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!!!
oooooooooooooooooh my god, Katie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can´t believe the news your breaking!! that is absolutely fantastic! I wish you all the best, from the bottom of my heart.
I am so happy for you and also for us 😉
rice krispie treats sound delicious to me!!
Rice krispy treat babies please! Luv ur blog! I’m so glad you chose to keep blogging!
Choco chip cookies are the way to go. Oh, did you say flourless? Yes,please! Flourless makes me happy. It makes me sing in the shower. That is not info to be shared. If no on else wants to see that recipe tomorrow, i will pout and NOT want to sing in the shower. Wait, is that a good thing?
LOL!!!
PB&J Blondies all the way! Love that photo of your breakfast… it looks sooooo good!
Isn’t the blogging community amazing?? I’m so glad we were able to make you so happy, because you make US happy on a daily basis with your delicious recipes and your happy-go-lucky posts!
I vote banana bon bons!! I have about 15 bananas sitting in my fridge!
Rice Crispy Treat Babies! Love Rice Krispies!!!
flourless chocolate chip cookies or banana bon bons!
oh just do them all! =D
rice crispy treat babies! or a surprise 🙂
Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies FTW!!! They all sound delicious though! 🙂
Ohmigosh, that strawberry-bomb oatmeal looks absolutely positively heavenly!!! Gosh, I’d love to be able to do food presentation/photography as lovely and classy as that. <3 I like to bike to the nearby thrift store to look for neat little dishes and glasses, and sometimes I find pretty nice ones for really cheap (and that store gives all profits to the humane society!).
I'm so glad you were so touched by all the comments. It's true: there were a TON of them. Just goes to show how popular you and your blog are and how many people support you. (-;
Banana Bon-bons sound tasty, by the way. Or a surprise. I always love surprises. (-;