My morning bowl of oats was awesome, thanks to a new cereal topper and my shiny new white bowl! 
I got the bowl at World Market for $2.99 and it is pretty much the perfect sized oatmeal bowl.
Cinnamon Strawberry Crunch Oats
- 1/3c. oats
- 2/3c. almond milk [unsweetened]
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2t vanilla
- 1/2t cinnamon
- 1/2t chia seeds
- 1T pnut butter
- 1/3c. Yogi Granola Crisps
The dollop slid riiight off the spoon.
My new favorite brand of cereal! This is the 2nd kind I have tried, and I absolutely LOVE it. The flavor is awesome and it is insanely crunchy = happy ashley
By the time lunch rolled around, I was craving a Green Monster! And this is where the epic fail began…
So far, I have made GM’s with no recipes, just kinda adding things in and they have been successful every time! I had some cooked kale from last nights dinner that I thought I would use instead of spinach. Well, the blender didn’t like it so much and left lots of chunky pieces, and I forgot the kale had a garlic + salt seasoning on it 
I figured my add-ins would be able to cover up the kale mess, but it didn’t work.
Fail 1 – This was disgusting
Fail #2 – My persimmon is finally ripe!!!! However, I don’t think I like them very much. They are too sweet and the texture is pretty slimy. Imagine that…a fruit that is too sweet? I’ll give it a couple more shots…but so far I’m not sold on it.
Lunch Success – Clementine – The only good thing that happened during lunch!
Ohhhh was this little guy tasty!
Fail #3 – Prosciutto + Asiago + Cucumber + Hummus on an english muffin – Doesn’t sound too bad right? Well, it wouldn’t have been if my prosciutto didn’t taste FISHY!!! YAK!
I peeled off the prosciutto and at the rest which was tasty…but I was gagging from the nasty meat! Bleh! I ended up eating enough random/failed foods to fill me up and I also munched on some FSTG chips. This is my last bag from the sample box they sent me and again, these are SO good. This kind tastes like a straight up potato and they didn’t overdo it with the chive flavor.
Crunch!
Remember my brown hat with the flower? Chris + I found it last night looking like this…
“It wasn’t me”
GUILTY!
Grrrrrrr, bad Kenners!!!!!!!!! Side profile mug shot -
Dinner was a HUGE success, but I forgot to get those photos off the camera and I am ready for bed! Details will be on tomorrow’s post.
To the mountains tomorrow
~Ashley
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We had the same kale + persimmon fails!!
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oh no! Failed meals are the worst! Looking forward to seeing your dinner!
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hmm, about the persimmon, I think you have a hachiya which is the type people say to eat when it’s really ripe and practically squishy. I dunno about you, but I come from a chinese family and we’ve never had those. We have the fuyus which look more like orange tomatoes but we eat them when they’re still firm. They have a nice, firm texture and a lightly sweet flavor. Check them out, maybe they’re more up your alley?
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Ashley Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Hey Nick, Thanks for the info. I had a few others let me know there were 2 types!!! I was tricked
I’ve never had to research fruit before!! haha
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I have been reading a few food blogs in which people have alluded to getting free sample foodstuffs, and I am curious as to how this comes about. I am a food blog junkie, and I would love the chance to try some samples too and post about them. However, I wouldn’t consider my blog a food blog…
Email me
(Btw, the PB&oats looks DELISH!)
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Also, what kind of oats do you use? They look very creamy.
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Ashley Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Hi Julie – I use organic rolled oats – I cook them on the stovetop with 1/2 milk + 1/2 water + 1/2 banana [sliced super thing]. That gets them really creamy!! It takes about 5-8 min and I don’t stir them until they start boiling or they kind of “gel.” Hope this helps!
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yea – you ate the icky, squishy persimmion. I always go for the fuyus. crunchy like apples and delicious!
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