Showing posts with label oatmeal cookie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oatmeal cookie. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

What I Ate Wednesday

Welcome back to "What I ate Wednesday!" I'm happy you're here. This breakfast was a big ol' bowl of the overnight oats I know some of you have also tried and are enjoying. Today I replaced the unsweetened coconut with cinnamon, raisins and walnuts. I always eat bananas in my cereal because they help keep me filled up until lunchtime :) On a side note, nice the way almond milk is actually white (not grey, like cow's milk).


And speaking of lunch, today it was a simple salad (you're onto me, aren't you? I'm a salad person!) of chopped romaine over Israeli cous cous (cooked in broth and sweetened with white raisins). Chickpeas, mushrooms and a Health Starts Here dressing. Also some stewed Swiss chard. The nice thing about the leftovers in my fridge is that they can usually be thrown on top of a salad, as you see here!


Yeah, I really do eat one of these every day, and they are usually red (strawberry banana) or green (kale or spinach with banana). What can I say? They do the trick for me! This one was straight up. No topping necessary. The glass looks small, but it's a pint glass. Nice big snack, peeps.

This is the sort of thing I could eat every single night and never grow tired of. It's a hot bowl of sweet potato black bean soup over brown rice. I topped it with a delicious avocado (is there anything better?) and then squeezed a whole lime over the whole thing. Yumtastic.


Here was my humble little fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants dessert for the day :) I ate quite a few of these little buggers and man, they are good! Simply slice a banana, bread the nut butter of your choice on the top and then dip your creation in mini chocolate chips. Pop it in your mouth and feel happy.


That's all for today! Thanks for reading and keep sharing with me what you're eating!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

What the Bulk!?!?!? Another crazy good dessert ball!

Okay, I'm officially mad about these cookies. As in, I just ate....drumroll....six of them all at once. Sigh. Hey, no one's perfect, right? And if you're going to just go for it and eat dessert, it might as well be made of ingredients that are good for you. However, I don't recommend SIX :)

These are very similar to the dessert balls I recently posted here, but have a few changes, due to being out of flax seed and craving something cooked.

In a large bowl mix the following:

1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup Grapenuts
1 T chia seeds
1 cup unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (dark)
1/2 cup peanut butter (all natural)
1/2 cup raw sesame seeds (get them in bulk)
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix them all until well mixed, form into ping pong-sized balls and bake on a nonstick pan for about 10 minutes at 350. Let them harden. Eat less than six at a time :) OMG, they are SO GOOD!

If I hadn't just finished eating them, I would have posted a picture!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

What the Bulk!?!?!? Overnight Oats

Does this picture make you crave a nice cold bowl of overnight oats or WHAT!? :) The recipe and pictures are from one of my favorite wellness blogs, "Sinfully Nutritious." "Sinful" is the right word for a lot of Maria's cooking, which are incredibly well-rounded and tasty, but perfectly good for you. That's what we're all looking for, right? :)

Maria recently posted this lovely recipe for overnight oats, that did indeed taste just like an oatmeal cookie. I eliminated the coconut and agave, but otherwise followed this recipe:

These overnight oats tasted like an oatmeal raisin cookie. I soaked 1/2 cup rolled oats in 2/3 cup unsweetened almond milk overnight, then in the morning when they were thick and fully absorbed, I added in shredded coconut, raisins, cinnamon, walnuts, 1 tbsp. flax plus granola, chia seeds, and a drizzle of agave. These oats were so good.