Tag: spring

Current Breakfast Obsession: Brownie Batter Overnight Oatmeal

Lauren6 Comments

I guess I should thank my grocery store for this post.  If it wasn’t for the fact that they suddenly stopped stocking bulgur, I would probably still be on my last breakfast obsession, but since it’s been missing in the bulk section for weeks, I’ve been forced to move on.

But it’s okay, as this is the time of year when I start mixing in some cold breakfast options.  Spring = cold breakfast + warm coffee!  You know, because it’s not quite cold enough for hot breakfast and hot coffee or quite cold enough for cold breakfast and cold coffee.

I’ve been mixing up this overnight oatmeal a few times a week and it straight up tastes like desert!  I’ve always loved that thin line between breakfast and desert 🙂  I took this recipe and changed it up a bit to create a chocolaty oatmeal creation that tastes indulgent but is actually the perfect healthy breakfast choice.  Win-win!

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The night before, I mix 1/3 cup each rolled oats, almond milk and Greek yogurt, plus 1 tablespoon each cocoa powder, maple syrup and most importantly, chocolate chips!  Then you just stick the whole thing in the fridge overnight and in the morning, all you have to do is microwave it for a few seconds to take off the chill (unless you like the chill), add some fun toppings (peanut butter and Panda Puffs, for the win!) and enjoy.

P.S. All I can imagine as I’m writing this post is my mom (a serious oatmeal hater) reading it and thinking it looks like the most disgusting breakfast ever.  I swear it’s good, Mom!

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Hot or cold breakfasts?

What is your favorite breakfast right now?

Are you opposed to chocolate for breakfast?  If so, we can’t be friends anymore 😛

Friday Randoms

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Because Friday calls for a post made up of random blurbs about my life, right?

1. It’s World Sleep Day!  Or something like that.  Who can keep track of these “National                   Day” holidays anyways?  But, a few words on sleep.  My sleep to be exact.  I love the idea of sleep but in actuality, I am a crazy vivid dreamer and often wake up feeling like my brain was working overtime creating dream details instead of resting.  Wah wah!

2. Our Crate and Barrel kitchen island came in on Wednesday!  Which means: A) We can toss the gross old table we’ve been using as a mock island since we moved into the house B) More space to organize our overcrowded kitchen drawers and cupboards and B) My mom can stop asking “so where are you going to put the island?” every time she comes over 😛

3. I’m a mere 100 pages into Rick Steves’ book on Provence and feel flustered about all the information already.  I’m starting to think it might be better for me to not know anything about France.

4. After 3 days of fabulously warm weather and 3 straight days of outdoor runs, it snowed.  Like big fat wet snowflakes!  The next day it was sunny with no sign of there having been snow the day before.  Must be spring in Colorado!

5. Joey’s birthday is next month and I am already hounding him about where I he would like to go for dinner to celebrate.  I think we both realize that this is more for me than for him… but hey, there’s food and I’m paying so he better just gratefully accept.

6. I was half an hour late to work on Wednesday because Joey and I were so caught up in watching a high speed car chase on the news.  The guy hijacked a car with a 4-year-old sitting inside, eventually ditched that car, hijacked another, drove the wrong way on the highway, hijacked yet another car, crashed, then tried to make a run for it before the cops closed in on him.  It was insane!

7. I walked to get coffee on Thursday morning.  As in, the coffee shop is so close I can walk there!  For some reason, this just makes me so so happy.

8. My mom invited me to dinner with she and my sister on Thursday night.  We ate smoked mozzarella pizza (omg!), decided on dates for our girls only trip to Santa Fe in a few months and answered the age of old question, “Should we get ice cream?”

9. The answer was obviously yes.  This is the “tiny” size and yeah, that’s a pretty accurate description.

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10. It’s Pi Day and Friday, which means extra happiness!  Enjoy 🙂