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!!!
All those coments on your latest post just show how important you are for all of us. So keep up the great work,Katie,we love you!!
And besides… It wasn’t difficult to decide upon what to vote for. As I LOVE every recipe including oats and cereal, I’m seriously the most ecxited about your Rice Krispy Treat Babies!! 😀
Oh dearie me, how am I supposed to choose just one??? Well, I’ll go with pbj blondies but be happy no matter what!
I am a day late reading your blog from yesterday. Thanks Katie for always insiring your readers to try new, and good for you treats. I was amazed that you were able to come up with so many yummy items made with garbanzo beans. For todays post I wanted to vote for one of these recipes, then another. Quite a quandary?? Hmmm. I think most of us would love to see all of them. Posting each one a different day would suffice. Love you, your blog, and your decisions.
Awww thank you! I will definitely get them all posted at some point :).
I vote for Rice Crispy treat babies – sounds amazing!
Rice Crispy Treat Babies! 🙂
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! It’s supposed to rain here tomorrow and I can think of nothing better than warm chocolate chip cookies!
PBJ blondies, please! And you totally deserve a million comments!!! I adore adore adore your blog. It makes me happy every day!
I guess all those lovely comments are what karma looks like 🙂
Argh, what a hard choice to make! The blondies edge it for me, I think! Oooh, that oatmeal looks ridiculously beautiful (and classy), wow, I know what I’m having for my next breakfast 😀
PS I’m typing this in my sweaty workout gear 😉
Hard to choose! I guess I’ll pick the blondies. But I wouldn’t say no to ANY of them!
they all sound amazing, but how about rice crispies? i don’t recall seeing a recipe like those. i would have loved to make that (the oatmeal bomb), but i ran out of oats, which i had also been using to wash my face. i’m going on holiday soon, so i might get some after i return.