Last night I found THIS in the kitchen after I was permitted to enter the room:
Homemade chocolate ganache! And leftover cake cutouts!
I was naughty and probably ate 1/4-1/3 cup of the ganache – straight from the bowl – with dips of cake. But how often do you have a bowl of leftover cake parts just sitting in your kitchen!!! I can’t wait to eat the real thing tonight. He’s still got one more part to do before it’s all put together.
Breakfast this morning was another decadent creation –
- 1/3 cup Windy Hills flax oats, 1/3 cup hemp milk, 1/2 cup H2O
- 1 tbsp raisins (my newest oatmeal love – I forgot to mention these yesterday).
- 1/2 large banana (not ripe enough
) - Salt, vanilla
- 1/2 cup pumpkin (on the bottom – I didn’t mix it well)
- Cinnamon
- Granola plank
- Pumpkin butter
- 1 tbsp wheatberries
- Spoonful PB (plus a second spoonful mid-eat!)
With tea –
I’m not feeling my best this morning despite 9 hours of sleep. I bet it was a combo of the wine + sugar 
But I did manage to clean the kitchen and all the floors in the house (mop + vacuum). I also checked the mailbox and found these treats from Megan of Megan’s Munchies after I had said I couldn’t find them in my store –
Thanks so much Megan!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait to try one.
Oktoberfest
Tonight we’re having an Oktoberfest Birthday Party with some of our friends! Beer + sausages + fall fun. Wish you all could be here to celebrate! My goal is to NOT overdo it celebrating tonight or I will RUIN my actual birthday tomorrow. I told the husband already: If you see me picking at the cake or reaching for a 4th beer, STOP me. I promise it’s for our own good. I need to stretch out the celebration to last until Monday morning and if I eat/drink too much tonight, tomorrow will be drab.
The sun is expected to pay me a birthday visit this afternoon. Better get to the gym before I miss him!
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good plan – it sucks to overdo it and then not be able to enjoy the next day!
i wouldve inhaled that chocolate, too!!
Homemade chocolate ganache??!?!?! WOWZA!!! And oh my, love the breakfast as well
Ahh, so sorry that you’re not feeling too well
Hope you feel better so that you can fully enjoy the Oktoberfest Birthday Party!!!
The Octoberfest party sounds great. Do you grill the sausages or steam them in beer? I am curious to know what the cake wil look like, it sounds delicious already. Steve’s BD is the 4th and the husband has inspired me to bake a cake this year for ‘the chef’
Have a great birthday.
I couldn’t have turned down the cake/ganache either! Plus, like you said, how often do you have that in your kitchen?! Take advantage now
Have fun at Oktoberfest! Sounds like fun!
Awww… your husband is so sweet! I can’t wait to see what your real cake looks like.
I hope you fell better and enjoy your night with friends!
Have a good one!
What a lucky gal you are- That hubby of yours is somethin else! Im looking forward to seeing his final masterpiece! This morning I cooked up some banana oats with some plumped up raisins- so tasy, i can’t believe your just discovering them with all your oaty experience!
Have a fantastic day and enjoy celebrating!
-Caroline F
Happy early Birthday Kath… and enjoy the Oktoberfest celebration! You’re going to do great
another fabulous bowl of oatmeal! I found that the secret for a fab oatmeal is adding a bunch of toppings!
enjoy your day Kath!
hey kath– i actually found those Clif Z bars at the Earthfare over by Ballantyne. I picked one up just to try
i am so excited to see the finished cake product!!
oktoberfest = awesome theme.
have a GREAT time tonight!
Homemade chocolate ganache and cake first thing in the morning?! What a fantastic wake-up!
I can’t wait to see the finished cake, and I hope you enjoy eating it as much as I’ve enjoyed reading about it!
Kath – have fun tonight!!! Oatmeal looks amazing. Hope you have a good day!
zesty
Have fun tonight
I want that cake!
Oh my goodness, it looks like the husband has a delicious birthday treat made for you!! And I am always so jealous of your oh-so-decadent oatmeal concoctions!
Happy Saturday, have fun tonight!
oooh yum! lovely, homemade cake- ENJOY!
have fun tonight, sounds great
…..countdown begin, I LOVE birthdays!!
Hi Kath,
Have fun tonight! Oh – and I followed your advice and made my oats on the stovetop instead of the microwave – and they are a THOUSAND times better than from the microwave!
Thanks!!!
- Farah
…But I still get get granola planks…even Honest Foods is out of stock:(…will just wait till they’re back again unless anyone knows where else to find them in NYC??
Cake and ganache?! I would have totally overdone it!
Have fun at your party tonight!
Sounds like a good party. I’m going to a birthday celebration at some bars….I’d much rather have a cooking/drinking party.
mmm that cake looks yummy! I get to dig into some Great American Cookie company cake later…not quite the same as homemade cake. Enjoy your birthday!
I love chocolate ganache. Amazing. I can’t wait to hear what the final product looks like.
I am so glad the z-bars reached you safely. I hope you like them!
Your oats look delicious and pumpkiny!
Have fun tonight! Can’t wait to see your cake!
i love love love ganache. can’t wait to see the cake!
have fun partying tonight!!!!
i’m so excited to see the final product that the husband made!! so sweet!! =P
Yummm…ganache, cake, oatmeal. Sounds wonderful. Your birthday sounds like it will be a blast, have a great time!
What a wonderful husband you have!
So I was reading this article: http://slideshows.health.com/slide_shows/10291/slides/10839
and I was wondering if you’ve ever been to the grocery store Bloom, it’s an offshoot of Food Lion with an emphasis on natural/organic/local/specialty food. I think there’s one in Charlotte but not in my part of the state. I’m just wondering how much different it is from a regular FL. Kath? Anyone?
To Rachel: We have a Bloom here in my area. It is a bit nicer than Food Lion….definitely way more organic stuff…in fact a whole section/freezer section of some pretty good stuff. However, their produce aren’t very good(still better than FL, though). Overall, I do like going there better than FL but I would go to Trader Joes before that….or even the Giant. Hope that helps.
Thanks kwaze!
Those new z bars (one of my favorite snack are clif z bars) look sooo good. I need to find them!
Sam Adams is my favorite October beer, but I am going to try to find some pumpkin beers while I am out and about today.
I would have licked that bowl clean!
Oktoberfest is over, but hey, sausages and beer are good any time.
I would not have stayed out of that ganache and cake. I wouldn’t have been able to get 9 hours of sleep though. Sugar always keeps me awake.
I’ve never had wheatberries (at least not that I can remember). What form do they come in when you buy them? Are they already cooked or do you cook them/do you need to cook them? What kind of texture do they have?
I really want to buy some because they look really good!!
WendyF ,
We got precooked chicken sausages (mild italian) and are planning to grill them.
SmA033 ,
Oh good!! Hope I like ‘em.
Mara ,
I didn’t eat it this morning – it was late last night!! I don’t think I could have fit both the ganache and that big bowl of oats
Farah ,
I’m sure Honest Foods will get more in stock soon – that must be how good they are!
Told ya so!!! So glad it was worth cleaning the pot
Rachel ,
I’ve been to Bloom and didn’t think it was anything special….
Roxana ,
Check out “A Wheatberry Lesson” on the right sidebar under Recipes.
Kath
Oh my gosh you are making me soooo hungry!! That looks delicious!! Enjoy your birthday weekend.
How fun, what a great idea for a birthday celebration! Yummy oats, I love craisens in my oatmeal:)
Oh my gosh! I have looked EVERY WHERRE for those spooky smores since I am in LOVE with Zbars……where did you find them?!
oh wow!!!! that ganache just looks soooooo yummy! lucky you! although you have so much self control im jealous, that whole bowl of ganache would have been GONE if i were there
Happy Early Bday too! : )