Guess what!?
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED again!! But I’m still going into work. While Charlotte schools have been open for 2 days now, Rowan-Salisbury schools are a huuuuge district with lots of country back roads that are still somewhat snowy + icy. Plus there’s bad fog this morning.
I’m operating on a 2 hour delay this morning 🙂
Since I was up and showered when I got the news, I just continued with my morning per usual. I went to bed at 9PM so I got my 8 hours. And no sense napping after a hot shower when breakfast was calling!
Check out these Soldiers of Coconut
NEW in the Open Sky store this morning is the Cacao Bliss!!
My words:
You guys are going to have to invest in this one 🙂 The Cacao Bliss tastes just like chocolate coconut buttercream frosting!!! Part ganache, part coconut butter.
In the summertime, when it’s nice and hot in KERFland, the bliss is the consistency of a thick frosting. Perfect to spread on things. Or lick from the spoon.
In the winter, it hardens up a bit – more like a wax – but a little microwaving (or hot oatmeal!) melts it right back into a thick liquid.
Its best purpose: chocolate cravings 🙂
So today’s breakfast obviously was all about the coconut
Pay Attention:
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1 tbsp Scottish oats (to fill in the gaps!)
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup vanilla soy milk
- 1 tiny banana, sliced
- Pinch salt
- Splash vanilla at end
- 1 tbsp chia seeds, at beginning
- 1/2 tbsp ground flax (finally restocked!)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin (Libby’s xoxo)
- 2 tbsp coconut milk, stirred in at end (I’ve cooked with it before and find the taste to be more detectable if I stir in at end)
- Crunchy Coconut Granola
- Cacao Bliss, slightly melted in the jar in the microwave to make frosting
- Coconut butter, flaked on and melted in
Quite the ensemble and totally yum!
Coffee coffee!! I almost had tea this morning but I knew you would miss your shape of the day! Please forgive me if I do have tea in the coming weeks 🙂
A meteor??? An alien head?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BECCA!!
Going to get some work done and then make the drive up to Salisbury!
RUNNING with EMILY this afternoon! Woot.
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
Goodness, it’s insane how many school closings you’ve been having! I’m kind of jealous.
I adore your breakfast bowl this morning…too cute! 😀
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
I can’t believe how long everything has been shut down for y’all! Gotta love the south, right? 🙂
Beautiful bowl! So rustic!
candice says
Schools are closed here today, too, but it means we won’t get President’s Day off! Grrr…
Mmmm, looks like a coconut-in-a-bowl party! Does the 2 tablespoons of coconut milk really make that much of a difference in taste or texture?
Kath says
No. I was just keeping up with the theme!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
Ok now I NEED the cocoa bliss!!!
Kath says
Haha. You really do!! If I had to get just one, I’d get the Cacao 🙂
Mr. Money says
MMM Ganache! I’m scared I would eat that from the jar by the spoonful until it was gone!
Simply Life says
I never add coconut to anything – looks good!
Cassie @ A Very Busy Mind says
Def an alien head.
Morgan @ Life After Bagels says
maybe a hoola hoop? (like if the foam is the shape)
Lauren @ eater not a runner says
Looks like a coconut party! Unfortunately up here nothing EVER closes for snow 🙁
Marisa (Loser for Life) says
Yay for another “off from school” day!
I gotta try some of that coconut butter!
Estela @ Weekly Bite says
Those are some serious ingredients in your oats this morning 🙂
Have a great day 🙂
Madeline @ Greens and Jeans says
Seeing all of this coconut has just popped “put the lime in the coconut” into my head…
Gabriela says
Lucky kids- 3 snow days!! I am dying to try coconut butter now…I can’t believe I’ve never had it!
Sarah @ The Foodie Diaries says
coconut is the one ingredient i haaaaaaate. it’s like my version of onions. but i weirdly suspect that i’d like cocunut butter?
Heather says
Wow – it is so crazy schools are closed again! I hope they don’t have to extend the school year or take away some of a vacation.
Love the idea of combining regular oats with scottish ones – great combo of textures.
Drive safely if you head to school!
Freya @ foodfitnessandfreya.wordpress.com says
I love how much there is going on in your oats, it’s brilliant! I must start adding more to mine…banana, PB, granola, caramel chips – ir’s not enough!
Have a good run 😀
Erin (Travel, Eat, Repeat) says
Yum, coconut! I’m actually not a huge fan except when it’s mixed in chocolate ice cream… strange!
Kaite@ Two Lives, One Lifestyle says
Love the coffee shape of the day, thanks 😉 That one is tough… a nibbled cookie? Also, the Cacao Bliss description of buttercream frosting is very intriguing.
Anne Marie@New Weigh of Life says
Wow-schools closed again! There must be a lot of snow down there!
Hannah says
So I was about to do my usual “woe is me can’t get this in Australia”, and then I remembered that there’s a company that makes a Chocolate Coconut Butter that must be pretty much the same thing – hello heaven deliciousness! I can at least approximate your delicious breakfast!!
rustique says
Scottish oats are my absolute favorite kind lately. This is naturally subject to change, but, given how much they rule, doubtful.
Julie @SavvyEats says
I JUST received samples of Cacao Bliss and some of their other products yesterday. Yum!!
brandi says
that cacao bliss sounds AMAZING! I love chocolate + coconut together anyways; I can’t imagine how good that is on oatmeal.
Enjoy your delay! 🙂
Shannon (The Daily Balance) says
FROSTING, huh? SIGN ME UP! Thanks for sharing, love!
Jenn (www.j3nn.net) says
Wow, that’s quite a list of ingredients LOL. It looks wonderful. 🙂
Jenn
Jessica @ The Process of Healing says
Oh wow Kath, those might just be the best sounding oats that you have ever made 🙂 I haven’t had pumpkin oats in forever but you just totally made me crave some.
Danielle (Coffee Run) says
Wow- that’s the most intricate bowl of oats I’ve ever seen! I loveeee coconut (Need. Cocoa. Bliss)
Mara @ What's For Dinner? says
It’s amazing how crazy different areas get about snow and ice! I’ve had to drive to work in 8+” of snow! Enjoy your day!
Sophie @ yumventures says
Living in Boston, I am SUPER jealous of your days off! I think it could snow 2 feet here and I would still trek onto the bus and subway to get to work. Enjoy your delayed morning =)
skinnyrunner says
that is one LOADED bowl of oatmeal! the cocoa bliss looks delish but $14 is pretty expensive!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Those oats are definitely over the top! Looks so good! I totally agree with stirring things in at the end of cooking your oats. You definitely get more of the flavor!
Nutritious Foodie says
wow thats a very coconut-y breakfast… Sounds delish and filling.
Jocelyn@JocelynEatsFresh says
Yum~ I LOVE melty cacao bliss
Lauri says
Hmmm… I will have to get some coconut bliss ASAP!!!
Jenny says
Okay clearly I need to move down south!! Nothing is ever closed/cancelled/delayed up north 🙁
katherine says
Your oatmeal looks particularly lovely today!
Allison K says
Your coffee shape looks like the little mushrooms (toadstool?) from Mario Brothers. I don’t know what the right name for it is…..
Mary (Food Fit & Fun) says
wow what a bowl of oatmeal! I can’t believe the schools are closed AGAIN! WHat lucky kids! haha
Run Sarah says
I am craving coconut now, yum!
Heather (Heather's Dish) says
this is incredible how long the schools have been closed! i was never lucky enough to have that as a kid growing up 🙂
Paige(Running Around Normal) says
Man I can’t believe it’s the third day in a row they cancelled!
Wow, that is quite the recipe for a bowl of oatmeal!! Cacao bliss sounds like dessert! Yum 😀
Beth @ DiningAndDishing says
That may be your longest oat list yet!! I would love to try that Cacao Bliss but I always decide that sadly it’s just not in my budget. 🙁
Salah@myhealthiestlifestyle says
I’m definitely going to look into that Cacao Bliss hopefully its not too expensive because it sounds wonderful!
Sami says
KATH! love your dress. Where’d you find that?!
Kath says
LOFT
Christie @ Honoring Health says
what a bowl of oats this morning!!
Fallon says
How do you store your coconut milk in the can? I have that same milk but have never opened it because I’m not sure how to store it. A mason jar?
Kath says
I just keep it in the can. Maybe unsafe for some reason I dont’ remember, but I don’t really care that much because I don’t eat it that often.
Ash @ Good Taste. Healthy Me says
Wow you’ve had tons of school cancellations! Craziness!
Becca says
Katherine, You’re so sweet! Thanks for the shout-out…I was not expecint it at all!!!
Kath says
YAY – so glad you saw it!! XOXO
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says
Oh my, that’s quite the oat mix!!! I’m actually impressed that you remembered the whole list. 😉
Enjoy your 2-hour delay day!
Becca says
oops. make that “expecting”
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
ANOTHER SNOW DAY?!?!? luckiest kids ever!
amanda@thegrainsofparadise says
Oh man….Did I ever miss out on snow days growing up in coastal California….not fair! lol!
Heather says
I have heard about all the crazy weather up there from a friend in Fort Mill. stay safe!
Foy Update - Cook. Garden. Write. Repeat. says
I love your funnel shaped bowl! Very cute and rustic looking. But I’ll fall for anything that looks hand thrown.
Kristin (Cook, Bake and Nibble) says
LOVE coconut!!
xo
K
Stella says
Wow! That is an amazing looking bowl of oats! I had to microwave mine and eat them out a plastic pot this morning – very jealous of yours!
Jil says
Ohh, the oats sound absolutely amazzzzzzing.
Steph says
I JUST bought some of this at Whole Foods the other day. Just for some informational purposes for your readers.. it costs $10. Not cheap by any means, but we’ll see if it’s worth it 😉
Right now I heated up the coconut butter and let it marinade in some coconut milk and coconut butter with tempeh. I am about to roast it and baste it as it cooks.. I hope this turns out good!
Annie Brooks says
That oatmeal looks so tasty!! Do you use coconut oil ever??
Kath says
No, but only because i haven’t bought it before. I think I would really like cooking with it.
Jenna says
That is quite the bowl of oatmeal kath
Family Fresh Cooking says
Thrilling that you just posted about Artisana Cacao Bliss…I just discovered it last week and I am addicted to it. Love it over my hot oats! It is so decadent and a little goes a long way!
Kate says
How is that Bob’s Red Mill Crunchy Coconut Granola? It seems super yummy and I was hoping to find it at Whole Foods today but no luck 🙁 Where can I find it?? Thanks!
Kath says
I like it a lot!! it’s pretty simple, comparable to homemade granola. But nice and hard too (probably made with thick rolled oats)
Kristilyn (My 29th Year) says
Can you make breakfast for me sometime? That sounds so good! I’ve tried to find Cacao Bliss here in Canada but haven’t had any luck. All the food bloggers are talking about it and it sounds delicious!
Too bad for school being canceled!
K
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