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Chocolate Pumpkin Oats + Share TCL!

October 27, 2010

Quick Updates We have our first Healthy Thanksgiving Challenge 2010 entry! Click here to check out the challenge and the entry…it’s a goodie! Oh and in case you missed it, I posted the recipes I promised recently: Cozy Beef Stew Shrimp in Saffron Broth In case you need ideas for dinner and stuff. *** Eats! [...]

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Candied Pecan Topped Oatmeal

October 22, 2010

TGIF Friends! This week has been sooo long! Know what I mean? I’m so ready for the weekend! I was so excited to share some photos from breakfast with you guys today that I had to take a lil break from work today to post, instead of waiting till after work. I used the last [...]

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Steel Cut Oats…Fast!

September 11, 2010

Ever wonder if you can make steel cut oats faster? Well, you can’t really speed up the cooking time (at least not that I’m aware of) but you can make a big batch when you have some time (think Prep Day Sunday) and eat off the batch the rest of the week. The other day, [...]

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Oatmeal Factory (Slow Cooker Oats)

September 9, 2010

I woke up to a lovely vision this morning… Hot coffee in the coffee pot and hot oatmeal in the slow cooker. Hubby’s been doing a great job setting this up every night. Nothing like having coffee waiting for you! Today we tried the new fall flavor I picked up recently – Pumpkin Spice from [...]

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Cozy Chicken Noodle Soup

July 28, 2010

It was humid and rainy here, so I thought the weather called for cozy food. First up – OATMEAL! Plus nice, hot coffee, of course. Pre-cooking: 1/3 cup coconut milk 1/3 cup water 1/3 cup rolled oats 1 tsp chia seeds Cook stove top till thickened. Post-cooking: handful of blueberries, stirred in at end flaxseed [...]

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Who Wears Short-Shorts?

June 16, 2010

Not me…not yet at least…I’ll explain in a minute. First off…how fabulous were everyone’s comments yesterday on my post about using clothes for weight loss goals?! If you haven’t seen them yet, take a looksie – lots of great opinions in there (and if you haven’t weighed in yet I’d love to hear yours)! Click [...]

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I Can’t Believe I Like Eating This Now!

June 10, 2010

I LOVED reading everyone’s “I Can’t Believe I Used to Eat That!” foods. I think I was guilty of most of the same. lol Here are some examples: Diet Sodas Chicken fingers (with a soup terrine of honey mustard!) Fast Food Hot Dogs Ramen Spagettios Livermush Snickers Ice cream Fake parmesan We’re much better off [...]

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Applesauce (Cranberry) Oat Muffins

May 16, 2010

The baking bug bit me this weekend. I actually really want to try making a gluten free bread…like maybe amaranth bread? But grocery store trips have eluded me this weekend, so I went for muffins this AM instead. I attempted to use as many ingredients as I could that I already had: flour, oats, sucanat, [...]