I’m loving the beautiful weather. It’s weird to think last week was –4 and today will reach over 80 degrees. Warm weather does not mean I give up my beloved breakfast grain bowls; I just eat them cold! (Actually, I eat cold oatmeal in winter too. I’m strange like that.)
Today’s brekkie was a twist on my Blueberry Muffin in a Bowl.
And I ate it outside, in the sunshine!!
(Yes, I had other foods to go with my bulgur. And no, the fabric flower was not one of them.)
Magic Breakfast Pudding
(serves 1)
- 1/3 cup dry bulgur (40g) (I use light, as opposed to dark) (You can also make this pudding with oats.)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup water (240-260g) (Or more, if using oats)
- 2 tbsp (or more, if desired) nondairy creamer (I use Silk)
- toppings of choice (today I went with cacao nibs)
- optional sweetener (When I make this for others, I use 1 pack stevia or 1T sugar)
- 3 drops coconut extract… a.k.a. magic drops (with oats, I use 6 drops)
Cook your bulgur, with the salt, in the water. (I like to cook mine the day before, so breakfast comes together much more quickly.)
Here’s a good tutorial: How to Cook Bulgur.
Right before eating, add remaining ingredients and stir. I like to pulse mine in the magic bullet a few times. You could also use a blender or hand blender… or omit the blending entirely!)
Question of the Day:
What’d you have for breakfast today?
Yummy thought of the day: Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Dip
Cinnamon apple oats! I love them!
The coconut extract sounds ah-mazing!
I had a microwave bean brownie and mocha yogurt for breakfast. I topped my brownie with banana “butter” inspired by your recipe!
Aww yay times a million!
I had compound breakfast; I went crazy with the homemade larabar recipes (when I’m bored, I either eat, cook, or read fanfiction), so since I had so many of those, I had a cookie dough one, followed by an actual jumbo cinnamon roll, and jasmine oolong about half an hour later. I felt so guilty about it that I tried the treadmill in intervals, and felt like my sternum was going to crack, I’m just terrible with running, lol.
I’m intrigued by the idea of a jasmine larabar! Cool!
Your breakfast looks way better than the boring one I had!
DANG what a drastic weather change! ahah!!.. its cold here still.. BOO. send some heat please!? kay cool
wow ive never tried bulgur! esp for breakfast!— today i had sun warrior oatbran/oats.. with nut butter.. i RARELY change my breakfasts up… actually i never do. .i just cant think that early in the morning!
I’ll send some warmth… but you should just come visit instead. And bring your brownies because lazy me hasn’t gotten around to making them yet!
sounds like a solid plan!
Girl, you’re SO cute!!! 🙂
I love bulgar!!!! I must try your breakfast version!
I had mango-curry oats this morning – YUM!
Woah, that sounds like the coolest brekkie ever! Mango curry. Love your taste buds!
I love bulgur but haven’t tried it for breakfast. Looks great! I had oatmeal today. Original, huh? 🙂
Sometimes boring is much more yumlicious than fancy-schmancy, ya know? 😉
This morning for breakfast I had Carrot Cake Overnight Oats. 😀
I had oatmeal with cinnamon and nuts…lol looks as if I´m not the only one^^ But surprisingly oatmeal is not very popular here in Germany. Most guys my age think it´s old-fashioned and doesn´t taste good….so thank you for getting me to give it a try, Katie, it is soo amazing that it became my everyday breakfast 🙂
But I have to admit that your Bulgur looks also very tasty…maybe I should give it try too!^^
Haha most people here (outside of the health foodie world) think it’s boring and unappealing too!
is that just pure coconut extract? I’ve used coconut extract before and it tasted so… alcohol like?
Normally, I use pure extracts (peppermint, vanilla, almond). But for some reason, I like the Archer Farms artificial coconut one best. I know artificial is full of chemicals… but it’s not like I use the whole bottle in a sitting lol ;).
Edit: I checked the label, and the ingredients are coconut flavoring and glycerin, so I guess there’s no alcohol in the one I use.
thanks!
Coconut extract is so amazing.. it adds so much flavor to things..
I also had a grain bowl for brekkie 🙂 It was a quinoa and strawberry one! Oh, and I’m also due for a haircut lol I have an appointment for next week COME WITH ME 😀
Haha deal!
Your hair looks GREAT! That’s the first thing I thought when I saw the pic 😀
I’ve never had bulgur, I’ve searched and searched but can’t seem to find it in any of the stores around here. Boo.
I *heart* you. Haha but it’s been… 6 months? Maybe more. Yikes. lol
I love reading other people’s breakfasts – I’m so nosy! Mine was jumbo oats porridge with banana and coconut cream, yummmm. I prefer cold oats too and I always have my cereal without milk 🙂
I had oatmeal for breakfast today 🙂 Topped with goji berries, cacao nibs, and coconut cream….so kinda like a twist on your brekkie! And my second bfast was a kiwi with pumpkin pancakes and coconut butter 🙂
P.S I need a major haircut, too! Blech :/
look at those gorgeous photos! i love it. also i’m jealous of your weather.. it just snowed about 5 inches here, the gorgeous warm weather on friday was such a tease 🙁 have a great day love!
That happened to us a few weeks ago! It went from 75 to -4 in two days. Mother Nature sure has mood swings, huh? 😕