Oats

Chocolate baked oatmeal made with nuts, banana, almond butter, and dark chocolate chips. It bakes in under an hour and tastes like dessert for breakfast! 

I’m going to get straight the point of this post: I love this Chocolate Baked Oatmeal so much!

So much that when M decided he liked them too, I baked him another pan so we could each have our own.

I packed both pans in our cooler and took them to southern Virginia this summer to visit family. 

In the mornings at the mountain home, I enjoyed my baked oats with fresh berries, yogurt, and granola. 

This Chocolate Baked Oatmeal is made with nuts, banana, almond butter, and dark chocolate chips for a nourishing breakfast that tastes like dessert. 

Make a pan for a cozy breakfast situation that is concise, decadent, and nutritious!

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Easy Chocolate Cherry Overnight Oats made with dark chocolate and fresh or frozen cherries. Perfect for a healthy grab and go breakfast for the week.

I come from a long line of oat-eaters. 

I’ve known for a while that my mom eats them almost every morning. 

Then, when I was recently in North Carolina visiting extended family, I realized that the oat-love extends to my aunts and uncles, too!

We sat around the table and comparing notes on how we take our morning bowl of oats. 

It’s actually comical how similar our tastes are, miles apart and without familial influence.  

We all love texture– all the nuts, seeds, berries, and nut butter.

Some of them are even on the overnight oats bandwagon, or, ONOs, as I fondly refer to them. 

So, how do you take your oats? 

I’ll have to ask my family if they’ve ever thrown in chocolate and cherries– which is my current favorite combination. 

These Chocolate Cherry Overnight Oats are made with dark chocolate and fresh or frozen cherries.

They’re perfect for a healthy grab and go breakfast for the week! 

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Key lime pie overnight oats with lots of lime, yogurt, and creamy avocado for color. Serve with blueberries and granola. Perfect for meal prep!

How are the spring time allergies, buds? 

It looked like it was snowing today, there was so much plant and tree matter flying through the air. 

This is my first time navigating allergy season in Maryland, and I was really hopeful that the sniffles might just…skip me.

My symptoms are mostly triggered by those awful orange oak strings that litter the streets and sidewalks. 

So that was probably wishful thinking because our back porch faces a wooded area filled with oaks.

Doh. 

I’m limiting my time outdoors a lot more than I’d like and showering in the evenings to get the tree stuff off of me. 

It’s hard because this is the time of year when it’s the *perfect* temperature to do all things outdoors. 

However, I know something that tastes like spring and summer straight from the fridge. 

These key lime pie overnight oats are made with lots of lime, yogurt, and creamy avocado for a sunny meal-prepped breakfast! 

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Pumpkin peanut butter protein oats for one! Mix up these easy oats for a pumpkin and protein-packed breakfast that’s perfect for busy fall mornings.

This past weekend I had a plant re-potting party here at F&V.

M and I squatted on the deck and transferred my spider plant, split leaf philodendron, and aloe vera to bigger pots. 

Scooping dirt into ceramic pots and patting the earth around my plant babies was totally therapeutic. 

The move was inspired by my split leaf philodendron, which has grown at an exponential pace since I bought it on a whim from Whole Foods last year. 

Did you know that plants need to be moved to bigger pots about once a year for optimal health?

When I last repotted my philodendron it surprised me by exploding with happy green leaves and new vines. 

I mean, it makes sense that they need a pot that properly fits their expanding root system. 

Just like us, they need room to grow. 

Give yourself some room to grow by making breakfast in advance this autumn.

These Peanut Butter Pumpkin Overnight Proats are perfect to prep ahead for a fun fall breakfast. 

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Easy overnight oats with old-fashioned rolled oats, fresh mango, blueberries, and a spoonful of SunButter. Perfect for summer workweek meal prep!

Last week I hung a rectangular printed canvas sign on my wall.

“Never Stop Exploring”, it reads.

All I did was press a push pin into the wall and steady the sign on it until it balanced, but it felt like a bold move.

My first intentional piece of artwork in my home.

Huzzah!

It’s funny how long I’ve gone with bare walls devoid of decorating.

To be honest, I’ve never been very confident in my indoor decorating choices.

Like, do I need a color scheme, a theme, a purpose, or do I just start throwing stuff on the walls?

I joked with a friend (who is amazing at decorating her home, I might add), that I need a design consultation. STAT.

Anyway, sometimes I catch glances of my sign while I’m eating breakfast in the morning.

Never stop exploring.

Are you ready to go exploring some new overnights oats?

These Mango Blueberry Overnight Oats are so easy to mix up in jars in advance with oats, fresh mango, and blueberries!

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