Live your life and stay young on the floor –
LOVING the new porch floor!!!!! I’m not allowed to walk on it yet, but no one said I couldn’t put some oatmeal down
I tried to make today’s whipped banana oatmeal as ‘nogged up as I could. Meaning I added lots of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. I meant to purchase some eggnog at the store this week but forgot! This was pretty darn good though. I’ve noticed that chia seeds actually lead to a fluffier oatmeal rather than creamier. If you like your oats reallllllly creamy, leave out the chias. If you like it fluffier, add ‘em!
On top of my whipped banana, I added some Great Harvest Cappuccino Chip Muffin. HOLY good!! Those black specks are coffee grounds, and it tastes just like capp. Chia charger rounded out the bowl.
Cup of hazelnut tea! I like this almost as much as the chestnut. It stands up to a cup of coffee.
JINGLE ON Y’ALL!
Allie@LiveLaughEat says
That bowl is so elegant looking. I definitely prefer fluffy oats, so I always always add an egg white. Makes such a big difference.
Nicole says
I came here to say that I made these this morning, but whipped an egg together with the banana mush and whipped both in at the same time. Delicious, fluffy, and extra protein!
Ellie@fitforthesoul says
Ohhh one of my fave combos!! Without eggs it’s still amazing, but still. 🙂 And Kath, the Wild Squirrel package finally arrived and uhhh I’m lovin’ it! (too much)
KathEats says
Glad you like it!
Kris says
What method do you use for adding an egg white? Do you do anything different in the microwave? Thank you!
Allie@LiveLaughEat says
http://www.livelaugheat.com/2009/09/03/show-and-tell/ That is such an old post. PLEASE don’t judge my writing/photos :). I was a major dork then.
Kris says
Thank you so much! Any advice on how to add the egg to steel cut oats using the overnight method? I just put some in a bowl in the morning and heat them up in the microwave. Would I put the egg white in before I microwave it in the morning? I usually only cook it for about 1 minute at most, but would that be long enough for the egg? Thank you!!!
Allie@LiveLaughEat says
I’ve never made steel cut oats using the overnight method. If it’s food-safe (don’t know?), I would mix in the egg the night before. The trick I use is first mixing the oats with the egg ONLY, then adding milk/water. Otherwise the egg gets clumpy and you get egg puffs. I’m not sure if 1 min. is enough, but 2 min. should be.
Krissy @ Shiawase Life says
Love that, J*O*Y!!
kelsey @ living the gluten free life says
I made your whipped oats + cottage cheese this morning for the first time and LOVED them! I just added cinnamon and peanut butter, but I will have to make them more festive next time 😉
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says
Love the color of that stain. It’s really beautiful.
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
love loading up my oatmeal with seasonal spices… cinnamon + nutmeg are my favorite!
these pictures are beautiful!
Ashley @ My Food 'N' Fitness Diaries says
so very festive! love the stain of your new porch deck! beautiful.
Susan H. @ the food allergy chronicles says
I can only imagine how yummy that oatmeal is…coffee granules in the muffin…how great is that! I love it when coffee icecream has the real coffee granules in it too! Gotta love your tea towel…Jingle on Y’All! Hard to imagine Christmas is less than two weeks away…southern ontario is going backwards in seasons…mild, dark and rainy today…your ‘jolly’ post has ‘perked’ me up! lol
Lauren @ Oatmeal after Spinning says
Oh – the floor is sooo pretty- I would eat off of it, too! So great to see how the porch has come along so quickly!
The eggnog-spiced oatmeal SOUNDS good, but I’m so picky about nutmeg. I find that if I put even the slightest bit too much, it completely overpowers everything and ruins the flavor. (I have been adding Earth Balance Soy eggnog to my overnight oats, though!)
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife says
mmmmm you make breakfast look like one fabulous event! Hah. Looks delicious!
Cait's Plate says
LOVE your photos today (and that brand spankin’ new floor ain’t so bad either!) 😉
Do you do the round edges on the photos in WLW?
Also – I find the same thing with the oats! Fluffy fluffy with the chias in there!
KathEats says
Edges done in Lightroom 🙂
Cait's Plate says
Ah, thank you!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
Your floor looks fantastic! I love how rich the color is.
I’ve been ‘nogging up my protein shakes lately. Winter cold post-workout treats. 🙂
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
I love that bowl! It looks so fancy! The floors look beautiful! I absolutely love the color. 🙂
Jamie @ Don't Forget the Cinnamon says
Mmmm I love chia oats for that reason. Really creamy oats weird me out…not sure why!
Johanna B says
Love the Jingle on Ya’ll towel. People don’t say ya’ll in this part of the country. I do, but no one around me does.
Khushboo says
I love the word ‘y’all’ but I don’t think I can pull it off ha!
natasha says
I have to tell you that thanks to you I tried smoked paprika yesterday and it’s my new favorite spice!
KathEats says
Yay!
Andrea @ Onion in My Hair says
Floors look gorgeous, Kath!
I usually put so much pumpkin pie spice in my morning oats that they end up being almost a little HOT. Love it. 😉
Logan says
Your floor look beautiful! I figured it would be left natural, but I love it finished off like that!
Hannah @ eat, drink and save money says
Must buy eggnog now!
Kelli H (Made in Sonoma) says
It looks great! I LOVE the 3rd picture!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
The floor is gorgeous! I love the “jingle on ya’ll,” so southern 😉
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
chia makes anything fluffier and puffier. they cause food to SWELL up. haha! not creamy though, puffy!
jingle on y’all. cute 🙂
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
I love the color of your porch floor! It’s almost done!
Roxanne says
I haven’t tried chia seeds, so can’t say anything about of my oatmeal. But It is a rainy yucky day out there and my arthritis is getting into my bones, literally, and I have taken 8 Ibuprofen since 6:00am, it’s now 10:10 am, will probably get Tylenol for Arthritis later today, I just need to be able to WALK this morning. Have a lot of errands to run and I work from 5-11 on my feet!
Maria @ Sinfully Nutritious says
I don’t know what I am more in love with, the floor, the oatmeal or the tea.
LOVE IT ALL! Great post.
Antonia @ healthinspirations says
The floor looks great. Wish I had a porch like that. Your breakfast looks delicious as always. Have a great day!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
Looks yummy!! I’m all about the nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice right now. LOVE those flavours. I guess it’s just like nog – minus the rum of course!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says
I wonder if I could convince the Husband to get us this porch. It is looking soo good, Kath. I want 😀
Hilliary @Happily Ever Healthy says
Your deck floor looks beautiful! And I love the white bowl!
Andrea @FrSeed2Stomach says
So I’ve been really good about eating breakfast lately thanks to your oatmeal inspiration. Last night, I put a cup of steel cut oats in the crock pot with 3 c water, 1 c sunflower milk, some currants, coconut, cinnamon, and nutmeg. They were ready when I woke up! I added a banana, chia seeds, flax meal, and frozen raspberries and it came out really good. I’m excited to keep experimenting with the crock pot. Do you have a crock pot, kath? Do you ever use it for your oatmeal? I’m looking for more tips on crock pot oats!!!
KathEats says
I haven’t really done crockpot oats because I would rather dirty a little saute pot and wait 5 minutes for cooking than haul my crockpot from the basement and have to clean it after. If I were going to do oats for a crowd though, that’s what I’d do!
Andrea @FrSeed2Stomach says
ah yeah. my crockpot made it’s winter debut this week and isn’t huge, so it might end up living on my counter for much of the winter. I kinda wish I had a crowd to eat oatmeal with every morning!
Laura I. says
Google “Lion Head Soup Bowl” and you should find plenty of options for that type of bowl at different sizes, colors, and price ranges. Also, I’m pretty sure places like Sur La Table have them–I think Pier I and Crate and Barrel used to, but I don’t know now (hard to see the lion head knobs in this post, but I’m pretty sure that’s what they are.) Easy-to-find classic design.
Laura I. says
Oops! Commented on the wrong comment.
Susan V says
Rice cookers are fabulous for steel cut oats!!
katie @KatieDid says
hello gorgeous floor! beautiful for picture background for sure!
Emmy (WIne and Butter) says
I cant wait to get to the states for xmas and have some EGGNOG!!!! I’m pretty sure I could make my millions importing it here (how can they not have eggnog?!), but it might be too seasonal a career… :). Massively appetising photos Kath – I’m dead jealous of your breakfast!
Roxanne says
You can make your own eggnog, tons of recipes out there. I am making the one from The Happy Herbivore, Lindsay has one for vegan eggnog (she is vegan so no eggs) on her home page.
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Haha! I love it! The porch & oats look great 🙂
Shannon @ My Place In The Race says
The floor looks AWESOME Kath!! 😀
Rebecca @ Naturally Healthy and Gorgeous says
I need to get some chia charger! I am doing a post this weekend on the health benefits of chia seeds, they’re so good for you!
Darbi says
I’ve been looking for a deep bowl for oatmeal. Where did you get that? Great post, too!
KathEats says
I got it from my grandmother, but I have seen them in antique shops too
Brittnie (A Joy Renewed) says
Love the floors! Aren’t home projects the best? We just finished a laundry room makeover (previously our washer/dryer were in the garage – we built an extension off the kitchen to move them indoors!) and I am loving it each and every day!!
Amanda says
Your hardwood floors are gorgeous, and that muffin sounds so good.
What a nice morning. 🙂
Cat @Breakfast to Bed says
it looks like someone poked your tea. Love hazelnut tea, btw. Have you ever added chocolate almond milk? omg. so good.
KathEats says
I haven’t tried it….I don’t really like almond milk all that much
kaila @ healthy helper blog! says
I love that white bowl that your oatmeal is in! So crisp and clean!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
Yum yum! And that is such a cute tea towel!
Anna @ On Anna's Plate says
Hahaha…love that towel 🙂
Angel7 says
Your floor looks awesome!!!
I think the hole in your tea froth is from the frother, huh? 🙂
Listening to our daughter’s Elmo Christmas stocking that sings “Jingle Bells.” She loves playing it over and over 🙂
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KathEats says
Yup – it’s from the tea!
Robyn @ Blueberries and Oats says
Love your JOY napkin! Where do you find all these cute things?
Sorry this is way off topic but you’re the only blogger I read that openly talks about loving their android! I just got my first smartphone (samsung galaxy SII) yesterday so I’m very new to the android market. I was just wondering what your favorite must-have apps were?
If you’re too busy to bother with this silly question I don’t blame you! Thanks for all your beautiful posts, hard work, and inspiration!
P.s. I totally take some shots on the floor as well. Love hardwood!
KathEats says
Mom got me the napkin!
Apps on my phone: Kindle, Google Search, Little Photo, Twitter, Google Reader, Loot ($), WordPress, Hey Tell (voice messaging – very cool!), Tiny Shark (music), Pandora, Facebook, Audible, Simple Calendar, Weather Channel, Evernote
Andrea @FrSeed2Stomach says
I LOVE Audible and Amazon mp3 (cheaper than iTunes)! key ring is handy. The Groupon/BuyWithMe/LivingSocial apps are handy, too.
Sarah@The Flying ONION says
You just reminded me to buy some eggnog this week. I don’t like it by itself, but it’s so delicious in oatmeal (and coffee or tea!) I might even make some eggnog cookies if I’m feeling ambitious. 😀
The floor is gorgeous! Love the color. 😀
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
The new floor looks great! Didn’t know that about the chia seeds.
Stacy @ Say It With Sprinkles says
I’ve been adding eggnog & extra nutmeg to my oats in the morning for weeks now! Yum!
allison @ thesundayflog says
are the coffee grounds instant coffee, used coffee grounds, or freshly ground beans? haha im trying to imagine how they were made without being bitter and grainy. at first i read it as they were grounds in the chia charger, but then i realized it was the muffin that had them
KathEats says
I was hesitant when I hear that too, but they are so finely ground (from the mixer?) that they aren’t bitter or grainy at all. The muffin’s sweetness helps balanced them out!
~Christy @ wonderofallthings says
LOVE the JOY reflection in the bowl in the first pic…adore little twists like this 🙂 Cool, dude!
Dee says
So pretty! That bowl is SO cute!
Hannah says
Looks delish, and the floor is gorgeous!
Megan says
You’re porch is beautiful Kath! Absolutely stunning!