Morning 🙂
Wish I could play all day today, but as it turns out, I’ve got a number of things that have to be done for my internship so I’ll be at the computer most of the day. We’ve got a dreary rainy day so I think some hot tea will keep me company.
I was really hungry this morning for a big bowl of oats!!
I ended up making a HUUUUGE bowl because I just kept throwing it all in!!
MY OTHER RECIPES
The Mix
- 1/4 cup Scottish oats (= 1 serving because of smaller grain size), water, vanilla soy milk, pinch salt, vanilla
- 1 small banana (started to put in half then just tossed it all in)
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/2 a cup of cottage cheese (again, started with about 1/4 a cup and only had a little left so I just scraped it all in and it ended up being a little to much!!)
- Crumbled granola bar "cookie" from last night 🙂
- TJ’s PB, sunk in
= one amazing but super filling bowl!
Christmas Blend + Pumpkin Spice Decaf
I think I lost a tooth!!
Wheeeeeeeeeee!
Cue bowl!
Happy Groundhog Day!!! Good luck tcb’ing it today 🙂
That’s an intense bowl of oats! As usual 🙂
Have a great day! (even if it is a little dreary out!)
AH….Dean and Deluca how I miss thee……
Nice bowl of oats!
Love reading your blog because you are the only other person I know that is as giddy in the morning as me. LOL
Hahaha! It does look like a lost tooth in your coffee!
Have a great day!!
its amazing.. you are having more snow days down south than we have had here in vermont!
Oatmeal looks yummy!
I think I see a candy corn in your coffee! LOL
Enjoy your day!
Those oats look amazing! It almost looks like crumbled bacon on top….hahah where is my mind?
I wanted oats, too, but was too cold to go out to the garage where the new box of oats is stored! 😛 Settled for PB toast instead and it’s just not the same.
Christmas Blend + Pumpkin Spice coffee sounds like heaven in a mug
(I see a shoe 😉 )
hmm I could use a cup of coffee this morning. It is cold and drizzly here in Houston as well. I am hoping for a nice warm weekend for our 45 mile bike ride.
Ooo – I just had Scottish oats for the very first time this weekend. I love how chewy they are – so unique and different than old fashioned oats! Unfortunately I bought enough OF oats to last me 10 years at Costco, so I won’t be buying the Scott’s style anytime soon!!
That oatmeal looks and sounds amazing!! I do that with mine too – this morning I had oatmeal, banana, milk, peant butter, toffee flavour yogurt and Fru-Grains…the more the merrier in oatmeal I say!!
Have a good day 🙂
Looks delicious, it made me hungry at least.
Just curious, what kind of cottage cheese do you use? (Low-fat, non-fat, normal, large/small curd, creamy or dry, brand?) Every time my parents bought cottage cheese I chose not to eat it due to the obnoxiously long ingredients list and I was wondering if there was a decent style to eat w/o all of the junk in it. I’ve never tried cottage cheese with my oats but I figured if I can find some good cottage cheese, why not. (Sorry if you’ve posted it before.) ^_^
Lately I’ve been buying Organic Valley 4% CC. I also like Cabot fat free (the ONLY fat free dairy product I’ve ever liked!) And I do like Breakstones too. Cottage cheese varies so much brand to brand. But the Organic Valley is awesome – and organic 🙂
what a yummy bowl! i love your love for oatmeal…makes me so excited about going and making my own 🙂
Oh, wow. I think one day you should just open a restaurant specializing in decadent oats. You’d make anyone a believer.
great use of your oat bar! those things always get better when paired with oats 😉
even if you have lots of work to do, it’s still nice to be at home, isn’t it? I wish we had snow days! haha but I live in Michigan, so it would have to be an all-out blizzard before anything would get cancelled. i’m ready to move.
Have a great day, Kath! Enjoy working from home and stay warm and toasty.
thats a massive bowl. can you eat that whole thing??
YES! I would have said if I didn’t. It was actually the perfect amount.
Hi Kath,
I’ve been reading your website for about 3 weeks now. It’s fun and inspiring! I love the oatmeal with the banana-I’ve made it many times and it’s so tasty!
I’ve asked this question many times, but I bet you have the perfect answer. How do you use a French Press? Exactly how much water to how much coffee? I can’t seem to make it taste right. I like my coffee fairly strong, then I add some frothed 1% milk and some stevia.
Thanks in advance and I hope you get lots done today!
Everything you need to know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCxGXsdqSNE
That looks like great oatmeal, I love the cottage cheese addition!
How are you liking the Chia seeds? Considering buying them.
Changed my life. I don’t know if I can eat oats without them! They improve the texture so much (thicken and fluff)
That good?Thanks!
ok as much as i love your oat creations, im more in love with your bowl collection. you should add some to your open sky!
I absolutely expected to be seeing those granola bars pop up on your oatmeal this morning – particularly when you said they ended up flatter and crunchier than you intended!! Oatmeal makes all those little bits and bobs so much fun 😀
Good luck with getting all your little jobs done!
I love your oatmeal creations! They are always unique unlike mine. I live vicariously through you. 🙂
Holy froth! Have a wonderful day! The sun is finally out here (after weeks of dreary weather) and it brings a smile to my face!
Your breakfast nook looks especially serene today. I need to start eating breakfast at the table more, and less at my desk.
Have a great day, Kath!
Lucky!
Rainy dreary days are good excuses to be productive (esp when you need to be 🙂 ) …not that you’re not one of the most productive people I know of already! 🙂 The oats look outstannndin’!
Hey Kath,
That bowl looks bangin’! Question: do you heat the cottage cheese at all or stir it into the oats post-cooking? And does that make for a luke-warm bowl of oats? Just curious! Thanks!
Susan
I stirred it in near the end – and the oats are usually so hot it doesn’t cool it down much at all. Takes about a minute to get hot again.
The coffee also looks like a jalapeno, I think 🙂
You should collage all the coffee pictures together and create a print for your wall.
Kath!
Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your blog. Your posts are always interesting and the perfect length. And I think you pictures are FABULOUS! You’re doing a great job and I love checking in with you every day.
Getting some oatmeal inspiration is a bonus of course. I myself am totally into cutting up dried figs to put in my oatmeal at the moment. A suble sweet taste and interesting texture.
Thanks 🙂
Those oats look fantastic! I tried caramelizing the banana like you did yesterday (?) before adding the oats and it was fantastic! Yesterday, I tried your whole wheat yogurt pancakes. SO GOOD!
I love your blog, Kath!
<3 jess
yum I had a super-filling bowl of oats this morning made with 1/2 cup of pumpkin and 1/2 cup oats. I love the pumpkin, raisin, banana, milk, nutmeg & cinnamon addition. So tasty! Enjoy your day off even though you will be doing some work. It’s much nicer to work from home!
You have to admit that the “throw all kinds of stuff in a bowl of oats” is always yummy! Good luck with getting everything done! At least you don’t have the commute to deal with today!
You are so lucky to have another day off. Your bowl of oats looks good and filling.
Enjoy your second snow day! Hope it’s a productive one 🙂
Yay for a day off! Your oats look great as usual – I need to try these chia seeds soon, they make your oatmeal look extra thick/fluffy.
I still haven’t tried cottage cheese in oats but that looks pretty good!
I love the design on that bowl! You have one of the most adorable collections of dishes I’ve ever seen! Makes me want to go on a shopping to some place like Crate & Barrel! 🙂
*on a shopping SPREE that is! (note to self: proofread comments before submitting!)
Have a great snow day with your coffee (and missing tooth). 😉
I love that in your tag cloud in the right column Oatmeal is your biggest word!
LOOOOVEEE that bowl of oatmeal! Makes me want to eat that for lunch today. 🙂 Enjoy your snow day even though it’s filled with computer work. We are freezing here in Boston but no snow.
I look forward to your breakfast posts everyday because I love to see what you put in your oats and what shape your coffee made 🙂
Enjoy your day! Love the tooth in your coffee…
Hope it stops raining – rain is so dismal.
Still haven’t tried cottage cheese in my oats – do you heat it up first or just add it at the end?
Stir in at end!
“Just throw it in the bag”! Your post made me think of that song. YUMMY looking bowl of goods!
I LOVE the shape of that Dean & Deluca mug!!
Your coffee “pictures” alwasy crack me up 😉 Have a great day!
Your french press is so adorable. I love when its in your pictures.
That oatmeal looks wicked creamy and delicious. I’ve never thought to put cottage cheese in oats!
I know i’m repeating what a lot of people have already said but those oats look INCREDIBLE!!!! You take the most amazing pictures, seriously.
And congrats on your snow day! It’s rainy and yucky here too. Ran + melty snow= major slush
Looks like a great and satisfying way to start the day!
It does look like a lost tooth in your coffee! I too am jealous of your bowl collection!
I don’t understand how you ladies eat this huge bowls of oats. I made one way smaller than this today and could barely fit down half of it!
We have big stomachs!
I topped my oats w/ granola for the first time today and whoa is that ever delsh!!!
Good luck getting your stuff done!
oh so yummy looking!
GUESS WHAT I HAD THIS MORNING?
the coconut-cinnamon roasted squash i made last night 😀
OMG so good,
i knew i had to share it with you.
i steamed half a kabocha squash in the microwave,
brushed it with artisana goji coconut butter
and a little bit of vanilla syrup,
sprinkled it all with cinnamon and
roasted it in the oven at 350 for about 25 mins.
SUCH A GREAT NUTTY SMOOTH FLAVOUR,
i highly recommend giving it a try!
Wow – coconut butter on squash! I must try it.
It looks like a candy corn to me! =D
Thanks to you all!!!!!!!!!!
Your oats look wonderful – as usual. 🙂
K
The more the better!!
Delishy oats, Kath…looks like a nice, hearty n’ warm breakfast…