I don’t know what happens some morning….but today my oatmeal was PERfection. It’s always good. But this was beyond good. Sometimes I think it’s weird how much I talk about oatmeal…but come over and I’ll make you a bowl + then you’ll get it.
Peanut Butter + Coconut Butter melted lava flow
OH MY OATS:
- 1/3c oats
- 1c almond milk
- 1/2T chia seeds
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2t cinnamon
- vanilla splash
Topped with:
- 1T pnut butter + 1t coconut butter, melted
- 1t Heather’s jam
- other 1/2 of the banana
- about 2T BRM coconut granola
It filled me up…but was so good I considered making another bowl. I think I really liked the banana on top. I also liked melting the pnut butter over top with the coconut butter. I usually use 1/2 water 1/2 almond milk but today I used all almond milk.
I had a pretty low-key day. I finished up my THIRD article..wahoo!! Check it out and let me know your thoughts!
5 Reasons to Avoid Buying the Non-Organic “Clean 15”
Lunch was about as delicious as my oats.
Romaine + ~1/2 avocado + leftover steamed broccoli + 2 mini sweet peppers + herb roasted garlic + homemade balsamic vin.
Chocolate Coconut Monster!!!! This was SO delicious…probably one of my favorite ever!
Chocolate Coconut Monster:
- handful of ice
- ~1/2c coconut kefir
- 1 scoop chocolate Amazing Grass
- 1/2T unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1t coconut butter
- 1-2T unsweetened coconut flakes
- 2T avocado
The avocado made this insanely thick and creamy and you couldn’t taste it at all. Love love love.
I was feeling a bit sluggish…a little cloudy in my head. This smoothie really helped perk me up..for real!! I went to the gym, awhile after lunch, and rode the stationary bike for 45min. I had the new issue of Real Simple, which kept me busy and I read another 20 pages in the book Born To Run.
Tomorrow morning I’m meeting with my friend Lauren and going to the farmer’s market. Super excited about that!! More tomorrow 
~Ashley
I think I WILL come over and have you make oats for me…and that green monster! I think I need to try that one! I love choco/coco-anything!!
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Deeelicious!
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Amazing first pic Ashley! Love it! I am going to sample a packet of Amazing grass for the first time the next visit I make to whole foods…i’m getting excited! Have a great Saturday!
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Thanks! Let me know what you think of AG!
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Coconut butter is my FAVORITE on oats. It’s like creamy at first then hardens and I just loves it. I love mixing it with Dark Chocolate Dreams – that is pure perfection.
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Girl. About a month ago I posted about mixing PB + cacao bliss with banana and shredded coconut. Holy cow was that good…and the sandwich was cold in the car while we were snowboarding…The cacao bliss turned into a crunchy shell…OMG SO GOOD.
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That’s the problem with oatmeal – it is just so yummy it’s hard not to want more all the time! Thankfully I usually just prepare enough for one serving…otherwise I’d be in troubs.
Great article! Looks like you did a ton of research.
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
OH my gosh. I nEVER make more than 1 serving, lol..that would be bad!
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Just wanted to say that I LOVE your blog. The food and your creativity and passion are amazing. And the photos are superb. I also really love your product reviews and alerts about Whole Foods specials. I went out and bought the peanut butter w the coupon. You are so right–it’s amazing!
Thank you! I really look forward to reading your posts every day.
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Your comment made my day!! Thank you so much. I always hope that my passion radiates through my photos + writing. I’m glad you like the reviews + WF specials…thanks for letting me know! OMG the pnut butter….yipes…so good
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I have a confession: I don’t like hot oatmeal. It just sits like a rock in my stomach, I feel. But I think maybe I need to give it another shot–your bowls always look amazing!
Hooray for the farmer’s market. I’m so glad you told us about that place. We went last weekend and immediately signed up for a CSA with one of the farms. You might see my husband there today…he gets to go and pick up milk while I’m working today. Enjoy the day–looks like it’s going to be beautiful!
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Hmmm…I want to know your cooking method
I could see that for some people it’s just too heavy for breakfast though. I’m STARVING when I wake up so it’s perfect. The market was awesome today…sooo much new stuff!
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You take such beautiful pictures! Also, that’s a great idea to use coconut butter! I never thought of that.
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Thanks!! Apparently coconut butter is super easy to make and will save you a lot of money too! Check out Heather’s post at http://heathereatsalmondbutter.com/2010/03/10/the-battle-of-the-coconut-butters/
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All of the food looks scrumptious!! It’s making my mouth water as I didn’t make oats for breakfast today (but totally should have… grrr.) and am hungry after a tough spinning class.
Hope you had fun at the farmers market! I’d love to see what you got and what was at the market by you.
I was going to go to the one near me but there wasn’t a whole lot in the weekly newsletter that I wanted (there were lots of muffins, meat, and arugula – I love arugula but I love it so much that I grow it myself so it was a no go for me today. Hope you found some good things!!
Have a great weekend! Hope your foot is feeling better. Rock the swim girl, rock the swim!
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I took a ton of photos just for you!! Ask and you shall receive
I like taking photos there anyway though and today they had SO SO many new things. It was awesome!! Hope you’re having a great weekend as well!
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I want your salad
I agree on the amazingness of OATS! I only have time for them on weekends (sadly) because I won’t eat them unless they are stovetop. I seriously look forward to my weekends for that bowl or empty jar of oats. I convinced my husband to let me make him some one day and he was instantly sold. Its the stovetop method + awesome toppings/mix-ins that makes it so fab! Your oats always look amazing – minus the bananas of course
P.S. I got in to the farmers market for the summer!!!!!
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Sorry about the bananas….I always think of you when I talk about bananas on the blog…hehe Glad the hubs liked oats!! Congrats on the FM!!!!
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Your oats look so amazing, this photo invoked a taste in my mouth…some kind of ice cream I ate when I was a kid, it had some syrupy thingy on it, like your oats
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The chocolate GM looks perfect!
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Your photos are amazing and I’d come to you house for oats on any day. Your post mentions melting peanut butter with coconut butter – same as coconut oil?
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Coconut butter is made with the actual meat of the coconut. It retains a lot more of the nutrients because of this. I still use coconut oil for many different things, but I use coconut butter quite a bit now too but mostly as toppings on things. You could compare it like peanut oil + peanut butter. The oil comes from the flesh. The butter still is still over 1/2 oil but has the meaty flesh mixed in too, which holds the fiber/vitamins/minerals.
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those oats look like they’re to die for! so yummy
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Oats are most surely, a gift from God. Satisfying and most surely good for you, they can be changed up in so many ways, and still be good for you–so many wonderful, as you’ve shown, things to add and enhance an already wonderful grain. Cheers for the wonderful photographs, too.
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Ashley Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Yes…they are beyond delicious!! Thanks for the compliment!
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That first picture of your oats is AWESOME.
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i LOVE FARMERS MARKETS!
your oats? total food porn. love it!
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