I haven’t had to be up this early in ages (with the exception of early flights!) Guess this is foreshadowing of January’s start working full time again 
While I got dressed, Matt made me a bowl of Chia Cottage Cheese Oats. Boy was it delicious. He had to be up because he’s now working on Mondays doing inventory so he has Saturdays off!
Ingredients included:
- 1/3 cup oats, milk, water
- Half banana
- 1 tbsp chia
- Scoop Daisy Cottage Cheese
- Flax
- 1/2 crumbled Quaker Simple Harvest Banana Macadamia Coconut bar
- Coconut butter shavings from the lid
- Barney Butter
Dark, dark!
Half caf Spring Blend + Marley Coffee with half and half
I’m off!
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Does coconut butter add a lot of flavor or just more creaminess?
I love your bowl! It’s so pretty!
Looks and sounds so good!
I love your K cup. I think I need an M cup!
Have a great Monday, Kath
Have a great day!!
coconut butter? i’ve never heard of that! have a great day..
Looks like a fantastic way to start an early day!!
Mmm, coconut!
Looks delicious!
Hope you have a great Monday!!
Have a great day Kath!
I have got to try some chia
great start to the day, have a wonderful afternoon
I just remembered that sometime last week you made the Tofu Curry soup from Cooking Light, and I was wondering where you managed to find light coconut milk? I was planning on making it yesterday, but could only find the regular stuff at both grocery stores near my house– would it be better to go to a specialty store, perhaps?
That looks like one hearty bowl of oats! I’m sure that tied you over for a while.
What a wonderful and delicious way to start the day! Have a good one!
Enjoy your day!
What a nice hubby to make up the breakfast! Good luck adjusting to your early morning hours today!
Courtney
Adventure in Tri-ing
Really interesting mix of ingredients! You guys are so creative!
have a good day kath! i’ve been working early since january, and still need to adjust
How nice that your husband made you breakfast! Have a great day!
Again, I love your bowl sets!! Makes the oats look even more yummy
It’s a strange feeling to get up early if you aren’t used to it and it isn’t for a special occassion like a trip. How sweet that Matt made you breakfast though.
I love your photos of breakfast. They look like magazine photos for “what you should eat for breakfast” kind of article.
giiiiirl you have THE BEST bowls. I wish I had half of your collection.
Agreed, your bowls and dishes are the best part of the blog! I feel like I need a china makeover…
matt looks like he made a great breaky for you kath!!
jenna
How sweet of the hubby to make you breakfast and so great that he has Saturdays off!
Have a Happy Monday!
i like the black and white bowl with the black and white cup, so cute and artsy. what a great hubby to make breakfast!
I must try this coconut butter. It looks a bit more thin than peanut butter, is it?
Your new camera is fantastic!
you’re a really talented photographer
your pictures are so classy. martha stewart should hire you 
have a fun day!
looks delicious, kath! matt is such a good hubby making you a piping hot bowl of yummy oats!
have a great day!
Are you still going to stick with morning workouts when you start working full time?
Sounds amazing!! I love the utensils!
okay. totally not trying to be the barney butter police, but saw this and thought of my question last week and had to share:
http://www.fitsugar.com/4939277
what are your thoughts on this?
thanks
I love your blurry shots!
You are getting to be such a good photographer! I love the last 2 pictures.
LOVE that last picture – I think I love you looking at the pics from your new camera as much as you like taking them!
It’s so nice that you & your hubby got to sit down to breakfast together in the morning – even when you’re up so early. Quality time!
Love the pics, as always.
I was up early for work this morning too, which I wasn’t happy about since I have class tonight until 9PM! Mondays just kill me… at least I packed a tasty PB sammy for dinner!
Hear some much about coconut butter on all these blogs…Will put in on the “i have to take this from the US to Europe next time”-list!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
Yummy, I’m craving oatmeal like crazy this week! So warm and comforting.
My pics never come out that clear without flash; they’re usually blurry.
Nice!
Jenn
Your breakfast (as always) looks super yum!
I have not thought to add cottage cheese to my oats! I think I might have to give that one a go tomorrow…
What sort of flavor does the cottage cheese give to the oats? Does it make them more savory or more creamy? I’m curious! I hope your monday goes well
Morning is rough! I hate getting up in the dark!
Nice to have breakfast with the hubs, though!
So cute that you sit down at the table to have breakfast with your honey! My boyfriend and I are really bad about that…we eat in front of the TV most of the time
Such an awesome combo Kath! Have a wonderful Monday!
rhodeygirl,
just minimal flavor when you get some in a bite. I probably won’t be restocking when its gone.
Wendy,
I have no idea what grocery stores are in your area. It’s hit or miss. My Trader Joe’s and Harris Teeter always have it.
Food Makes Fun Fuel,
It’s actually half oil, half solid in my jar right now. I liked it better in the winter when it was all solid!
chandra,
Thank you!
Amanda,
I have no idea what my schedule will be, so I have no idea! But I’d prefer AM to PM so if I can, I will.
JBlue,
I agree with FitSugar for the most part. It is NOT the new trans-fat though! Even transfats aren’t that bad for a person who eats healthy 90% of the time and exercises. And the amount of palm oil in Barney Butter is so negligible. I believe nut butters are the only product I eat that contains it.
Deva,
Closest cousin would be cheesecake or cream cheese.
Kath
I need to bite the bullet and get me some chia seeds.
Those oats look yummy!
Also, just wanted to let you know about a healthy living blog I started called Just Flourishing! You can check it out at http://justflourishing.com
Have a great day!
When do you usually add chia seeds to your oatmeal? At the end as a topping?
Beginning