I’m going to be on television!!
The Dallas ABC affiliate news team is filming a story on me, for the 5 o’clock news! It’s pretty much the coolest thing to happen to me since… ever?!
For the feature, I’m thinking of either making the Deep Dish Cookie Pie or the Black Bean Brownies.
Right now I’m more excited than nervous, but that’s maybe just because it hasn’t really sunk in yet how many people are going to see this! Today’s agenda: figuring out what to wear, setting up dishes, and going on a cleaning spree. To power me through, I made a stand-by favorite breakfast:
This isn’t your average bowl of peanut butter oats. The cooking method makes this breakfast taste like you are eating a giant bowl of gooey peanut butter pudding. It’s life-changing… at least as far as breakfast is concerned!
Peanut Butter Breakfast Pudding
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup milk of choice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 a ripe banana
- 1-2 tbsp peanut butter OR allergy-friendly alternative
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice, to taste
- optional: chocolate chips
Instructions
Cook the oats, salt, and milk (either on the stove or in the microwave). Meanwhile, blend the pb and banana. Then add your vanilla, sweetener, and 1/2 of the cooked oats to the blender (I used a Magic Bullet) and re-blend. Stir in the rest of the oats. You can blend all the oats if you prefer, but I like the chewiness of leaving some un-blended.
Are you comfortable speaking in front of a group?
Or do you dread giving public presentations? Have you ever acted in a play or been on tv? I always loved giving class presentations and speeches in school, so I probably would’ve enjoyed acting. Unfortunately, I was too busy with soccer and tennis to join the drama club. As for the upcoming tv story, I am nervous about one thing (which might sound silly and superficial): what to wear. I’m clueless about fashion. Any tips?? Please send them my way!
Side note: I updated the Chocolate-Covered Katie Press Page.
I am eating this for breakfast right now. It’s delicious! I think the vanilla makes it! Thanks for the recipe!!
Just made this after a morning weight training session and much to my boyfriend’s surprise it was delicious! Thanks for making eating right tasty, it’s so easy to get burnt out on healthy food!
Hi, Katie! I found your blog the other day through another blog, “The Magpie’s Fancy,” and I now have your blog bookmarked on my computer! I, too, am a fellow blogger from “Crazy Dreamer” (although very amateur), and this recipe inspired me to write my own post about oatmeal and my own favorite recipe. As soon as I read this post I immediately called my mom to tell her that I was making dinner that night…I couldn’t wait to try it out! I linked your recipe from my blog and have been telling everyone I know to check it out. I love to cook and your blog has given me so many inspirations! I really love the style of your writing…it’s so fun and bubbly and uplifting, and there’s so many valuable tips not just on healthy living, but on life, too. Thank you for your honesty in your writing, you make it really easy to connect. As I was snooping around, I saw your post “My Big Decision,” and let me just say, I’m glad you chose not to give the blog up! I hope the interview was successful and I look forward to following your blog!
~Megan 🙂
Thank you so much, Megan! I loved your post… and your blog is wonderful. I love the font… ok, so I am a nerd, but I am intrigued by different fonts, especially because the one on my blog is so boring and generic!
big hit at breakfast this morning!
This recipe was high on my list after finding your blog 2 weeks ago, and I finally tried it today now that my bananas are ripe. So incredibly yummy, and an instant mood lift to erase my frustrating afternoon! I wanted to try making it without a blender/food processor (mostly because I hate washing it, but also because I’m using it later to make more German Chocolate Fudge Bites!), and happily it turned out just fine. I melted the banana and mixed by spoon with the PB, and after the oatmeal was finished I just stirred everything together instead of blending. Not as much like pudding as yours, but still delicious (and fewer dishes, hehe). I halved the recipe and it was still a huge serving! 😀
ohmygoodness. I’m eating this right now and it is amazing.
LOVE it!
Rhonda
I’ve been wanting to make oatmeal with bananas for ages now…this looks fantastic!
YUM! I finally made this. What took me so long?? I used date honey to sweeten it and it turned out great!
Yum, yum, yum! Thank you for helping me love oatmeal again. You have so many different recipes using it that I don’t get sick of it.
The most important thing about dressing for TV is keeping it simple! Solid colors read much better than busy patterns and bright colors are always more flattering than tans or greys. (Yes, black is also always flattering, but colors make you pop!) Good luck!! 🙂
Hehe — I know it’s easy to lose track (especially when you just find this site and start obsessively reading through recipe after recipe, as I did), but Katie was on TV almost two months ago. (c;