Hump Day Poll: Newsworthy?
source If that brings you warm fuzzies, you're welcome. If you don't know what the heck that's referring to, then you might be too young to understand most of my references here and should probably brush up ! We are going on year 9 of not having watched the news. I remember the last time we went to Kauai in 2016 (holy crap, that makes me want to cry) we didn't watch the news once and couldn't believe how much happier we were. We decided to see how long we could push it and here we are almost a decade later. It's enough to be inundated on internet sites on the hourly with the latest dumpster fire lit that should have nothing to do with the kind of stuff it's reporting but to voluntarily watch the news just is not something I have in me. I rarely watch live tv because of the commercials (well more commercials) but I left it on once a few years ago when a show I was watching went live and the news came on right after. I wasn't watchin...
Your oatmeal looks delicious! The cookie butter..... yum!
ReplyDeleteI'll dress mine up with some homemade granola, pumpkin seeds, sliced bananas like yourself, or whatever fresh berries that I have on hand (usually strawberries). I'll also add some unsweetened vanilla almond milk after cooking to add some creamy texture and a little extra vanilla taste.
ReplyDeleteYour oatmeal looks good. Lately, I've been making mine with apple chunks, handful of pecans, and some golden raisins....soooo yummy.
ReplyDeleteI add blueberries and pecans to mine.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes toss in raisins, or chocolate chips, or peanut butter (or PB2), but I'm also happy eating it plain. I've always prepared mine with water, and I'm not sure why. Probably because I rarely have milk on hand. :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteWhat? You don't buy your oats at TJ's?! Their organic oats are super reasonably priced.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of TJ's, have you guys tried the jalapeno chicken sausages? Super yum! We top them with TJ's mango salsa...to die for!
Your oatmeal looks and sounds delicious. I love Cookie Butter and bananas. I used to eat oatmeal every morning, I bought the instant kind, loved the cinnamon roll flavor. I mixed it with water and then poured some skim milk on it before I ate it. DELICIOUS! For now, I am hooked on cold cereal with a little skim milk and then a banana after I eat the cereal. Sometimes I have a 100-cal thin bagel with a cinnamon cream cheese wedge from Laughing Cow. But I find myself really looking forward to that bowl of cereal every morning too, and the banana afterwards is like my dessert!
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm boring, because I usually just cook mine with raisins and eat it with a splash of milk or almond milk. But I have put in craisins and walnuts before--love it but can't afford the calories very often. I stopped putting in butter--the dairy kind--years ago when I gained weight and don't miss it now. Never even thought about peanut or other nut butters, maybe I'll try it.
ReplyDeleteI went all out with mine this morning and added Nutella and banana slices. Tomorrow, however, I want one of those Banana Nutella quesadillas, if you will :-)
ReplyDeleteI eat my oatmeal all different ways, and one of my favs is with a tbsp of cookie butter and a few chocolate chips. I do banana, blueberry and walnuts, I do dried cherries, sliced almonds and some coconut with a drizzle of honey. Sometimes all I add in is a spoonful of nutella. It just depends on my mood. I usually cook my oatmeal with the vanilla unsweetened almond milk. If i have steel cut or scottish oats all I like on t hem is a pinch of salt and a pat of butter..sometimes with some honey. :) I love me some oatmeal!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is some intense oatmeal! Usually I just do honey, some fruit, almond milk, and oats. :)
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