Wow, what an exciting, crazy day!!
I wish I had more time to tell you about my oatmeal experiment but this is all that matters: overripe bananas are the best! It was unanimous. Also, don’t let your oatmeal sit out for an hour before serving 
Green, frozen, ripe, overripe
Control
Green banana
Yellow banana
Frozen banana
CA-reamy overripe banana!! The sweetest and creaminess, thanks to natural sugars 
You can totally see the difference.
After sitting out for a while they got rather gross
I probably ate about 1/3 a cup of my oatmeal for second breakfast.
And tried Tara’s waffles with compote made with alternative sugars (left some waffle crumbs)
Mindy’s quinoa bread (which was so doughy and good!
And Gina’s banana bread.
I was getting full at this point, so I just had 1 bite of each.
I am so glad I had a small breakfast because I was in quite a carb overload at this point. I probably had a tiny bowl of oats, 2 slices bread, 1/2 a waffle with compote and 3 bites of banana bread.
After lab I came home and quickly turned around to go pick up Sarah at the airport!!
I gave her a choice of restaurants for lunch and, as most out of towners do, she chose EarthFare
I loaded up on raw veggies, beans and a few small bites of salads, plus blue cheese. I wasn’t that hungry from lab.
After we each at over a pound of salad Check out Tales Of Expansion for her recap!
After lunch we went by Great Harvest to say hello to Matt and grab a sample
The ambrosia bread! And a butterscotch scotchie cookie. I had a bite of each!
Plus a bite of this homemade pizza that Matt made for lunch – it was killer!
We were conveniently right on the greenway, so we went walking! We walked to Kate + Nate’s and met them, and then took Gilbert out for a walk!! We probably walked for about 45 minutes to an hour. Sarah and I had lots to chat about – she’s very cool and easy-going
And she brought me biscotti! Remember when I won some from Sarah in the BSI a while back? They are SO delicious! The texture is the best party. Here’s her Earl Grey recipe.
I had to try one
So delicious!! These are on my “to make” list after exams are over!
I’m pooped and need to go get ready for Nate’s party tonight.
See y’all late!!
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Kath this looks like such a fun class! And what a fun Friday in general for you. How cool that you got to hang out with Sarah. Thanks for the oatmeal tip…just another one of many that you have given me!
Have fun at the party! And wow what a difference those bananas make! But if you blended them, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I like my bananas kinda unripe because I think they taste more banana-y and less sweet
Looks like a great afternoon! For some reason, I don’t remember my food labs looking so fun!
Fun experiments; and hooray for meeting up with Sarah!!
I’ve heard Burger King has Sponge Bob stuff, in case you are looking for a gift…or a Whopper Jr. Ew.
Sounds like a great lunch!
What a fun lab! Those biscotti are adorable!! Have a great night
Wow, that is so much fun!
Your class sounds so fun… Just by looking at the oats, you can tell the difference!
What an awesome day! That class looks like SOOO much fun! And those biscotti?!!? YUM!
aww i remember being at that earthfare!!
have fun at the party!
That sounds like a great food lab! I agree that the overripe banana sure looks like the best option!
All the Great Harvest eats look so good! Matt is one lucky guy to have such a fun job. Was he always interested in baking?
Have a great time at the party tonight!
I make biscotti all the time but I love that she has them in smaller pieces…what a fantastic idea! What stage of baking does she do this?
Hope you girls have a great weekend!
Your food lab sounds like such a fun class. I wish I could do something like that.
I would totally pick Earth Fare too!
What a great day!! I’ll bet your lab loved the oats
Those empty salad bowls make me proud! Way to dominate the bowl you guys!!
How fun- love the oatmeal experiment! Yay for blogger meet ups too!
I really hope to meet one of my blogger-friends in the real world someday.
Your lab looks like a lot of fun – there must be so much activity! In one of my anthropology tutorials we had our discussions while my prof and I separated bat bones and human teeth/bone fragments from some cave dirt. It was fun, if not very tasty.
Have fun at the party!
Very fun experiment Kath! Looks like you are in for another busy day
Love all of your oatmeal-banana varieties for your Food Science class.
What a difference a banana makes! I can see significant differences!
Good food can really make the day! Those biscotti are a great gift. Happy Friday to you.
what a fun day! enjoy the party, and all the oatmeal looks great!
Love the experiments! Hope you have fun tonight!
I love your tee shirt Kath, where’s it from?
I concur with over ripe bananas. Frozen are second though.
And I concru re: Sarah and her biscotti. Although I tried a different flavor they were still just as yummy and cutely sized and shaped.
Frozen banana oatmeal wins hands down! Yummy salad!
What a fun sampling day!
I have often wondered what goes on the labs in dietician school… and I am still kind of wondering. What was the oatmeal experiment about?
Sarah!!!
How fun, looks like you two had a nice time!!
What a great day!!! Jealous you got to meet Sarah
yay! I love the tribute to over ripe bananas! They’re SO under-hyped and people don’t appreciate them enough, but they are definitely my absolute favorite in oatmeal. Yummmmyyyy!!!!
What a great day of eats. As always, you’re the QUEEN of beautiful yummy looking salads. Have a faaabulous weekend Kath!!
What a fun and interesting oatmeal experiment!! All of the food in this post just looks amazing!! I realllyyyy wish I could try that homemade pizza!
Is someone wearing pajama pants in your food lab? It looks like it in one of the pics. haha!
MLT ,
Old Navy last year, I believe.
Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen),
I was testing the effects of different kinds of banana on the sensory evaluation and gelatinization characteristics. Nothing technical or fancy!
lain ,
Yes!
Kath
As always I am jealous of that salad bar and that BREAD.
Ugh, I am rife with jealousy at your posts sometimes Kath.