White whole wheat and oatmeal add fiber and flavor to this ideal toasting bread. The recipe is designed to work around even the busiest day—you can stretch the dough's resting time to work around your schedule. More

I've made peanut butter bread a number of different ways, but I didn't think about adding whole wheat flour to the recipe until recently. White whole wheat is the perfect ingredient, adding its own subtle nuttiness to the taste, and more texture as well. If you're trying to add more whole grains to your diet, this is a pretty unobtrusive way to get them in. Everyone will notice the peanut flavor and no one will notice the grains. More

Ever since I started writing about brunch here, I've been searching for a buckwheat pancake recipe to fall in love with. Since this has everything to do with Almanzo Wilder (of the Little House on the Prairie series) and nothing to do with a specific taste memory from my own life, perhaps it's unsurprising that the goal has proven elusive. But this recipe from King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking has been the tastiest of the lot so far, and I loved the orange butter they suggested as an accompaniment. More

Editor's note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen! [Photograph: Kristen Swensson] I'm in the middle of Mark Bittman's latest book, Food Matters,... More