I woke up wanting to do another green breakfast. And when we bought those raspberries yesterday, I knew I wanted to do one of Polly’s beautiful bowls.
The blend:
Spinach oats with berries, wheatberries + MaraNatha AB
The mix: (in my portion – I made Matt one too)
- 1/4 cup 9 grain cereal mix
- 1/2 ripe banana
- 1 heaping tbsp cooked wheatberries
- 1/2 HUGE handful spinach
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- ~1/2 cup berries, heated to remove the fridge chill
- Spoonful almond butter
I went a little heavy on spinach and admit that you could taste it a bit this AM, so I added an extra tsp of brown sugar, which helped to neutralize the spinachy taste (which wasn’t that bad to begin with – just not what I was expecting).
With yerba mate green tea
Homph!
Today’s agenda
Work side: some writing, blog summit planning to-dos, and a phone meeting.
Play side: Matt and I are debating going to work by the YMCA pool and doing some swimming (if the water is warm enough) and combining our workout with the visit. It’s fun that we’ll both have Mondays off this summer (esp. since he has to work Saturdays now)
Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says
Cool breakfast! Love all the pretty colors!
april says
What a pretty breakfast! We just bought some raspberries from Sam’s club yesterday. I love all these fruits that are in season!
Katherine says
Beautiful breakfast! Have a great morning 🙂
Holly says
Ohhh that bowl looks GORGEOUS! I’ve tried the green monsters, now I think I need to move onto green oats!
Have a wonderful day!
Emily (Healthy Fit Mama) says
Those are some super green oats!
Enjoy your day off together! 🙂
Barbara says
Green smoothies and now green oatmeal?You know I’ll have to try this new recipe now…Green seems to = yummy:)
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Lindsay says
Polly does have beautiful breakfasts, and you did an awesome job recreating it! Hope it was as yummy as it looks!
Marisa (trim the fat) says
Spinach oats is such an interesting dish! Love the berries 🙂
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says
That breakfast looks amazing! I never thought that green oats could look so good. 😉
Enjoy your Monday with Matt. Sounds like some fun plans for the day!
JENNA says
Your oats looks so vibrant! Have fun playing!! Work doesnt sound too bad though! 🙂
Sara says
hey kath — i’m confused…how do you make the oats? are you blending the spinach and oats together in a blender? or just the spinach and somehow swirl that into the oats?
BethT says
I gotta say…I might be able to handle a spinach smoothie, but the idea of spinach and oatmeal kinda makes me want to hurl.
Kailey (SnackFace) says
Seriosly, beautiful breakfast. Love the colors! I also love that you and Matty Matt have the day together! Darling 🙂
Amanda says
so much beautiful color! like eating a rainbow 😛
brandi says
i love all the colors in the bowl! Such a pretty way to start the day.
have fun with Matt!
Lori says
Did you blend the oats with the spinach, or just let them cook down? They look very well incorporated.
I meant to buy spinach at the grocery store yesterday to make a green monster, but I forgot!
Jennifer says
Beth- I’m with ya. But I gotta say Kath does an excellent presentation!
Rachel says
I’ve never heard of spinach oats, hmm where would one find those? I have a toooon of fruit too, hope I can eat it all by myself before it spoils!
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats says
Spinach oats – caaaraaazy! Have fun swimming if you make it – always a good time 🙂
Anne K. says
I’ve been seeing these green oats everywhere lately! I’ve got to try them 😀
Have a great day!
Shannon (The Daily Balance) says
yummy breakfast! I’m still too chicken to add greens to my oats!
Bev says
You mentioned 9 grain cereal mix. What kind ?
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
Yay for green oats! 😀 I always drool over Polly’s bowl of green, and I’m determined to make one for myself one of these days.
Love the addition of the berries on top too. 😀
K says
What a beautiful bowl of oats! Enjoy your Monday together 🙂
Megan (The Runner's Kitchen) says
I love raspberries! I treated myself to a pint of them last week 🙂
I vote for working poolside!
Biz says
Jealous of your raspberries! They look awesome – probably one of my favorite fruits.
Have fun with Matt today!
Mara @ What's For Dinner? says
I’ve yet to try the green oats…they kinda freak me out. But then again, so did green smoothies!
Melissa @ For the Love of Health says
Amazing summery breakfast. I love colour like that.
Great workout plans! Hope the pool is warm enough!
Lauren says
Wow….that sure is green. Not sure if I’m ready for that yet! 🙂
Courtney (The Hungry Yogini) says
Oooh so green! And colorful! Love the breakfast.
Hope your day is great!
sonia says
Kath,
Does this fill you up well? I have half a cup of oats, half a banana, 1/2 cup skim milk and 2-3 tsp of PB. That keeps me full for around 4 hours.
You serving is only 1/4 cup grains. Just wondering if the fiber from spinach and berries helped.
Also calories wise, what is a better option?
Caronae says
OMG we had almost the exact same breakfast! Mine was .5 cup oats with a whole banana and a lot of spinach, then into the blender. Then on top were blueberries, almond butter and flax seeds. And green tea on the side! Weird, we’re brekkie twins…
Run Sarah says
The green oats look great – love the contrast with the berries.
Lacey says
Green oats??!! Pretty scary but thats what I thought the first time I saw my first Green Monster so I guess never judge a book by its cover! 🙂
HeatherBakes says
Pretty breakfast. I want to make a Sam’s run for some berries- they’re so cheap right now!
Hope the swim goes well!
Jennifer says
Sonia- I wonder the same with only a 1/4 of grains. I need a good 1/2 to feel sated!
Natalie says
What a colorful breakfast!
Jenn Eats Nutritiously Now says
That breakfast looks delicious!
Leah @ Simply Fabulous says
Hey Kath!
Ode to Oats!!
http://simplyfabulousnow.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/ode-to-oats/
haha!!
Enjoy your Monday!! 🙂
Hallie says
Yeah…don’t think I could do the spinach in my oats…green smoothies are about as crazy as I’ll get 😉
Those berries looks delicious, though! YAY for summer fruit.
Rachel in NC says
So, I was perusing TheKnot.com this afternoon, considering submitting some of my photos to be featured as a real wedding, when whose wedding did I come across? Yours! It was so funny…I was looking for weddings in NC and saw “Katherine and Matthew,” but it didn’t connect since I’m used to seeing “Kath and Matt!” As soon as I clicked on it and saw the first picture, I started laughing because I just saw your wedding pics in your recent post! 🙂
polly says
Hi Kath!! woopwoop for GREEN! 😉
Guys, I promise you don’t taste the spinach. I have a simple way to do it on my blog (with lots of pictures!) just click under the recipes page.
I do stay full for a loooong time with just oats (3/4 cup!) and a banana. Sometimes I add spinach… sometimes I leave them plain jane. But they are truly greenolicious!
I guess I am just a two ingredient girl. 😉 Oats with somethin. Although my sweet Kath is rockin’ her bowls of oats with 47 different ingredients. It’s alll goooood. 🙂
[email protected] says
I LOVE your table!
The berries look nice too 🙂
Ellen @ Peace in Motion says
fresh berries in the morning are just the best.
Have a wonderful day!
Danielle says
What a fun breakfast and good way to get some greens in early in the morning.
Kath says
Re. Spinach,
I made the oats as usually and used my stick blender to puree the spinach in when it’s done. Check out Polly’s blog for the how-to (I linked to it in her name)
I have to say, this isn’t my favorite way to EAT oats. But the green is just so darn cool 🙂
I used 1/4 a cup because that was “one serving” of the 9 grain cereal (= 150 calories too). It held me over 4.5 hours, so I guess it’s the equiv. of 1/2 cup of oats for me. Remember I also added wheatberries. The bulk from the spinach + berries and the fat from the AB probably also helped.
Rachel in NC,
COOL!
Kath
Maggie says
I add a dash of salt to my green oats and it usually gets rid of any hint of spinach. I don’t know why it works, but it does 🙂
Kristen says
spinach in oats!!! that’s a genius way to get in some leafy greens! hmm i’ve definitely gotta try that.