Lesson Learned: Do NOT click the "yes I would like to install Windows Updates" box before blogging. GAH. My computer has been slow as molasses slower than molasses for the past hour and I have done nothing but sit here and stare at the screen. Had i known it would take this long I would have gone to do something else (like turn on my laptop) but I kept thinking any minute it would get back to normal. What a waste of precious time 👿
I did get started on my day rather late. I stayed up working until 11:30 last night and slept until 8:15! I woke up at 6:30 and had to get one of my grandmother’s quilts because our bedroom was freezing with 4 open windows! It was fun once I was warm again though 🙂
When I woke up I wrote a post for the Mushroom Channel in bed (always do most important tasks first!) and then finally came down to make oats in a jar to warm myself up.
I had planned on Barney Butter oats in a jar this morning, but Karen ate the rest of my jar while I was gone!!!! Not cool!!! Thankfully I had another jar that was ready –
VeggieGirl sent me this Hazelnut butter a while ago and I have loved every bite. It’s got a very unique taste, but it really grew on me.
I filled ‘er up with:
1/3 cup oats, milk, water, pinch salt
1 ripe banana
1 tbsp chia seeds
~1/4 cup Mix My Granola
Divine!
Yummy! Like my pink pajama pants!?
Somebody else was enjoying a nice cricket for breakfast – the horror!
Our yard was so pretty this AM – basking in the fall crisp shadows
Is it really NOON!?!?!?!?!!? I’m going to work until 1PM, go workout and have lunch at 2 (since I ate breakfast at 9:30 that should work).
christie, honoring health says
Too funny, I actually just typed in your address because I was thinking something must be wrong with my google reader!
Have a good day!
Erika says
oatmeal looks divine this morning!
Madeline @ Greens and Jeans says
Hazelnut butter just sounds like a glorious thing! Your yard is so pretty! The one thing I really miss since moving to the southwest is grass and trees! Cacti just leave a little something to be desired.
Holly says
GORGEOUS PHOTOS! i don’t know how you manage to keep outdoing yourself on all these beauty shots.
hazelnut butter is now added to my grocery list!
Allyson says
I love fall! The fall flowers are amazing, and then you get the fall leaves.
I had to grab a blanket in the middle of the night last night, too! I love waking up to that crisp, cool air.
brandi says
I think our spiders are twins. They’re crazy, aren’t they! They get bigger every day.
that hazelnut butter sounds awesome.
Courtney says
We went to sleep with all the windows open the other night and woke up to some VERY snuggly dogs trying to keep their little noses warm!!
Love the crisp air..makes me want to run a little faster!!
Courtney
Adventures in Tri-ing
Maria says
Have you seen Chocolate Covered Katie’s idea for Banana Butter yet? It’s revolutionary, like Angela’s GMs.
It will CHANGE YOUR WORLD! 🙂
Well it did for me anyway. Here’s the link if you want to check it out:
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/08/27/the-mother-of-all-peanut-butter-spreads/
And now I’m done being an infomercial for the stuff haha!
Mara @ What's For Dinner? says
UGH! That is the reason I have a mac! The updates don’t slow down the puter at all…
Miss VG made me blondies with that nut butter…amazing stuff!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
OMG I hate spiders so much and I swear they creep up near my door everyday when I am about to leave. Ugh! Yuck.
Food Makes Fun Fuel says
Ah, you’ve finally depleted the hazelnut butter. I have to admit that’s one I’ve been VERY intrigued about on your blog. I found an organic chocolate hazelnut that’s like nutella with less sugar and more nut that’s really good
Leianna says
I tried the cashew butter of that brand this morning, so good!
Love your yard pictures!
Whitney @ Lettuce Love says
I have been meaning to the hazelnut butter. Looks yummy!
Maria says
Kath, I’m sorry.
I didn’t think to ask you first if it was ok for me to leave a link on your site. If it’s not, please feel free to take it down!
Maggie says
I had to get my mom’s quilt this morning too! It’s chilly even in CA.
maya says
WOW i had hazelnut futters on oats too today, fresh fig and banana almonds and hazelnut futters! YUMM,
i first thought when i got futters, that it would be not too good, but i love it, the flavor is so natural and pure and hazelnutty(duh 🙂 vg converted me too.. lol
well love ur oat jar breakfast 🙂 have a great day
xo
maya
eliza says
hey i had futters hazelnut butter today in my oatmeal as well 🙂 love this stuff, veggie girl (liz) totally made me want to try it! and the pistachio futters is good as well, a bit more bland but very good on savory things.
xo
Rebecca says
Hazelnut butter sounds amazing! I love the coffee pouring action pic. 🙂
haya says
oats in a jar is such a brilliant concept! i had a dark chocolate wonderful jar the other day and it was insanely delish. i’m happy that fall temperatures are here and i can indulge in warm oatmeal again.
i think anyone that has not experienced oats in a jar wouldn’t understand how precious those last scrapings are. in fact, they might think they are doing you a favour buy finishing it up!
Bec says
I just got a french press and love it! Almost as much as I love oats in a jar 🙂
[email protected] says
Those “jar of oats” are haunting me…….I see them everywhere and I have yet to make one for myself as I always forget, despite having an empty jar in the pantry! =(
Scary spider, great picture though!
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Jenny says
Kath-
I recently began reading your blog, and as always, what a great post! The yard pictures are gorgeous- I’m hoping I can brush up on my own photography skills and provide some nice New England foliage on mine, but we’ll see how that works out. Your recipes look delicious. Can’t wait to try the Oats in a Jar recipe! I am just returning to healthy eating after a long illness and it’s blogs like yours that are going to help me do it.
🙂
Jenny
Danielle says
I love the way the sun looks in the fall, definitely different from spring and summer.
And a lovely breakfast as usual 🙂
VeggieGirl says
Thanks for the shout out! Enjoy the haze 😉
Cynthia (It All Changes) says
It’s so strange to think that you are just now pulling out the quilts. We’ve had ours on our bed for weeks. No heat on yet but definitely long PJ pants and quilts.
I slept in late this AM too. I felt like my head was in a fog so I used the time I normally get up to blog to sleep. It felt good.
rhodeygirl says
I understand why you always set schedules for yourself. I work from home and sometimes I really just lose track of time.
Beautiful yard!
eating machine says
i hate updates! mine always restart my computer when i don’t want it to!
Naomi(onefitfoodie) says
YUM that looks amazing!! Futters makes great nutbutters, i have never tried their hazelnut but I am sure its just as good as their almond btuter!
enjoy your day kath!
Rachael says
Cute pink PJ pants hehe
hmmmmm hazelnut ANYTHING sounds delish to me!
Hallie (Healthy Twists) says
I really want to try some new nut butters…but I love AB and good ole PB that’s it’s hard to stray…maybe one of those companies need to send me the mini jars, LOL.
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
the spider is actually…cute?
Angela (Oh She Glows) says
haha I had to do TWO double takes to see your PJ’s! lol
Jenna says
yummy oats in a jar!
jenna
Chloe (Naturally Frugal) says
I love your new shots with your camera, they look so pretty and spice things up a bit!
I definitely need to find some new nut butters. I like my almond and peanut butter, but thanks to you I’m inspired to branch out!
natalie says
those oats in a jar look so yummy. I don’t know what my deal is, i need ot get on it!!
Mary :: A Merry Life says
Hazelnut butter sounds interesting!! I’ve got to try it. I obsessed with trying every nut butter possible.
Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers says
oooh i’ll haveta try that hazelnut butter! i love hazelnuts (especially w/ chocolate). 🙂 your pics keep getting more and more stunning.
Christin says
Kath, how do you do it? I could never wake up and immediately start writing! I need to let the brain fog clear first. You are my time management/organizational guru. 😉
enjoy your tuesday!
anonymous says
kath-
I tried your oats recipe the other day (with the bananas in the pot) and they didn’t break down like you had said they would. do you slice them real thin? the oats picked up all the liquid but the bananas stayed whole. thanks!
Joanne says
Enjoyed your Mushroom Channel post. My favorite fresh ‘shrooms are Portobellas (is that 2nd “o” suppose to be an “a”… I can never remember 🙁 ). But I REALLY like to use dried mushrooms, rehydrated and adding a splash of the water they sat in for added flavor. The mushroom flavors are so pronounced when rehydrating them. I think the dried ones work best in pies.
Kath says
Maria,
I haven’t tried it but I’ve seen it! You know, nut butters are so precious that I hesitate to try to make things with them. But it does sound amazing, and we do have lots of bananas. Maybe for tomorrow’s breakfast!?
Jenny,
Thanks!
Christin,
I am always striving to cross something off a list!
anonymous,
You must slice them thin and the extra ripe bananas are the ones that really dissolve. If it is just a yellow one (no brown spots) it will still be in there a bit.
Kath
Jenn (www. j3nn.net ) says
I had oats in an almond butter jar yesterday, DEEEEEELICIOUS! Sorry about losing the Barney Butter jar! 🙁
By the way, I mash my banana first, then add it to my pot of oats and mash/mix it all together while it’s cooking. SO GOOD!
Jenn
maria says
I tried oats in a jar today for the first time, so it’s funny that you posted this today. They were great! 🙂
I’ll definitely eat them again when I find an emptyish jar floating around the house.
Betty says
I’m glad to see the spider is still there!
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