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You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Cravings On Paper

September 25, 2010

Cravings On Paper

I actually wanted to have the very same breakfast as yesterday. Something warm and dry. But I found myself making pumpkin yogurt and just a few bites in regretted my choice!! I’m so weird these days.

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The mix was un-overnight oats of sorts. The same kind of thing but NOT sitting overnight in the fridge. While this style still technically works, it lacks the dough flavor of overnight oats, so if you have the time, you should take it!

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The Mix

  • ~1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • ~1/3 cup pumpkin
  • ~1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup raw oats
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds 
  • 1/2 banana
  • Cinnamon
  • Granola sprinkle
  • Pear Fig Jam blob
  • Liquidy drizzle of Coconut Peanut Butter……say wha!?!

I received this sample from Tropical Traditions. It’s coconut butter with a peanut scent. I was hoping it would be more like peanut butter with coconut, or at least 50/50, but it’s definitely more coconut with peanut butter. Still delish though because anything coconut butter is awesome.

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Just bites into this I wished I’d saved my stomach for a scone at the farmer’s market. Next week perhaps!

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Cool coffee

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The Grocery Plan.

Every week I write down foods I’m craving and LOOSELY put them into a meal plan. As you’ll see, we’ll probably flip flop most of the recipes to different days or use different ingredients or just cancel a meal altogether. But at least this plan is available if we wish. Also a list of groceries for ingredients, plus staples of yogurt, sardines, a few canned things, etc. Oh, I forgot bananas and milk! Writing that down now! I usually plan a vegetable and a protein source for each night and fill the gaps with starches (toast, grain) and seasonings / garnishes like cheese.

So as you’ll see, my meal planning is anything but formal. Just a loose plan to get some foods in the fridge and cravings down on paper.

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Lunch today = Charlottesville’s Vegetarian Festival!!

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  1. chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:35 am

    Is your dinner for Thursday really beer? 🙂

    Reply
    • Kath says

      September 25, 2010 at 8:37 am

      Yup! We’re going to a brewery with a restaurant, but beer was more fun to write

      Reply
      • chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says

        September 25, 2010 at 8:43 am

        Gotcha – I thought that might be it, but “beer” was pretty funny to read as your dinner! 🙂

        Reply
    • Christine says

      September 25, 2010 at 9:49 am

      LOL – I thought the same thing.

      Reply
      • Nicole @ yuppie yogini says

        September 25, 2010 at 10:30 am

        I think the fact that you only wrote beer is your true self saying–“i’m sure i’ll eat something for dinner, but all I really want is beer”! 😉

        Reply
  2. Stacey says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Ha 😀 I love that mug! It’s so cute! And have fun at the vegetarian festival, that sort of thing sounds right up my alley 😉 Happy Saturday!

    Reply
  3. Evan Thomas says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:38 am

    I have that same peanut butter and love it! I just wish it was made with coconut butter and not coconut oil so it’d be a little creamier and sweeter.

    Reply
  4. Hannah says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:38 am

    Ah well, luckily you live in Charlottesville so that market is always going to be there and, hopefully, a scone with your metaphorical name on it too! 😀

    Reply
  5. Freya (Brit Chick Runs) says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:42 am

    I want that coconut peanut thing – it sounds amazing! I have so much love for both flavours 😀

    Reply
  6. Melissa @ HerGreenLife says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:47 am

    Sounds like a fun lunch plan for today! I’m also headed to the farmers’ market, then a Dancing in the Streets festival later today, with a chance of some football watching in the middle. I love fall weekends 🙂

    Reply
  7. JenATX says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:49 am

    i actually really love making grocery lists 🙂 kind of strange, huh? About every other week I pick a “treat” to make just to keep things interesting; this week it was coconut banana cookies for my kickball team. yummm

    Reply
  8. Jil @ Peace, Love & Munchies says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:52 am

    I love grocery lists!! haha

    Reply
  9. [email protected] says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:57 am

    coconut peanut butter, i didnt even know this existed!!!
    my grocery lists look eerily similar! oooo the to-do list of a foodie… haha <3

    Reply
  10. jassy says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:57 am

    i love your list pad…so nice! 🙂

    Reply
  11. LauraB @ foodsnobstl says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:07 am

    I have the same note pad that I make my grocery list on!

    Reply
  12. Stacey (The Habit of Healthy) says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:20 am

    Have fun at the Veg festival! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:22 am

    Your breakfast looks tasty though. The festival should be fun! Enjoy it and I can’t wait to hear about it!

    Reply
  14. Camille says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:23 am

    I hate getting a few bites in to a meal and regretting it. When that happens to me, it always gets me really down!

    Reply
  15. Kacie (Nonexistent Colors) says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:33 am

    I plan my groceries the same!! Always start with veggies and protein and then grains! 🙂

    Reply
  16. A Teenage Gourmet (Sami) says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:48 am

    I’m just like you with the weekend debate about breakfast. I always try to make something that I wouldn’t usually have time to make on a weekday. Today it was your classic banana oatmeal. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Jamie @ Food in Real Life says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:54 am

    I love making grocery lists (and all kinds of lists). I think I might actually look and see if I can find a grocery list book- like a notebook but designed so that it helps me make efficient grocery lists. I also like to look at my old lists but I tend to throw them away or lose them. A book might help. Wow I am such a nerd.

    Have a fun day at the festival!

    Reply
  18. holly @ couchpotatoathlete says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:59 am

    I would love to have beer as a meal 🙂

    I get that way too — I’ll make breakfast and as soon as I take a bite I wish I had made something else!

    Reply
  19. Bee Goes Bananas says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:02 am

    Mmm!! Where on earth do you find coconut peanut butter? I might have to add that to my pantry full of peanut butter to fuel my obsession! 😉

    Reply
  20. Melissa says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:11 am

    Hi Kath,

    This is my first post. I have been reading your blog for a while now and I really enjoy it. I have cooked many of your recipes 🙂 You are very inspiring. I’ve always been interested in food and health. I just recently considered starting a blog. I love to share with others my passion for fitness and food and I’m considering giving blogging a try. I would love to email you a few questions that I have about getting started. If you could give me your email address – I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

    Melissa

    Reply
    • Kath says

      September 25, 2010 at 11:49 am

      Hey Melissa,
      I unfortunately don’t have time to write personal responses to emails about starting a blog, but luckily, Meghann has a great starting out Blogging 101 series on her blog here: http://mealsandmiles.com/my-favorite-posts/

      good luck!

      Reply
      • Melissa says

        September 25, 2010 at 2:07 pm

        Thank you Kath!!

        Reply
  21. megan @ whatmegansmaking says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Just wanted to comment and say that I love your relationship with your mother-in-law. Not everyone is that lucky, and you seem like a great daughter-in-law as well. 🙂

    Reply
  22. Natalia - a side of simple says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Sorry about the lack of enthusiasm breakfast. You’ll get your groove back, maybe the festival today is just what you need. Have a great day, Kath!

    Reply
  23. Lauren at KeepItSweet says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:35 am

    vegetarian festivel sounds like so much fun!

    Reply
  24. Heather says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:54 am

    we use an old fashioned pen and paper as well to write our list down. I just keep it on the fridge and we add during the week as we think of something.

    Reply
  25. lynn (The Actors Diet) says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:56 am

    my hubby thinks that coconut pb is like thai curry. i like how it drizzles really easily!

    Reply
  26. Christina @ ilovefetacheese says

    September 25, 2010 at 10:59 am

    I love that companies are coming up with more blends of butters….Coconut with ANYTHING would be amazing!

    Reply
  27. Mama Pea says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:02 am

    I do my list the same way. I’d say only about 20% of the time do I actually stick to my plan, but that means there’s always at least two to three meals to carry over to the next week!

    Have fun at your veg fest!

    Reply
  28. Marina says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:18 am

    i don’t really plan much in advance, because i never know what i’ll be craving, but sometimes if i think of something special i want to make, i write that ingredients down, along with the usual stuff i need to buy, milk, yogurt,fruits…
    i have to start making lists of all what i want to make, because every time i just forget i want to make some muffins, or granola etc.
    love the breakfast and the mug

    Reply
  29. Meagan says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:28 am

    I have some of that coconut peanut butter in my pantry at home – we haven’t broken into it yet! I try not to have too many nut butters open at once.

    Reply
  30. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:41 am

    I like Thursday’s dinner. 🙂

    Reply
  31. Tina says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:43 am

    I hate when that happens. It’s the worst to realize what you’re eating isn’t what you REALLY wanted.

    Reply
  32. Amy K. @ onehealthypeanut says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:43 am

    Vegetarian festival sounds like so much fun! There is some much going on in your town! I love that you are able to ride your bike places, I used to live in Hilton Head and I NEVER drove my car. Riding my bike to get coffee and groceries was the most amazing way to spend a Saturday morning!!

    Reply
  33. Jessica @ The Process of Healing says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:45 am

    That’s the same way I do my grocery shopping.. no set plan, just cravings.

    Reply
  34. [email protected] says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:52 am

    I’ve been seeing coconut butter all over the place in the bloggerland! I’m not the biggest fan of coconut in desserts, but maybe I’ll like it in dessert form. It just looks so delicious in your breakfast!

    Reply
  35. Cathy B. @ Bright Bakes says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:57 am

    sorry about the breakfast being unsatisfying! It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it sure isn’t any fun! Wish I could hand you a slice of my whole-grain “rustic carrot coffee cake” I made for us this morning”!
    Cathy B. @ Brightbakes

    Reply
  36. Mary @ Bites and Bliss says

    September 25, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    The coconut peanut butter sounds awesome. 🙂 Have fun at the vegetarian festival!

    Reply
  37. Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says

    September 25, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    meal planning is a life saver!

    Reply
  38. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says

    September 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    I actually prefer un-overnight oats (without milk) to overnight oats! Different strokes, I guess. 😉

    I love your method of grocery shopping! I wish I could learn to preplan like that.

    Reply
  39. Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says

    September 25, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    I’ve had the same experience with un-overnight oats (one night I forgot to make them so I tried to compensate in the morning by throwing all the goods together and letting it sit for a few minutes… yeah right)… nothing like the doughy texture!

    Reply
  40. barefootgirl (our first CSA) says

    September 25, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    I love your Thursday dinner 😉

    Reply
  41. Emilyeatsclean says

    September 25, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    Sometimes beer for dinner is necessary! 😀 I like your grocery list pad. And breakfast looks delish [as usual]!

    Reply
  42. Chelsea @ Strawberry Sweat says

    September 25, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    I like the way you plan your lists! I need to start doing more meal planning, but I often get lazy with planning meals just for me.

    Have fun at the Vegetarian Festival!

    Reply
  43. Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says

    September 25, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    I love your bowl of oats! But I can totally relate to making one thing and wanting something completely different. Usually that’s when I plan it into my next meal. 😉

    Love your grocery list! 😀

    Reply
  44. christina cadden says

    September 25, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    Love the two sided pad. Where did you get it?

    Reply
    • Kath says

      September 25, 2010 at 4:03 pm

      Target

      Reply
  45. Jan says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    Does your husband get to contribute his food cravings to the weekly grocery list too?! 😉

    Reply
  46. stacey-healthylife says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    I like your meal planning.

    Reply
  47. Dana says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    I totally do that too! I eat something and then immediately regret because it prohibits me from eating something else later. Ugh, life is rough. Why can’t we just be perpetually hungry and not have to wait between meals?

    Reply
  48. Heidi - apples under my bed says

    September 26, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    Love seeing your meal planning! Mmmm a scone at the farmers market – Im keen to see that when you have it next 🙂
    Heidi xo

    Reply
  49. Melissa Miller says

    September 27, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    Your grocery list is awesome….soees that mean you don’t do the “impulse buy” thing?

    I do, even when i bring a list!

    Anyways…Love how Thursday’s entry is …BEER.

    ~Missy

    Reply
    • Kath says

      September 27, 2010 at 3:48 pm

      There is ALWAYS an impulse buy!

      Reply
  50. mariaeatsbeets says

    September 28, 2010 at 9:21 am

    Hello! Why have I waited so long to try this bowl? I found some organic canned pumpkin this weekend at Trader Joes. I best go back and get some more.

    Reply

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