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Dark Chocolate Dreams Oatmeal
If you’ve read anything on my blog, you’re probably well versed in my lust for peanut butter. I think we’re all clear on that, right? I’ve also mentioned my adoration for a certain sandwich shop in Greenwich Village. It’s called Peanut Butter & Co. and it was basically designed specifically for me (I’m pretty sure my name is even on the blueprint somewhere*).
*allegedly
Peanut Butter & Co. blows my mind for two main reasons: 1) flavored peanut butter with no trans fats (although there is palm oil, unfortunately), and 2) GOURMET PB&J SANDWICHES. Each of their peanut butter flavors stars in its own special sandwich, which you can request toasted (and why wouldn’t you?!).
This porridge does not replicate the Dark Chocolate Dreams sandwich, which actually consists of cherry jam and shredded coconut to taste like a black forest cake. I already have a Black Forest Cake Oatmeal, so instead, I went a different route.
Strawberry Kiwi Oatmeal
I don’t remember much from elementary school—especially anything of importance. However, I easily recall the Ocean Spray vending machine outside the cafeteria. At a certain point in the day (after afternoon recess, I think?), we were allowed to walk by ourselves to the vending machine and put in 50 cents to get a can of Ocean Spray juice.
There were the standard options, like orange, apple, and grape, but my favorite was strawberry kiwi. Now, I shudder at the thought of all this juice and its effect on my beautiful teeth, but I definitely enjoyed it back then.
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Coconut, Honey, and Fig Oatmeal
Last Monday marked my first day of school at NYC. Thanks to my lovely 40-minute commute, this entails me waking up at 4:45 for the next ten months. Thankfully, I love my job. I feel like you have to love your job in order to drag yourself from underneath your electric blanket at 4:45 (yeah, I sleep with an electric blanket in August; don’t judge me!).
Luckily for me and my exhausted self, I’ve enjoyed some fantastic porridges every morning. Feeling particularly ambitious on Monday afternoon, I whipped up FOUR different oatmeal recipes. Yeah. Four. My roommates kept filtering in and out of the apartment, shooting me odd looks as I ran around the kitchen, pulling out seemingly unrelated ingredients and dirtying every bowl and spoon and fork in the cupboards.
Sweet Potato and Soyrizo Oatmeal
Let’s all take a moment to acknowledge just how fantastic soyrizo (aka soy chorizo) is.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, it’s the vegetarian version of chorizo, a Spanish sausage. My first experience with it happened at my favorite restaurant in Newark, Elbow Room (now closed). It’s a specialty mac and cheese joint, and it’s the cutest little thing. They have this ridiculous vegan queso mac, made with a housemade vegan cheese sauce (meant to replicate queso fondido), soyrizo, avocado, cilantro, and fried tortilla strips. I was allllllll about that place last year.
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Peanut Butter Banana Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Earlier this week, I finally received a functional stove. The gas for our kitchen appliances had not been turned on before we moved in, so everyone in the entire building has been eating cold salads, wraps, and sandwiches…or just getting food delivered…for the past two weeks.Luckily, I have a slow-cooker.
This recipe can be made on the stove or in a slow-cooker. In fact, any steel-cut oat recipe should, in theory, work fine in a slow-cooker. However, I must state my preferences: I despise oatmeal made in slow-cookers. I find the results to be unpleasantly chewy and contain an unwanted aftertaste. I much prefer to make it on the stove. Still, I included both options in the instructions because I know someone people enjoy that method.
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POSTED IN: bananas, big batch, honey, jams and jellies, peanut butter, slow cooker, steel cut
POSTED IN: bananas, big batch, honey, jams and jellies, peanut butter, slow cooker, steel cut
Pineapple Jalapeno Oatmeal
I have discovered an imperfection in Trader Joe’s. It has taken me a year, but I finally found it. Trader Joe’s does not sell individual jalapeño peppers. If you wish to purchase one, you must buy a container of them that holds SEVEN PEPPERS.
Because who doesn’t need seven jalapeño peppers at one time?!
Feeling clever, I purchased one of their “guacamole kits” instead. It contains ONE jalapeño, two avocados, some garlic, a lime, and two tomatoes. I can use the avocados without a sweat, and I can easily find an excuse to use a lime. The garlic will remain usable for weeks and will definitely serve its purpose eventually. The tomatoes, however, will be a struggle. I might try and make tomato sauce or something (I have garlic, after all!).
Savory Mexican Corn Oatmeal
Hi. I made oatmeal. 🙂
If my month off has done anything for me, it’s provided me a chance to concentrate on this dear blog. I’ve adored having endless hours to invest in tweaking the layout, adjusting the recipe format, testing more unique and elaborate recipes, and above all, practicing my photography skillz.
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Chocolate Hazelnut Oatmeal
When was the first time you experienced Nutella?I had never even heard of it until my freshman year of college when I was taking French 101. A number of my classmates had birthdays within a week or two of each other, so one day, our professor walked into class carrying a stack of crepes and a jar of Nutella. Bon anniversaire, indeed!
Oatmeal Risotto [Guest Post]
If you remember from Thursday’s post, Haley and I had a chance encounter a few weeks ago, and we wanted to swap blogs and share our stories. Read Haley’s side of the story below, and make sure to visit her blog and become a fan on Facebook!
Hi! I’m Haley (from Cheap RecipeBlog) and I want to tell you a funny story about how I “met” Lauren.
A few weeks ago, I was visiting my parents in southwest Minnesota. One day, I trekked over to Brookings, South Dakota, to meet an old college friend for coffee. We were meeting at Cottonwood Coffee on main street. Here’s a timeline of events:
9:15 a.m.: Feeling hungry for breakfast, I ordered a bowl of baked oatmeal.
9:20 a.m.: Once I started eating, I realized that this was no ordinary baked oatmeal. It was deliciously warm, hearty, very slightly sweet — and topped with steamed milk. It was absolutely delicious. One of the best and most unique bowls of oatmeal I’d ever eaten.
1:25 p.m.: Once I got home, I immediately Googled “baked oatmeal with steamed milk” to see what I could find.
1:27 p.m.: I clicked on Google’s second result, after noticing a recipe for “flooded oatmeal” on a cleverly-named website called “The Oatmeal Artist.”
1:30 p.m.: Once I got to the page, I immediately recognized the bowl in the top photo. It was the same oatmeal I had eaten this morning! I left the following comment:
4:30 p.m.: I checked back on The Oatmeal Artist to see if she had responded. This is what I found:
She had been there! The Oatmeal Artist! And she had seen me eating oatmeal. After a bit of correspondence, I realized that I had seen her as well. She was the girl across the room wearing a fabulous turquoise dress.
If this chance encounter doesn’t seem crazily weird to you, hear me out: I live in St. Paul, Minnesota. I never (ever) eat breakfast on a weekday morning in Brookings, South Dakota. Lauren lives in New York City. Sure, we both have roots in rural Minnesota/South Dakota, but it’s still mighty weird that our paths would cross in such a way.
Naturally, we couldn’t just let this story go untold. Which is why we’re teaming up and swapping guest blog posts!
About the Recipe
Coming up with a new oatmeal recipe to feature on Lauren’s blog was – well – not an easy task. I mean, what hasn’t this girl already covered? This is the most comprehensive oatmeal recipe site I’ve ever seen.
So I’ve done what any self-respecting oatmeal-lover-but-not-The-Oatmeal-Artist would do: Post someone else’s recipe!
I recently bought a fabulous new cookbook: Try This At Home by Richard Blais of Top Chef fame. This cookbook is chock-full of seriously creative recipes like Vidalia onion rings with beer mustard, Greek yogurt with tandoori honey and freeze-dried fruit, and the recipe that I’m featuring today: Oatmeal risotto. (more…)
Peach Cherry Almond Oatmeal
Sometimes, I write these posts shortly after I’ve finished eating the oatmeal. Sometimes, I write it weeks after the last time I ate it. And sometimes, like right now, I write it while I’m eating it.That’s how you know it’s good.
