit into my healthy way of living! She offers tips and tricks that she uses in her own kitchen. In her cookbook, you will find amazing recipes like Brown Sugar Sriracha Bacon Bites, Steamed Clams with Spicy Garlic Bread, and of course, the Blueberry-Banana Oat Breakfast Muffins I chose to make . This book has quickly become one of my favorites!

You can see Valerie Bertinelli on Food Network where she’s the host of Valerie’s Home Cooking. She also co-hosts, along with Duff Goldman, one of my favorite shows, The Kid’s Baking Championship on Food Network. She got her start in the spotlight from a young age as a child actor. She starred in my favorite show as a kid, One Day at a Time. I wanted to look just like her character, Barbara Cooper!

She also starred on Touched by an Angel, but these days she’s best known for her work in the kitchen. Her amazing cooking talents have been wowing fans for years. I have enjoyed seeing this side of Valerie. She has inspired me to add flavor and depth to my cooking.

Valerie’s Home Cooking: More than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family

With her new cookbook, you can bring her talents to your kitchen too.

Gather your ingredients to make your Blueberry-Banana Oat Breakfast Muffins:

• 3/4 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cup fresh blueberries

Directions:

Step 1: Add dry ingredients and 3/4 cup of the blueberries.

Step 2: Stir together gently.

Step 3: Mash bananas in a small bowl. Add melted butter, egg and vanilla.

Step 4: Combine wet ingredients together well.

Step 5: Add wet mixture to dry mixture

Step 6: Combine well. If mixture is too thick, add ¼ oil and ¼ cup milk.

Step 7: Add 1/3 cup of the mixture to each muffin cup.

Step 8: Bake for 18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and muffins are getting golden brown.
Cool on wire rack.

What is your healthy go-to breakfast? Do you take time to eat at home or is it on the run?

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