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Tuesday Morning Live

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This weekend Adam finished off our jar of sun butter and I had to save it from the trash. 

You know what I had in mind for the remains –

Oats in a Jar!

Kath has talked about how OIAJ makes her think of JT’s “It’s my d*** in a box.”  But on the SNL front I think OIAJ fit better with another song.  I feel like they seem to give every blogger THIS reaction.  So of course I had to try them.

I cooked 1/3 cup oats with 1/3 cup water and a medium banana.  Then I topped my bowl jar off with a little bit of Crofter’s Superfruit Spread and Pb.

It was good, but not as **amazing** as some blogs have led me to believe.  To be fair, most bloggers save a serving or so of nut butter in the jar and I was using one Adam had scraped clean.  Plus I’m not in the best mood because I woke up still feeling sick and I’m a little annoyed.  I’d give the concept a solid A- though!

I’ve spent most of my morning working out issues with my application (still!) and I’m heading to campus for classes this afternoon.  Hopefully I’ll be feeling better as my OIAJ work their magic 🙂

Have you jumped on the OIAJ bandwagon yet? 

Chocolate Oats

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Ever since my lackluster bowl a week or so ago I’ve been dreaming of this breakfast –

Chocolate Overnight Oats!  Last night I combined 1/3 cup Skim Plus Chocolate Milk with 1/3 cup oats.  This morning I added in 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt and 1/3 cup blueberries.  Finally, I added a tablespoon each toasted walnuts and cinnamon chips.

Too awesome!  This bowl made me happy x 10.

We almost never buy chocolate milk but Skim Plus tastes amazing and is a pretty healthy treat.

Today is going to be more busy than awesome.  I’ve got foot surgery follow-up at 10:10 and since it’s near school I’m going to eat lunch on campus.  Then I have class from 2 – 6:30 (there’s a two hour break in there but I packed work) before I come home and go to the gym.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter my Cedar’s giveaway.

More Nachos?

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My burnt nachos were fabulous, but I just couldn’t get the idea of gooey cheese out of my head….So I made a second (smaller!) plate; hello tummy-ache!  I regret nothing!* (*said with a French accent)

I did NOT however, make nachos for breakfast 🙂  Ever since my fabulous overnight nog oats last month I’ve been dreaming about new overnight bowls.  I finally decided that chocolate milk would be the way to go.

Sadly, I bought this for nutritional stats and the flavor was lacking. 

(sorry about the janky images, I’m not happy about using the husband’s laptop for blogging)  I’ll trade a few more calories for more chocolate flavor next time.  Maybe soy milk?  Breakfast was still ok though –

1/3 cup each Almond Breeze and oats were put in the fridge last night and this morning 1/3 cup each plain nonfat yogurt and blueberries were added.

The plan for today includes housework, schoolwork, and some tv watching.  I want to make a real dinner tonight (you know, like a wife) so I’m moving the gym trip to earlier this afternoon.  Happy Hump Day!

What is your favorite kind of flavored “milk?”  I’m a skim-cow’s kind of girl, but nothing can beat Silk Soy Nog.

Nog Makes It Nicer

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It’s Thursday, the week before Christmas break is almost complete!  I have a pt appointment this morning, which is why I’m actually awake for a change.  I don’t have much time though so breakfast was started last night – overnight oats.

  • 1/3 cup oatmeal and
  • 1/3 cup Silk soy nog were stirred together last night and put in a fridge
  • approx. 1/3 cup low fat plain yogurt and
  • dash nutmeg were stirred in this morning and
  • holiday sprinkles!

‘Twas festive and yummy.

I’ve got to scadaddle, have a great morning!

How do you make overnight oats?  Any fabulous mix in ideas?

Stuff

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Good Stuff

  • I woke up at 10 this morning and did some nice whole-body stretching
  • Then I finally finished unpacking, my house feels fresh again!
  • I think I did ok on my quiz and my test was handed back with a 94%

Work Stuff

  • I decided to add *flossing at least once a day* to my goals list, dental hygiene is very important to overall health and mine has been slacking
  • This weekend I need to read and take notes on chapters 7, 8, and 9

Food Stuff

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1/2 cup oatmeal topped with a splash of skim milk , 1t Crofter’s Superfruit Asia Spread, and a 1/4 cup of dried Goji berries.

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I haven’t had oatmeal in forever, and I really prefer it cooked with a banana, but it was a nice throwback.  The berries gave it a nice chew and I’m kind of in love with Crofter’s on anything.

1, 2, 3

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Good morning!  I need to start by going back to last night.  My husband love me very much, and is ok with the fact that he is my 3rd love.  So he delivered the first two to me last night.

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Devoured.  Also last night, I assembled these ingredients.

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Nonfat plain Fage, 1/4C oatmeal, 1T ground flax, a few unsweetened dried blueberries, and a sliced plum equaled this bowl of muesli this morning.

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The flavors were good but it was very thick, I don’t think I can do both flax and oats.

As soon as this post is up and I am dressed I am heading out to do some studying, see ya later!

What do you love?