Starbucks is Mean.
They are always tempting me with those big, fat blueberry muffins, but the muffins aren’t vegan. Eh, store-bought pastries often look better than they taste, anyway. Luckily I have my own muffin-esque recipe that is insanely-delicious, not to mention healthier than the Starbucks pastries:
It’s everything you’d want from a warm blueberry muffin. However, I should cut the Bucks a break. After all, they do sell vegan Frappuccinos now. First step Frappuccinos, second step blueberry muffins. (Props to anyone who picked up on the Miss Congeniality reference.)
Blueberry Muffin in a Bowl
(See “Variations” below for flavors!)
- 1/8 to 1/4 cup nondairy creamer (I use Silk)
- 1 serving cooked bulgur or oatmeal (See: How to Cook Bulgur)
- sweetener of choice, to taste
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- fresh or frozen blueberries, post-blending
Make sure to cook your bulgur or oats with salt. (I use 1/4 tsp, and it’s important to put this in before cooking the grains.) Once cooked, put the bulgur or oats in your blending gadget, such as a Magic Bullet short cup. Add everything else (except berries) and blend! Now add in some frozen blueberries, or any other fruit, nut butters, chocolate chips, etc.
Variations I’ve tried:
1. Strawberry Shortcake (add frozen strawberries pre-blending)
2. Chocolate Cream Pie (see optional ingredient, above)
3. Cinnamon-Raisin (add cinnamon and raisins, post-blending)
On a cold day, nothing’s better than a blueberry muffin in a bowl. Except… a blueberry muffin in a bowl that you don’t have to leave your house to buy.
Do you like Starbucks?
People seem to be very passionate about Starbucks. They either love it (Fun coffee drinks! Passion Tea!) or hate it (Over-priced! They’re everywhere!). The company has multiple facebook fan pages, but there’s also an entire website, ihatestarbucks.com, dedicated to all things anti-Starbucks. In any case, I owe Starbucks for a lot of good memories. In high school, it was the place to hang out. Oftentimes, we wouldn’t even buy anything. Horrible of us… and now I’m wondering why they didn’t ever make us leave!
Honestly I never really go to Starbucks because everything is so sweet and expensive. I can make my own coffee at home, thanks. I only go when i’m on the road and need some bfast oatmeal
You know like 10 years ago, I really loved Starbucks. It wasnt so big and corporate, it didnt feel quite so much like a fast food restaurant where they take your order and try to process you in and out as quickly as possible (which is appreciated of course b/c time is in short supply) but i dunno, it just feels soo…big, corporate?
And the coffee. I will say I love coffee. But not theirs. It’s “fine”. I will drink it. But I dont often. I always try to brew my own and if I stop when out, I prefer Peet’s, Caribou, or many others. Not to mention…anything other than a drip coffee is cause for concern$$
Now that i have written a novel, i will say your food pics are gorgeous today 🙂
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who was on a blueberry kick today! Except…your blueberry muffin oats are realllly making me want to go curl up with a warm bowl of my own blueberry oats 🙂
The only problem I have with Starbucks is that they’ve forgotten my area of Vermont. I suppose I should be thankful because that means I’m not spending more money than I should be – but sometimes I’d just like a fun coffee/hot beverage, and there’s none to be found!
Woah, that’s so weird… lol I thought they were on every single corner. Please, take one of ours! In some areas, there are multiple locations within eyesight!
Nah I’m not big on Starbucks really…I prefer Costa. (Do you get that in the US?) But I totally feel ya on the vegan thing… Someday, I’ll start up a vegan-friendly coffee chain so we can enjoy blueberry muffins when out too! 😀
I’m going to hold you to this promise, Emma!! And nope, never heard of Costa. But that doesn’t necesarrily mean we don’t get it here… just that I don’t know (coffee) beans about coffee!
I have to admit I adore Starbucks. Sure they’re insanely expensive but my soy latte ALWAYS tastes good, and by chance it doesn’t, they’ll make another one. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a little ma and pop coffee place but they’re usually hit or miss and quite often feel so elite inside- like I have to wear a berret and look highly inintellectual just to fit in.
I’m just so excited they even offer soymilk! I remember when they didn’t! And now vegan frappucccinos too. And someone said vegan brownies… although definitely not in Texas yet!
I don’t really like Starbucks that much. I hate their monopoly over everything!
I like your blueberry bowl Katie!
I like Starbucks but don’t love it. 🙂 My husband on the other hand, all the time!
Even though Starbucks is “local” here in seattle, I prefer the independent coffee/tea shops.
Just tried a blueberry muffin lara bar and thought of you.
Aww yay hehe. And hey, maybe you should buy stock in some of those local places! Starbucks was a “local” place when my parents lived in Seattle… ah, if they’d only known ;).
This is way better than any Starbucks sugar-coma muffin anyway!
I’m kind of a starbucks fanatic. i used to work there though so I may be biased 😉