Breakfast

Coffee Cake Baked Oatmeal

March 16, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 10 Comments

One of the things I love most about being home with my family on the weekends is our Saturday brunch. My dad always makes his #peduzzifamous huevos rancheros; they’re packed with a few different types of salsa, eggs, fresh vegetables, a little chorizo, and a touch of cheese. Needless to say, they’re über impressive.

I’m more of a breakfast purist, so I usually make a bowl of my Banana Bread Oatmeal. There’s something so satisfying about a warm bowl of oaty goodness, especially this time of year when it has been pretty arctic tundra-esque right outside my door. If I’m being completely honest with you, I crave oatmeal year-round. There’s something that just screams, “Let’s wake up and kick some butt today” like my oatmeal.Read More

Heart Beet Smoothie

February 6, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 11 Comments

I’m really not the biggest fan of Valentine’s Day.

I just never really saw the point for this holiday. If you truly love the one you’re with, don’t you think that every day should be treated like Valentine’s Day? Do you really need a special day designated for niceness and thoughtful gifts? A single date per year that you decide to bring home flowers for a loved one or choose to have a romantic night out?

Great. Now I’m sounding like my mother.Read More

Samoa Overnight Oats

February 2, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 10 Comments

Tis the season for those little brats who come to our doors and tempt us with those addictive chocolate/coconut/caramel cookies, those better-when-frozen chocolate/mint wafers, and those I-could-eat-1000 oatmeal peanut butter sandwiches. But I’m allowed to call them “brats” because I was one of those brats.

I think it’s kind of ironic that I went into business school after my lack of entrepreneurial prowess in the Girl Scout cookie trade. I always capitalized on my mom and dad bringing the order form into work and getting their co-workers to support their hard-working Girl Scout daughter. But walking around in the cold, knocking on doors, and having conversations with people I would otherwise never talk to? Yeah, that didn’t sound so fun.Read More

Coconut Coffee Cake Granola

January 26, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 3 Comments

As we discussed last week, I love my hipster food; however, there is one hipster pantry staple with which I have never really grooved: Quinoa. Or as my friend, Mark, thought it was pronounced, “Quin-Oh-Wa.”

I can’t make this stuff up.Read More

The Hipster’s Smoothie

January 23, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 5 Comments

I’ll admit it. I’m a hipster foodie.

Um, first and foremost, #kalefordays. I throughly enjoy, and actually prefer, anything served in a mason jar. I feel refreshed and rejuvenated after my green smoothie in the mornings. I would take a bath in Sriracha and gladly drink my way out. We have already discussed my devotion to the humble chia seed. I could have Cruciferous Vegetable Night (a la Sheldon Cooper) every night of my life in the way of brussels sprouts. I frequently sprinkle hemp seeds and flax seeds on my fruit. Almond milk is my spirit milk.

We’re going to knock a few of those out right here, right now.

Grab your thick-rimmed glasses. It’s about to get hipster up in here.Read More

Carrot Cake Overnight Oatmeal

January 14, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 5 Comments

Remember how I was talking about my New Year’s Resolutions? Well, I thought of another I could add to that list: Change. It. Up.

I have my favorites. I barely have time to try new restaurants because I always stick to my most-loved spots. And forget about trying different dishes at said “spots.” I adore re-reading my most beloved novels so much that I sometimes possess a certain tunnel-vision that prevents me from discovering something new. I am convinced that I would make a horrible mother because I’m 100% sure that I really would have a favorite kid. I eat the same Banana Bread Oats for breakfast. Every. Single. Day.

All I have to say is thank goodness I branched out today.Read More

Lemon Blueberry Chia Parfait

January 6, 2015 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 6 Comments

Can we talk about how incredible breakfast food is? If you’re like me and prefer sweeter breakfasts, breakfast time is basically an excuse to eat dessert first thing in the morning, full of fresh fruit, warm whole grains, and bright green smoothies. How can that be a bad thing? If you like savory breakfasts, there are so many different directions one could take their delicacy – eggs, avocado, salsa, spices…the works. I am convinced that breakfast foods are simply the best, and yes, I realize that I sound a lot like this guy:

Banana Bread Oats

December 18, 2014 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 12 Comments

My name is Alexa Peduzzi, and I am an oatmeal addict.

I figured this was a respectable way to start Fooduzzi – an admittance of my obsession with the lowly oat. Believe you me; they will be making many appearances here. I can honestly say I have had a bowl of oatmeal every day for about five months. I apologize for being a 99-year-old woman.