The New Peanut Butter and Jelly

Another go with the chocolate oats.

In the mix:

• 1/3 cup oats
• 1.5T homemade Scottish oats
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup chocolate almond milk
• 1t ground flax
• 1t cocoa powder

Topped with:

• pumpkin granola
• peanut butter
• 1/2 a banana

Yes, I’m still loving this bowl.  Both because it’s Christmas-y and because it’s smaller than my regular bowls and makes me feel like I have more oatmeal.

If you’re going to make chocolate oats I definitely recommend adding sugar, honey or maple syrup.  The cocoa kind of mutes the sweetness of the milk.

I drank coffee with my oats this morning and was seriously sweating.  It was gross.  Never again!

Then I made lunch.  It’d been a while since I made a sandwich (or it felt like it anyways) and I decided it was time.

What to do when you’ve already had enough peanut butter via morning oats?  Make a jelly and goat cheese sandwich!

And throw some spinach in for fun.

Pretend you want to see some more bread pictures.

When I got home I enjoyed a green monster in the dwindling daylight.

Then I stretched (in an attempt to avoid ITBS-related knee pain) and ran 3 miles to decompress. 

In the past two days, I turned in two papers and a journal consisting of a written page for every class and every reading we did and gave a presentation.  I needed a good run.

I’m spending the ENTIRE day studing for my 7:30 PM final.  Yes, University of Colorado has finals on Saturday.  It’s unfair if you ask me.

Hope you’re doing something more fun with your Saturday!