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Batter Up!

If you’re busy during the week, leftover stovetop oatmeal does re-heat well and is still way better in texture than microwave oats. The only secret is to rehydrate it with a little milk before heating.

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But another idea: blend it up!

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Two summers ago when I was in summer school classes from 8 AM to 9 PM daily with just a 3 hour break, I didn’t have time to exercise AND make breakfast in the mornings. So I’d make a big pot of oatmeal on Sunday and do creative things with it during the week. One of my favorites was to put cooked oatmeal into a smoothie! Example here!

These were the days before the Vita-Mix so the oats didn’t blend all the way. In today’s version they did Smile

I didn’t measure so I don’t know exact proportions, but for TWO servings this was a blend of about:

  • 2 cups cooked whipped banana oatmeal
  • 1/2 a container Siggi’s greek yogurt
  • 1 cup vanilla soy milk
  • Half a banana

= OAT BATTER!

It was DA-licious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Topped with half an Alliebar and some chia seeds and a bit more banana

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LOVED the texture. You could probably bake something fun with this!

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I tried to go all PLS on my coffee with a tsp of pumpkin butter

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It was good – nice spice – but I don’t like sweet coffee and of course I didn’t realize the jam would sweeten it! D’oh! Still good though.

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How Do You Eat Your Great Harvest?

Check out my guest post on the GH blog!!

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I am off to YOGA with Andrea and then have the rest of the day to get stuff done. Consider today an intermission to work amongst my birthday celebrations Party smile

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  4. I’ve been known to blend canned pumpkin with milk and spices (and I like a little bit of sweet with stevia!) and then mix it into my coffee. Super yummy – sort of like a pumpkin latte!

    Laura

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  6. Omg I never even thought of blending cooked oats! Amazing idea. I always cook up a large pot of oats for the week since I’m usually out the door by 8am so I will definitely be trying this (once I get a working blender…) My roommates will most likely not be happy to wake up to the whir of me blending up an amazing breakfast!

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  11. I have been trying to make your oatmeal for weeks now and it’s been a fail every time (I CANNOT cook at all) and finally did it successfully this morning, peanut butter on top and all! It was awesome!

    Also I have worked right across the parking lot from a GREAT HARVEST for a couple of months but haven’t had the courage to go get a loaf of bread from there. (It smells amazing and every time I walk by I want one SO bad but carbs have scared me, but I’m getting a lot better thanks to you and Caitlin) And so on Friday I went in and got a loaf of Dakota- IT IS SO GOOD! I think my fear of bread is finally being tackled!

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  17. Teehee, I, too, am not usually into sugar in my coffee, so what a shame about your sweetened PSL! Perhaps you could try with straight pumpkin puree next time?

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  20. I think you inspired me to try the Oatmeal Smoothie out sometime this week. I like the idea of making a big batch of oatmeal on Sundays that last through the week. I’m pretty sure I’ll eat more oatmeal if it’s already prepared and ready to go. 🙂

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  23. I made overnight oats for the first time last night. This morning, didn’t like so much, Eeek.
    I mixed 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1/3 cup 1% milk, 1/3 cup greek 2% yogurt, 1/4 cup pumpkin. Topped with heavy tsp of almond butter this morning. Is my mix just not a good combo? Your’s always look so yummy! Maybe I need some sweet-ness to it?

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  24. I want to try to blend some oats. Last night, I made steel cut oats on the crockpot for the week. It would help to have them in smoothie form on days that I have class early. Thanks for the tip!
    I love that pumpkin butter! I brought a peanut butter & pumpkin butter sandwich for lunch today. Yum!

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  27. Oat batter, yum!! I have never tried make a big batch of oats but that sounds like a good idea for a busy week. Something about the whole process of making the oats each day makes me appreciate the bowl even more 🙂

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  29. I can’t tell you enough how much I love your blog! I am a post-gastric bypass lady, and your ideas are so perfect and tasty. Not to mention your house is absolutely adorable!

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  30. I just learned that there is a Great Harvest in Alexandria – not too far from me. I cannot wait to stop by and try some of the breads I read about here!!

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  47. I can totally imagine how delicious that smoothie oat bowl would taste!! I’ve been making quick at home lattes by microwaving about 1/2c almond milk with 1t pumpkin butter + pumpkin spices, or vanilla extract + cinnamon, then frothing it with my hand immersion blender [a cinch to clean] and then pouring the coffee in. It gets amazingly frothy!! I don’t like sweet coffee either 🙂

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  49. YUMMY!!!!! I am having your version of Pumpkin oats with peanut butter and sunflower seeds 🙂 Delish!!!!!!

    btw, i am hosting a Naturally Nutty nut butter giveaway on my blog 🙂

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  50. Kath,
    I just read the GH post and was wondering if you ever posted the recipe for the stuffing y’all did last year for thanksgiving. If so can you tell us where or provide a link?

    Thanks

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    • I don’t have one 🙁 I think Matt invented it on the spot and we never posted the recipe. This year we’ll be doing something similar and I will take notes!

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  51. For a while I was making a huge batch of oats every weekend to last through the week, but now I’ve been putting dry oats with some water in a container overnight and that works pretty well 🙂 I think I’ll give my steel cut oats a whirl for the rest of the week, thanks for the motivation!

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  54. sometimes the things you have on your blog seem like they are too-good-to-be-true…i mean, who would think that blending oats would be tasty? naturally, my brain went to “ewww!”.
    then i tried it.
    and you are right 🙂
    thanks!

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  60. I can’t wait to try the oatmeal batter, I love finding new creative ways to eat my oatmeal.
    Speaking of Great Harvest bread, I made a point to stop there over the weekend. I have to admit I think I have eaten half of the pumpkin streusel bread myself. mmmm Yum!

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  63. You tease 🙁 I don’t eat Great Harvest because there isn’t a bakery in NYC! Wassupwiththat?? So I stare at your pics and dream about eating it instead! It looks delicious enough to eat without toppings, though, so I would do that!

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  64. Kath I have a question…When you were in school with that schedule 8-9 everyday with little break, how did you keep up your exercise schedule? That is pretty much my current work schedule (I work 40+ hours a week at a suburb 1.5 hours from my home-blerg) I am trying hard to plan ahead regarding meals but exercising is very difficult to fit it! I’m generally exhausted and then there the laundry, cleaning, and all that stuff to do. :/

    I was thinking if you want a PSL sort of taste without the sweetness (I don’t like sweet coffee either), you could sprinkle pumpkin pie spice (like McCormick’s or whatever) on top of the coffee grounds before brewing. I have done that before with cinnamon and nutmeg.

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    • If you click on one of the links in this post (I think the first one to the smoothie) I gave a tentative workout schedule. It made it happen! I skipped some days and had to do shorter workouts than usual, but I manged to keep up a good routine.

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  65. Love your ideas for oats! I’m a steel cut fan and make ahead on Sunday as well. It’s so fast on weekday mornings and I can eat in the car on my drive to work – multi tasking is a necessity! I’ll be trying a spoonful of different butters ASAP. Thanks for sharing your beautiful food pictures too! Oatmeal is not a “beautiful” subject, but somehow you make it mouthwatering! What kind of camera do you have? I’m looking for new one and love the quality of your close-ups!

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  67. Hey,

    Does blending the cooked oatmeal change the gi? Wouldn’t this be just like having instant oatmeal?

    This is kind of making me hesitant about trying this…

    Thanks, Hannah

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