I slept well last night and woke up ready to rock and roll. I’ve got two big projects I’ve been working on that I will be debuting in the next few days. I’m spending all morning working on them and then taking the afternoon off to play with Matt!
I piled on the creativity for breakfast and came up with quite the confetti bowl –
Yes, that third letter is an R!
For the base, I made a SIAB of sorts:
- 1 container Oikos
- 1/2 cup pumpkin
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- Lots of cinnamon + pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
=BLEND
[NOTE: Add sweetener if you like things sweet!]
Toppings included a tiny bit of each:
- IKEA cookies (LOVE these – they have toffee/vanilla flavor and are so buttery)
- Coconut ~ 2 tsp
- Cacao nibs ~1 tsp
- Salty peanuts ~10
- Cacao Bliss ~ 1 tsp
- MaraNatha AB ~2 tsp
- Mix My Granola ~ 1 tbsp
For the Maranatha, I played with a new toy: a Drizzle Stick by Fusionbrands that they sent for me to try out. They have so many cool tools on their site – and I love the videos!
Obviously I thought of nut butters over oats for using this tool –
I stuffed some almond butter in the 1.5 tsp holder put it in a glass and nuked for 30 seconds
It worked but only a little bit. I think the stick is really better suited for liquidy things
I think I ate more off my fingers as I tried to push it in than I got drizzled into the bowl! I had to turn it inside out to get to the last bit. I will try this again though!
Loved how thick the yogurt + pumpkin + milk + banana + chia part got. It was just like a pudding!
Happy Friday all!!
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Oh major YUM. That looks great. Love the cookies!
that looks so good!
I love fun new gadgets!! I get that would be great for honey and extra runny PB!
The cookie addition to this bowl is adorable!
I’m contemplating my own morning oats right now – there’s a can of butternut squash puree and a jar of maple syrup calling my name!
LOL, love the alphabet SIAB! That drizzle stick is so awesome! I have a wooden one for honey that I never used, but I guess it’s for more than just that. Neat.
Jenn
That is definitely a party in a bowl. YUM! Love the idea of the drizzle stick – hope it works out better next time.
Enjoy your afternoon with Matt!
those cookies are great. ikea sells the most wonderful random stuff
i love those little letter cookies…
Breakfast looks quite tasty and very fall like…mmm.
such a fun bowl of yummies!
Cute bowl of KERF
Have a great day!
Awesome breafkast, those letter cookies are too cute!
I LOVE your oatmeal! It’s great!
i love all your toppings you have on your SIAB! it looks great, and the KERF letters add a super cute touch
jenna
Adorable oats! very fall-like, too. yumyum YUM!
I like that drizzle stick idea! Those Ikea cookies sound really good – if you don’t get lured by the random furniture/dishware at Ikea, you get lured by the food
Have a great Friday!
The KERF letters are just too darn cute! How fun!
Do you know if the drizzle stick is dishwasher safe? I love the idea of it but hate hand washing things
what a fun bowl! Enjoy your day with Matt!
oh oh looks tasty! ikea cookies are oh-so-tasty! they have the best selection of cookies at that place. i go for furniture and leave w/ food!
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Love the confetti bowl! So many good ingredients all in one place, it must have tasted great. I love the drizzle stick too =)
Yum! Those cookies are super cute!
I need that drizzy stick!
That drizzlestick is hilarious
Nothing like having a delicious and FUN breakfast!
Those cookies are so cute – cookies in oatmeal…can you get any better then that?!?
I love the drizzlestick – would be great for baking and cupcake decorating…
Those cookies are adorable. I love the drizzlestick – I need to get one of those
I have this love of honey dippers and drizzlers. I use a chopstick to drizzle my almond and peanut butter and have a honey bear for my honey – it’s really fun!
Wow, what a smorgasbord of toppings! My poor oatmeal only had some brown sugar and pecans this morning…need raisins or cranberries ASAP! Love that drizzle stick, could think of lots of uses. Would probably be great to control and spread the amount of salad dressing too!! Will have to check it out..
Courtney
Adventures in Tri-ing
I envy your toppings
Thanks for the idea of blending all that stuff together!
The drizzle stick is so neat! I want one! That stinks that it doesn’t work with AB though. Good luck with your projects!
I love the KERF confetti oats, what cool crackers!
Sorry the drizzle stick didnt work out perfectly… the IDEA is cool!!
Have a great weekend
xo
K
lol are you sure the third letter isnt a k that you broke off the top of/ lol
that is what it looks like anyway tee hee!
gorgeous bowl! yum!
what a great way to start your long weekend! enjoy it! I think some banana oatmeal pancakes are calling my name right now!
That is a breakfast with a lot of things going on!! What a nice way to kick of a 3 day weekend :O). Enjoy!
Haha! Love the KERF SIAB bowl – so cute!
Your SIABs always make me hungry. That thingamabob (Little Mermaid, anyone?) looks cool–but it’d prob end up wasting a lot of PB in the long run… Or just necessitate lots of gadget licking? Haha
Have a great Friday!
Love that KERF-bowl!
And love your new picture in the blog opening!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
That is a ridiculous bowl!! It looks so delicious. I want alphabet cookies in my breakfast!!
That looks delicious! Drizzle sticks, love ‘em.
~Laura
Backstage Pass to Health & Happiness
LauraMKE.blogspot.com
Oh my! That bowl is ridiculous and I love it! I’m trying to think how I can veganize it– yummm! Cannot wait to see what these projects are! Hope you enjoy some serious quality time with your hubs!
You crack me up with those KERF letter! HA! So cute, that breakfast looks great!
The letters in your cereal is adorable!
HAHA love it!
That breakfast looks incredible!
What a beautiful breakfast! yes beautiful!
I am sure it tasted amazing as well.
IKEA cookies are delicious, my favorite are the sandwich cookies.
Oh, om nom nom.
Kath – your confetti oats contain no actual oats! Force of habit perhaps? It still looks good
Drool……these look FABULOUS!
WOW that’s a creative breakfast! How long does it take you to put all that together (not including photo time, just meal prep). I don’t think I’d have the patience to get that fancy on a weekday morning…but then again, it’s not my job to do so
Cute cookies!! Are the letters the Ikea cookies? Your base sounds similar to my favorite smoothie ever – pumpkin smoothie!! The best.
That looks really good. I have to make some breakfasts like this!
Mellissa,
it’s silicone, so yes.
Abby,
GOOD CATCH!!!!!!!!!!! I realized that in the shower when it hit me all of a sudden!! LOL.
Kath
That might just be the cutest breakfast ever!!
gorgeous brekkie brew!
that breakfast looks so yummy!
Hi Kath – just wanted to rave about the SIAB idea above. I just finished it off for breakfast and LICKED the bowl. The only change I made was the base was a peach Chobani which gave it just the perfect amount of sweetness!
Thanks for the great idea, I am hooked on SIAB!!