Mornin’ y’all!
I knew today would be 100% an oatmeal day and wanted to make a fabulous bowl of pumpkin fun.
My initials – Katherine Anne Younger. That is a Y on the end there, I promise!
The mix:
- 1/3 cup oats, milk, water, pinch salt
- Half banana
- ~1/3 cup pumpkin
- ~1/4 cup Daisy Cottage Cheese
- ~2 tbsp cooked wheatberries
- ~1 tbsp ground flax
- IKEA cookies
- 2 tsp of Costco PB, drizzled off the spoon by my finger, which was a very effective method to increase surface area!
Delicious coffee
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NERD KERF Series
I hit a road block with the Gmail videos – As predicted, you guys used up all the Bandwidth at Screencast.com in a matter of hours! I am working to upgrade my Jing account, convert the videos to MP4′s and upload them to YouTube. Should have video #2 at lunch!
In the meantime, here’s Episode I on You Tube if you missed it earlier this week:
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Busy day ahead, and then fun vacation tomorrow! Larbs + Matt are flying in at 10:30 and then we’re driving 4 hours to Bald Head Island. Hoping the weather stays nice!
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Sounds like a great vacation !
I love the alphabet cookies! Can’t wait to see the newest vacation pics.
Jenn
yummy breakfast-i love that your initials spell kay
i always like when initials spell something… although my sister in law’s spell pms!!
Love Bald Head.. I live in NC and it supposed to be nice.. tomorrow calling for mid 80s! Enjoy your trip
Adorable cookies btw.
How exciting! Weekend trip!
I love those cookies, so cute! Have fun this weekend!
Oooo I want alphabet cookies! what fun with breakfast!
Have fun with the trip! Those IKEA letters look like they could make any meal fun
Fun name oats, great for a cool day!
Bald Head Island sounds like a pretty place to be on a relaxing weekend!
Oatmeal looks delicious. I haven’t had wheatberries in a while, and I really need to make some! They are so chewy and yummy. Enjoy your weekend trip!
Those pumpkiny oats look SO good! We’re going to IKEA this weekend so I’ll be sure to look for those cookies! yum!
That bowl of oats is too cute!
I love that.
those letter cookies are so cute!
Hope your day goes well!
The alphabet cookies are so fun, I will have to watch for them next time I’m at Ikea!
That peanut butter looks so good and I’m not the biggest fan, but it looks so melty and good!!
Courtney
Adventures in Tri-ing
I am loving pumpkin oats these days! Your initial cookies are super cute.
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Hi Kath,
Hope all is well. Just curious on the Costco PB. I’ve seen it and been tempted to buy it, I usually go crunchy, but the kids and hubby like creamy and I buy them Skippy Natural.
What flavor of PB would you equate the Costco one to? I noticed it only has roasted peanuts and no other ingredients like palm oil, so I was curious of the taste.
Thanks!
Jonna
LOL love the Y. I totally see it!
Thank you so much for that video. I went straight and changed everything like you said the other day. I’m still fiddling with it to figure out the labels and inboxes, but I’m sure it’ll really help. I really like the fact that I change my signature so it shows up under my actual message (rather than at the very bottom) when I ‘Reply’!
I am going to break into my Pumpkin Stash this weekend! How nice to be going away for a few days. Enjoy your trip!
Breakfast looks delicious as always–love the letters! lol
That’s a fun way to do oatmeal! Hehe.
I’m enjoying the “nerd” videos. It’s always cool to see how someone else uses things.
Hope you have fun on your trip!
Ahah that’s awesome. That oatmeal looks so good.
KAY….love it! my middle name is anne too – i like to think its a classic! enjoy your day!
nice middle name
i’m glad it’s spelled correctly with an E!
have fun at bald head island – so jealous! i really want to go there sometime.
That’s my middle name too. Drizzle of pb looks so good!
Today was definitely at oatmeal day, the weather is getting really chilly, brrrr
Cute oats, Kath!
Hope you have a wonderful time!
In elementary school my friends and I used to joke about what we could make our kids initials spell. We were always trying to figure out ways to spell stupid things like @$$ and poo. Ah, to be a kid again.
I need to make some pumpkin oats verrrry soon. And get wheatberries!
The cookes make your oatmeal so great!!
This may just be the most adorable bowl of oats ever. And who would have ever thought they’d call a bowl of oats “adorable” ?
love the kay oatmeal! so cute. have fun on vaca
Such a creative bowl of oats;) Have fun tomorrow!
I’ll be checking that out after lunch. I’m trying to switch to Gmail since i use almost everything else google (thanks to reading your blog…seriously you have changed my wonderful organized brain to be even better).
How fun to play with food. I did stuff like that when I had my cousins visiting and occassionally to make Hunni giggle
As always, your breakfast inspires my own.
I crumbled chocolate chip cookies over mine today, a big step.
Have a wonderful day, Kath!
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I’m glad you told us, because I thought it said K A V which confused me
Those cookies are too too cute! As usually, I’m jealous of your yummy breakfast!
I had a bowl of pumpkin oats this morning as well. Mmm Mmm good. Have a blast on your vacation!
Hey, congrats on your foodbuzz nomination!!!
I love that you have cookies on your oatmeal.
you’ve got great initials! mine are l.c. – there’s a lens crafters promotion now where they say ” i love l.c.” my hubby loves it.
I can’t wait to watch the video when I get home.
Sounds like you have a great vacation coming your way! Hoping that the weather stays nice for ya’ll!
I am just loving these cookies Kath! Perfect for the oatmeal and so fun.
Mmmm… pumpkin oats sound fabulous right now. Have to get your fill of them while the season is here!
oatmeal looks yummy and i love your initials in your oats!
jenna
Congrats on your nomination. I’m so happy to find your blog through the nominations. What an incredibly healthy way to eat! I will definitely have to take some of your lessons to heart and pack better meals for when I’m working long shifts at the restaurant.
Congrats on the well deserved praise.
Best,
Brooke
I love the idea of cookies with your breakfast. I always make my breakfast a little extra special when I have a long day ahead of me, but I usally perk up my oats with a little bit of nutella…I’ll have to try a cookie on top when its one of “those” days!!
My last name starts with Y too, so I am quite familiar with the lack of “Y” cookies/crackers etc. Sheesh–no respect for those of us at the of the alphabet.
Love the Alphabet stuff! Adorable!!! I am really enjoying the Nerd KERF Stuff, so helpful!
Haha I love alphabet soup!
Jonna,
Have you had Trader joe’s PB before? It is very similar to that, but less runny. Does Skippy have sugar? This obvi. doesn’t so it’s not very sweet, but very roasty. It’s only about $6 for two HUGE jars so I would def. give it a try. You could always eat it yourself if they don’t like it
Brooke,
Thank you and welcome!
Kath
Hey kath!
I’ve been mixing flax into my breakfast every morning (similar to what you did here) and was wondering if this was ok? Can you over-eat flax?
This looks delicious by the way!
Thanks, Lindsey
Lindsey,
I think a daily dose of flax is great. A few tbsp a day is great. I wouldn’t eat it by the cup
Kath
Hi Kath,
Thanks for the info. Have not yet tried Trader Joe’s (just their almond butter) and I’m glad you told me the Costco one is not as runny. Skippy Natural has 3g of sugar per 2T, it’s not overly sweet. I will have to give the Costco one a try.
It’s amazing how many nut butters I have tried since reading your blog. I’ve even made some. I got some great fresh honey roasted PB at Whole Foods and just bought a bag of Trader Joe’s Honey Roasted assorted nuts and am going to try making some Honey Roasted nut butter with that.
Have a great trip!
Jonna
NExt time I go to Ikea I’m getting those cookies. I would feel so special eating wahtever it is I’m eating
You are so creative! I love the personalized ‘Kay’ oatmeal!
Love your Gmail tutorial! Great tips!