Most of the recipes and meals I’ve shared on this blog are dinnertime appropriate. If you click the “on the plate” tab, you’ll find the amount of savory vegetable dishes largely disproportionate to the plates you might desire in the morning hours. While I know there are some out there who eat their vegetables from the moment they wake up, I am not one of them. My AM produce cravings are always fruit-based, and a big carb-y bowl makes mornings very, very nice.
In an effort to mix things up a bit, I am declaring this “Breakfast Week,” and I’ll be sharing some special bowls of oatmeal each evening. If nothing else, perhaps I can prove how eating seemingly the same breakfast every day for years never, ever becomes old. Also, there will be better lighting.
This breakfast wasn’t particularly suitable for the chilly weather we endured today, but worthy of the blog nonetheless: a bowl from late September, while I was hanging on to the end of summer. It was fruit-heavy, but no one ever said that was a bad thing.
In the pot went the basics:
- 1/2 c old fashioned oats
- 1/2 c water
- 1/2 c vanilla soy milk
- 1/2 banana, sliced
I always cook them over medium heat for six or seven minutes, using the time inbetween stirs to assemble other ingredients and brew coffee. On this occasion, once the oats were nice and creamy, I added:
- heavy dose cinnamon
- spoonful ground flax
- other half banana, sliced
- handful raspberries
- 2 black mission figs, chopped
- ~2T almonds
Once the deliciousness is mixed to a mess in the pot, I transfer to a bowl, and top with a spoonful of nut butter. This one was adorned with agave brazil nut butter.
Yum. I love breakfast.
What did you have for breakfast today?
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Looks fabulous!!
I had raw buckwheat cinnamon crispies (from One Lucky Duck in NYC) with hempmilk and Artisana Cacao Bliss.
I love the way those ingredients look in the pot – and better yet how it looks in the bowl!
Yum — I had the exact same thing yesterday for breakfast, minus the figs and almonds. Today I had a pumpkin pancake topped with organic vanilla yogurt, flax, raspberries and strawberries. Tasted like pumpkin pie!
I had toast. Bleh. NOW I want oatmeal.
I had pumpkin oats! I love how you brew coffee inbetween stirs. Sounds like me..very zen like in the morning!
Maggie
I love breakfast! It’s my favorite meal of the day. This morning I had Cheerios… love cereal!!!! Your breakfast looks good!
i had a bowl of oats of course. banana, dates,toasted pecans, cinnamon, and brown sugar! YUM ! so good!
cant wait for the morning :( what to have? hmmmmmmm oats of course? ill sleep on it ;)
xo
maya
Love breakfast ideas!
This morning I had extra special pumpkin oats – 1/3 c. oats with pure pumpkin, almond milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger and a sliver of gluten free vegan pumpkin pie (leftover from Thanksgiving dinner) It was amazing!
I actually shied away from my oats this morning and ate homemade cocoa pumpkin choc chip pancakes. (So good! but I missed my oatmeal.)
Your oatmeal ritual sounds like mine, with the coffee brewing and whatnot. :) This combo looks so goodddd. I always seem to eat any fresh figs I buy before I can include them in a meal. I will have to try figs in oatmeal one of these days.
Might I just say, that I love that all around the world there are fellow bloggies eating the exact same thing?! I love that feeling, that there are a whole slew of women/girls alike opening our can of pumpkin to stir in our oats at the same time. Now, I really cannot wait for breakfast.
ohh look forward to your recipes this week! Breakfast is also my favorite meal of the day.. sadly no oats this morning just egg whites
looks like a wonderful bowl of oatmeal! love all the additions, agave Brazil nut butter YUMM :) and figs, my fav!
what did i have for breakfast today? haha well my post was my brekkie as we all know, oats, hemp milk, banana, dates, pecans and a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon…so delicious!
now its 4:10 am so i have to brainstorm a good brekkie for today ;) hmmm oatmeal probably, or maybe i’ll surprise you all with something new ha, but dont get your hopes up lol ;)
love you
xx
Eliza
I love breakfast! I had green oat bran with homemade almond butter yesterday. Today I’m going to have oat meal with raspberris, cottage and AB. :)
that breakfast looks amazing!
I had green juice- parsley, lemon, carrot, apple, pear, cucumber
Breakfast food is my favorite food ever, so I look forward to this week! Unfortunately, I bring my breakfast to work during the week, so today it was two boiled eggs and overnight oats with banana. Not really warm and delicious, but it did the job :)
I had my second attempt at oatmeal for breakfast and loved it.
love the breakfast week idea! it’s my favorite meal :)
this morning I had (well, actually I am still finishing it as I type) – a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel w/ berry cream cheese and a large hazelnut creme coffee. from wawa! hehe i love wawa. oh yes! and I chopped honey crisp apple on the side. sooo delish
have a lovely day!! ♥