OMG those Duggars! [Yes, still watching.] According to Josh Duggar, I only have half a heart because I left pieces of my heart with Joey, and Hugh David, and Snakey. I can’t imagine if I married my first boyfriend!! (Which would have been – I think – Jeremy Davis in kindergarten! Or Jared O’Quinn in first grade or Chris Campbell in second grade….OK I’ll stop 
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I woke up feeling a little off this morning. Kind of like I’m sick but not sick? I’m thinking either dehydration from yoga or perhaps I’ve been drinking too much decaf and not enough caf this week (I’m down to 30% caf and 60% decaf in the wean plan and hope to stay at those percentages because I am not dependent if I’m under 50% caf.)
Any hobbled down to make some breakfast.
One heck of a combo – with a ton of pumpkin!!
- 1/3 cup oats, 2/3 cup water [out of milk!!!]
- 2 tbsp wheatberries
- 1/2 medium banana (edited to add this!)
- 1/2 cup+ pumpkin, stirred in at end
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese, stirred in at end
- Cinnamon, vanilla, pinch salt
- Drizzle maple syrup
- Few butterscotch chips
- CRUSHED BISCOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Barney Butter
Nothin’ but a blanket of freshly fallen snow
The ice caps are melting!!
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KERF Week
Sarah is doing KERF Week and cooking 5 of my recipes! Since she just came off a year of Martha Stewart, I am very flattered that she chose me next 
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Agenda
- PACK
- Workout
- Meet brother-in-law for lunch and shopping
- PACK
- Eat leftovers [sorry my cooking has been boring this week!]
- Tasty-Yo with friends!!
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The oats look fab!
And I can relate to the feeling of sort of sick, but not really sick. I think it has something to do with the business of the Christmas season (for me at least) while also being a bit dehydrated. Gotta guzzle some more water!
That oatmeal looks delicious!
I’m sort of feeling the same way – I really hope I’m not sick, although, I’ve been stressing a lot lately, and that typically does me in!
Happy packing:)
Your coffee always look so good!
Just a question..
What does the cottage cheese do to the oatmeal?? Does it make the oatmeal cheesy tasting? Just curious. Have a great day Kath!
=Cheesecake
Mmm. Pumpkin oats sounds amazing to me on this freezing cold morning!
I just got over being sick – I hope I didn’t give it to you via blogworld!!
Have a great day!
Pumpkin oats are the best on a cold morning!
That’s such a fun idea that girl Sarah is doing with all your recipes!
Gotta love pumpkin oats! I tried cottage cheese in my oats the other day for the first time… why did I wait so long to do this?! So good!
You were watching “17 Kids and Counting” this morning too? Yeah, those kids give me the heeby-jeebies. Waiting until your wedding day for the first kiss? In a word: Eek.
I have to say that I have NEVER been an oatmeal person, but your blog is slowly and surely convincing me to give them a shot. The sheer amount of variety is impressive!
Every morning, your posts make me want to eat a second breakfast!!
I am really fascinated by the Duggars, I find myself watching episodes of their show in complete fascination. Great if that works for them but I always find myself wondering about their lives. Like do the go to college? Get jobs in the real world?
The Duggars fascinate me as well. Did you know that they live 100% debt free?
We all just got over colds here so it is going around. Pop some vitamin C!
Could you even imagine having THAT many kids?!
Your schedule is certainly full today!!
Have a great time!
your first paragraph made me laugh. i have friends that did the whole didn’t kiss until their wedding day thing. I didn’t go quite that far but hey, good for them if that’s what works for them.
How can you have 30% caf and 60% decaf? What’s the other 10%? (Milk?)
LOL – I can’t add!! What I was trying to say was 1/3 caf and 2/3 decaf but I forgot the .333 and .666.
I think the Duggars are a lovely family…you must like them a little bit also or you wouldn’t waste your time watching!
Why put them down for their beliefs when you wouldn’t want someone putting you down for your disbelief??? I say, as long as they are not asking anyone else to raise their children and are doing so well and are so happy, then that is all that matters. After all, the Bible says that children are a gift and that is certainly how this family reacts to each and every precious baby that is born to them…like they have just been given the most wonderful gift ever. All babies are precious, huh? Who could not LOVE them! Have a Merry CHRISTmas and remember…JESUS is the reason for this season.
Unless you’re one of the millions of non-Christians in this world who celebrate some other solstice-related tradition
. People have been having solstice festivities since way, way before Christianity came about. But that’s a discussion for another time.
I don’t think Kath was “putting down” the Duggars as much as questioning…and isn’t questioning important so we can all be sure we’re doing what’s truly best for us? I’m happy to have people question my belief system (which you might call “disbelief” but I just call “belief in something other”)…I might learn something!
Kath, you have not yet broken me of my major “ick” reaction to cottage cheese, but I’m one step closer to adding pumpkin to my oats (somehow I don’t think drenching my bowl in pumpkin butter is the same thing
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TLC only tells half the story. The Duggars look nice, but Bill Gothard’s teachings have ruined lives. What you see on tv is a nice, watered down version of reality. There is definitely a dark side, and it is ugly. I don’t think they would have nearly the support they do if people knew what Bill Gothard and ATI, and Vision Forum are REALLY about.
–from someone who lives in the same area, whose child sees the doctor whose office they used for the Bradley method, and who wound up in a NASTY situation thanks to the same teachings, only even less extreme.
I won’t touch the ridiculous Jesus comment . . .
Sorry if I sound rude–not trying to. But if you’ve had the same emotional trauma and havoc wreaked upon your life thanks to these types of teachings, then you know how triggering these types of comments can be.
All that pumpkin sounds delicious! Even though it’s Christmas-time, I still love my pumpkin!
Biscoff cookies on oatmeal = amazing! The Duggars are definitely out there, but it’s in my opinion it’s refreshing to see people who are a little more oblivious to this world than I am
Those Duggars creep me out! I saw the wedding episode and the way the men acted about handing over the “property” aka the BRIDE…ugh. That made me angry. To each his own, I guess. I did laugh about the half heart thing…If I married my first boyfriend…just no! haha. I’m waiting for the day when one of their daughters rebels and decides to go to college!!
Loveee pumpkin year-round, not just for the fall
Enjoy your day!
I love 18 Kids and Counting, but honestly they’re a little nuts sometimes. The episode where Josh Duggar got married was so bizarre to me! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with marrying your first boyfriend but I wouldn’t strive for it. If it happens, it happens but I think it’s weird that they can’t even kiss til their wedding. I feel like their wedding night must be so awkward!
I LOVE butterscotch chips and I have a bag in my cabinet specifically for oatmeal! I also like to sprinkle them on toast with peanut butter. So good!
ahh I never used to be able to stand the Duggars but now I <3 them! Haha!!
Your breakfasts always look so amazing. I’m jealous!
That Chris Campbell gets around. He was my first grade boyfriend. That makes you his rebound, sucka!
LOL!
I will NEVER get tired of pumpkin oats! Have fun shopping .
p.s. The Duggers….EEEEW ( I have been known to sit and stare too) just can’t help it.
Mmmmm so pumpkiny!!!
I absolutely love the “coffee readings.” It’s the highlight in my reading of your morning posts. So funny, so creative! Keep it up!
So glad!! I will
Yea, marrying my first boyfriend…well he was in kindergarten too! Except there were 2 of them. Yikes.
is it just me, or is it always just a little dissapointing when i dont have a lil drop of milk for my oats. I mean, dont get me wrong, i love my oats any and every way I can get em… but the milk just provides the extra swoon factor
MA
I have got to try cottage cheese in oats because I LOVE cheesecake! The Duggars!! I always get sucked into watching their show – they’re so fascinating.
your cooking is never boring because you even have the most creative leftovers! the oatmeal is droolworthy too! way to use those bischoff cookies!!!
enjoy your day and so awesome about the KERF recipes!!
i love all the different oat toppings you use!! So creative to add a cookie for some crunch
love it.
Looovely combination of oats. Pumpkin is the best!!
I love the pictures you make out of your coffee – brightens my morning
Lol…you’re funny Kath. Your specific percentage-based coffee-drinking system cracks me up
Yummy, yummy oatmeal!
i love your comments on your coffee everyday! So funny! Have a great Holiday!
wow kath! you are truly amazing at creating different types of oats, you should come up witha book on oats!
jenna
The more pumpkin the better I say!
Oh the Duggars! I like you am very glad I didn’t marry my first boyfriend. That being said they seem happy. I always get sucked into their show because they are such a model of efficiency. They clean more and get out the door faster when they need to go somewhere than I do!
Your oats almost look chocolatey… Which wouldn’t be a bad idea
Yummm your oatmeal looks so delicious. I love adding oatmeal and pumpkin together
that’s awesome – i could totally do a week of KERF meals since i have adapted so many of your recipes into my repertoire….
That is one awesome looking breakfast – it made me hungry just looking at it!!!
Your oatmeal looks SOOO good! I’ve never tried wheat berries in mine, what a good idea!
Oatmeal looks amazing as usual. Butterscotch chips and cookies – dessert in a bowl.
I found Barney butter at my grocery store today! I was so excited.
Hey Kath, are there any other things you like to add to oatmeal for texture other than wheatberries? I LOVE my oats, but sometimes I miss a CRUNCH! (I’ve tried adding nuts &Nut butter and its WAY too filling…)
Granola?
aww thanks for the shout-out! i think i hit a high-traffic record
so far kerf week has been aweeeesome. omg THAT SOUP!!! josh loved it too.
it’s been an awesome week so far! although i didn’t cook tonight (too busy shopping the anthro sale . . heh.) tomorrow: acorn squash with cranberry walnut stuffing . . . already excited.
about to do some vide-yoga!!
I have to say that, even though I’m stuffed after my spaghetti dinner, I really want some pumpkin oats now!! Thanks a lot KATH!
Oh well…have to wait until tomorrow morning. At least I don’t have to think of what I’m going to make. I’ll go to bed dreaming of it!
hope you get all your packing done today and you feel better!
Those Duggars really do crack me up, they seem to get along fine and I love watching them, but it’s hard to imagine living in that situation!
As usual, that bowl of oats looks out of control and delish!! I love that mug, too- so festive! Have a great night.
Man, that IS some Oats combo! It looks super-fab!
I didn’t marry my first boyfriend but I admire people with the restraint to not date until they are ready for marriage. I was not one of them.