I am speechless.
And that doesn’t happen often.
I can’t believe the response to the post on My Big Decision.
Over 300 of the sweetest, most heartfelt comments (and facebook messages, emails, and tweets), and each one made me smile more than the one before it. No wait, that’s not true. They all made me smile the same: a ton! I thought about the kindness involved for someone to take time out of his or her day in order to make someone else’s day brighter. We all lead such busy lives, yet so many of you stopped to wish me well. Reading your comments, I actually started to cry. (I feel silly admitting this, but it’s true!) Thank you all so much, from the bottom of my heart.
Today’s breakfast mirrored my bright and happy mood:
And it tasted absolutely delicious:
Chocolate-Strawberry Hugs Oatmeal
- 1 serving raw oats (40g)
- 1 cup frozen strawberries (100g)
- salt (I used very scant 1/4 tsp)
- about 1 cup water or milk of choice (240g)
- 1-3 tbsp creamer (I used 15g Silk)
- chocolate chips
- sweetener: I didn’t use any, but most people will want some.*
*In place of sugar, you can use the Melted Banana Trick.
Procedure: The night before, I microwave the oats, salt, and water in a large pyrex measuring cup for 3 minutes (2 minutes if using quick oats). Then I leave it in the microwave for 5 more minutes before transferring—uncovered—to the fridge. Next day, I add the other ingredients, stir, and microwave again until the berries melt into the oats. You can even blend it all together if you wish! The Magic Bullet is great for this. As for the chocolate… well, everyone knows that strawberries and chocolate go great together, right? So add some chips, nibs, powder, whatever!
I feel so classy eating oatmeal from a pretty glass.
Classy is the new weird.
After breakfast, I lounged around in my pjs sweaty running gear (sorry, tmi?) and read incredible comment after incredible comment.
Seriously, I could not get over all the incredible comments!!
This guy caught up on some reading, too:
And then he took a nap.
For tomorrow’s recipe post, how about “readers’ choice”?
Your Choice:
- PB&J Blondies
- Rice Crispy Treat Babies
- Banana Bon Bons
- Flourless Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Or a surprise? Tomorrow’s post will be for whichever recipe gets the most votes.
And thank you all again!!!
banana bon bons? I’m totally intrigued…
Ahhhh!! This is such a toughie…..I have to go with the chocolate chip cookies, I’m intrigued as to how they’re gonna go flourless!
I love the dog^^
Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!!
PB&J Blondies, please!
Oh, who am I kidding? I’m excited for ANY of those recipes!
The number of comments is simply a testament to you and your blog.
And your dog is adorable!!!!!
Banana Bon Bons. While I wait, I will make myself that Strawberry-Chocolate Oatmeal Bomb. Looks delish!
Katie- Just read you BIG DECISION and am soooo excited for you. What an amazing opportunity. YOu will do fabulous and i look forward to your posts each and every day! (If only I had the tiem to try your recipes every day.)
Banana bon-bons!
I read your blog a lotttttttt but I’ve never commented before butt i am in new York city and went to pure food and wine and one lucky duck and immediately thought of you when I walked into one lucky duck because they had coconut butter!!!!
My mom thought it was a little odd that this jar of coconut reminded me of some girl I’ve never met! But just finally wanted to comment and say how much I love reading your blog!! And I recently made chocolate chip blondies and served them to my very non vegan friends and they all loved them!! So thanks so much and thanks for not ending your blog!!!
Oooh lucky! (Lucky duck? hehe) I didn’t get a chance to go to PFW in when I was in New York… but if I had gone, their mint-chocolate sundae would’ve had my name on it!
hey katie!! sooo glad you’re going to keep sharing ur brilliant, unique creations with the blogosphere!! and mpst importantly, me! haha.
I am leaving college station tomorrow to do a month of research in alaska! and the first thing i’m gonna do when I get back (after a shower, which i’m sure i’ll want most!) is look up ur gorgeous pics and recipe for a pb&j blondies and make up a batch!! So no rush for me on any one post u listed (they all sound divine!) as i will be reading allll of ur awesome posts i’ll have missed at the end of the month!
xoxxo
Oh wow, good luck! And I envy you, getting away from this 110-degree heat! 😉
Yes, right!! I was just in austin over the weekend and walking around for the whole day in the heat in it was another thing entirely! I demolished a whole bag of frozen mango at the mothership of whole foods 🙂
Usually I’m indoors all day and only am out on my bicycle in the morning and evening to and from A&Ms campus..
I knew about TX heat from ur blog before I moved last month but I could just not imagine it before getting here! You hafta experience its relentlessness in order to understand it!