Somehow this photo got stuck on my Eye-Fi card last night – wheeee!
Today will be less intense – just relaxin’!
Starting with the best breakfast I can imagine, a cup of Joe’s and 57* of fallness!!!
Butternut Squash Oats!
If you had to ask me my very favorite style of oats and I HAD to pick JUST ONE it would be:
Also exhibited here here here and here
Since Libby is still denying me her famous canned pumpkin, I had to improvise today with our leftover butternut squash.
Since Matt doesn’t care for gourds in his oats, I was forced to combine them separately. This was good because the squash had to be mashed a bit. I added some milk and cinnamon to help with that.
The Mix
- 1/3 cup oats, milk, water
- Pinch salt
- Half banana
- Half tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp wheatberries
- 1/3 cup mashed butternut squash, stirred in at end
- Hail Merry Cinnamon Orange
- Madison‘s Homemade Nut Butter
- Drizzle of maple syrup
[Don’t ask me why I left out the cottage cheese!?]
Perfect cup of coffee
Peace out!
Freya (Brit Chick Runs) says
I had butternut squash OIAJ last night! Squash in oats is one of my favourites 😀
Have a good day!
Kristy @ KristyRuns.com says
Is it seriously in the 50s there this morning?!?! Wow, autumn, here we come! 🙂 Looks like a great fall-ish start to a fall-ish feeling day. Enjoy!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
Love butternut squash, can’t imagine it in oats though!
Meg says
It’s definitely starting to look like fall when Kath puts squash in her oats 😉
Hannah says
I love how chunky and fresh that homemade nut butter looks! I need to get a stronger food processor…
Laura says
Love the shadow puppet =P
christina cadden says
mm, I need to come to your place for breakfast. It always looks so good!
[email protected] says
I’m addicted to pumpkin overnight oats, so I definitely think I’d like squash oats! I’m not picky :-0
A Teenage Gourmet (Sami) says
Whole Foods has pumpkin! I was in the same jam when I wanted to make my aunt’s pumpkin cookies. If you really start to get a craving, try WF.
Liza @ Health Nutting says
Looks so good! I love fall — I’m getting so excited! Can’t find pumpkin in my grocery store either. 🙁 I might give the butternut squash a try! 🙂
Samantha says
Seriously guys! Have you checked the baking aisle? It’s there, not the veg aisle.
Kath says
YES. I have checked every aisle of multiple store. Trust me, I am a pumpkin expert. I refuse to pay $2.99 for the organic stuff that I do not like, but it might have to come down to that.
laura says
we have plenty in birmingham…
Erin says
Yum! Great idea — I’m anxiously looking for Libby’s on the shelves. Hopefully soon because fall is definitely here in the mornings, which I lurve! 😀
Laura (On the Threshold of Greatness) says
So excited about the fallness, too! Love this time of year, and love all things pumpkin! 🙂
Janna (Janna's Keeping it Real) says
Oh yum! Great idea!
Love the peace sign at the end! :0)
Amanda says
I adore that picture of you and Matt at the top!
Pumpkin oats are probably my favorite as well. I’d like my canned pumpkin to return, and not be so darn expensive!
Have you ever used fresh pumpkin? Any other recommended pumpkin recipes?
Have a brilliant day!
Kath says
I haven’t used fresh, mostly because I haven’t had the courage to turn the stinky raw pumpkin smell into something edible
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
I used to be a lover of pumpkin oats too, but since Libby’s has denied me as well, butternut squash is an extremely good alternative! I live to put my apple cinnamon oats in the roasted butternut squash bowl! So good! Have a great day!
Sarah @ EatRunGarden says
MMM, I love how fall = pumpkin and squash anything. I think this year I will have to give pumpkin oats a try.
Peggy says
These sound so delicious! I bet I would love the savory squash in my oats!
Evan Thomas says
I haven’t checked to see if I can find Pumpkin here, but from what I’m hearing I’m afraid to even check. Sounds like we’ll all be mashing our own pumpkin this year
Jillian Bean says
Leftover pumpkin shortage is in AZ too-but have been able to find it at Sprouts-in organic only. Unlike Kath, I am willing to pay! I also alternate with B-nut squash:)
I was in Canada visiting family-there is pumpkin as far as the eye can see on store shelves-what gives???
Heather says
It was beautiful up in Massachusetts this morning as well!
Love the picture from last night! I also cannot wait for pumpkin season – pumpkin bread is my favorite.
Enjoy your day!
Nicole says
I still have yet to try any kind of squash/pumpkin/vegetable in my oats! The bowl you made looks incredible- kind of like dessert!
Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels says
We have tons of Libby’s pumpkin at my grocery store! If you want Kath, I could send you some! 🙂
Kath says
Oh I would love that but it’s so darn heavy I bet the shipping would be too much 🙁
Caitlin says
You all need to check Costco – they usually sell Libby’s in a 3-pack mostly year round (at least in Washington). Find someone with a membership!
Camille says
It is 48 degrees here in Oregon! I am loving it 🙂
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
I can not wait until pumpkin shows up in the grocery stores. This year I need to be sure and stock up for a year-long supply. 😉
Mary @ Bites and Bliss says
I cannot wait until Libby’s restocks!! Ahh I hope they do soon!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
yum yum yum!! i stocked up on 3 cans of pumpkin yesterday so i should be good for about…. a week maybe? LOL. can’t wait to try the squash in my oats too! 🙂
Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter says
I can’t wait to try pumpkin again. I’ve only had the pumpkin in pies, but never in oatmeal.
Heather says
I saw your twitter about the pumpkin lol! I have been looking and looking as well!
holly @ couchpotatoathlete says
I’m not a fan of gourds in my oats either — it just doesn’t taste quite right.
Enjoy your day!
Valerie @ City|Life|Eats says
I love pumpkin oats so butternut squash is definitely something i need to try. 🙂
Laughter-Loving Stacy says
NIICE. I use to looooooove squash, but I have definitely burned out on them… but I still love pumpkin. 🙂 yummmm, now I think I’m going to get a pumpkin spice latte :-p
Felicity says
This morning I saw a recipe for overnight oats using steel cut oats at http://www.thekitchn.com/
Looks like an interesting variation.
Sara @ myfancytuna.blogspot.com says
Yum, I can’t wait to try that! I put mashed sweet potato in my oats once – it was actually pretty good, but REALLY filling…so much starch!
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
I love pumpkin in my oats, but I’ve never tried any other squash in them! I’m excited to try some new ones out this fall! 😀
[email protected] says
That’s a great way to substitute pumpkin. I think I will still wait it out until canned pumpkin comes back out so I can start off my Fall breakfast with the real stuff 😉
Courtney @ Bread & Bokeh says
Yumm! What a perfect fall bowl of oats!!!
Jessica @ The Process of Healing says
OH how I loooove pumpkin oats!
Jillian says
So many new uses for squash!! I think I know what I’m buying at the store next time I go!
Alaina @ The Jogging Concierge says
I never thought about putting butternut squash in oats. What a great idea! I’ll have to try that out sometime!
Love the peace shadow 🙂
Simply Life says
oooh what a perfect fall bowl of oats!
Chelsea (Chelsea's Chew and Run Fun) says
I love squashy oats! Those look fab!
Haley says
yum! i’m also an avid oat eater, so all your ideas always make me drool! living in hawai’i doesn’t make squash very affordable, though (i guess since it’s so heavy they raise the prices?). maybe it’s time to replant some butternuts 🙂
[email protected] Bean to Runner Bean says
ohh i’d never in a million years have thought to put Bnut Squash in oats! how creative!
Kelly says
I used to get “Hungry Girl” newsletters and remembered them talking about an upcoming pumpkin shortage so I googled it and found out this
“Our inbox has been FLOODED with emails lately about the fact that it is nearly impossible to find the regular 15-oz. cans of Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin on shelves. The HUGE cans are more readily available, but even those are becoming scarce. Where, oh where, is our beloved pumpkin?! HG subscribers (and one very concerned bunny) wanna know. We contacted our pals at Libby’s (THE pumpkin people) to get the scoop, and here’s what we unearthed. Due to bad weather, many of last year’s pumpkins were deemed unacceptable, and so we’re NOW feeling the effects of those unfortunate circumstances. The good news? Libby’s promises to have normal-sized cans of pumpkin back on shelves by late September. ”
this was from August 10, 2009, so the late September is this month!
Leanna says
Really, nothing beats apples fresh picked. (really this goes for anything) We used to have apple trees growing up, so much more flavour.