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!!!
my vote goes to rice krispie babes!
Banana bon bons please! Love anything bananaaa 🙂
PBJ Blondies! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I love surprises!! anything is great 🙂
Banana bon bons sound different and tasty. Of course they all sound delish so any recipe you pick I’ll surely try.
I’m late on the uptake, but SO EXCITING! Congrats on the for-now decision. Of course it’s something you can change your mind about. If it feels right, it’s the perfect decision. 🙂 So happy for you, Katie.
PBJ blondies! I’m a huge fan of your blondie recipes – fiber and deliciousness!
Congrats Katie!! This is such an exciting time in your life and I am so, so excited to continue reading your amazing blog!
Hi Katie, I’m SOOO glad you decided to keep blogging. I would have seriously mourned the loss of my favorite blogger! Two quick things, I like this iteration of the new header very much. I prefer this picture of you to the other one. And I just wanted to let you know that something weird is going on with your RSS feed. I’m getting it every other day with the most recent blog followed by the previous day’s. So I get them all eventually, but half of them are a day late. It’s not a big deal, but I thought you’d want to know.
Ugh, that does not make me happy to know… especially since I don’t know anything about RSS feeds! No, seriously I don’t. I just figured out last week what RSS even stands for! So I have no idea how to fix it :(. I wish I knew things about computers… it would make life so much easier! 😉
Aw Katie, you’re the best! I know that you read every comment and that’s why I come back every single day. I feel like a lot of popular bloggers don’t, but I know you do from your sweet responses! I’m so glad that you’re going to be doing this for a while 🙂
uh rice krispy babies?! i’m in!
Oh goodness! Reading and responding to comments is the BEST part of blogging. I agree that it’s so sad some people ignore it when others take the time to comment on their blogs! They are missing out on meeting amazing people. Plus, sometimes people leave me the yummiest recipe ideas or inspiration in comments!