Why I Didn’t Post About Food for Two Months

TA DA!! I’M BACK!!!!!!!!!!

It’s a miracle, I know. Don’t start getting used to it though, okay?

So there was a good reason (besides laziness, which obviously is reason #1) why I hadn’t posted for about 2 months…. my eats have really been beyond boring and so repetitive, and if I had to sum it up I would just say: Pumpkin. PUMPKIN!

Like many other food bloggers, I have found myself addicted to this orange seasonal delight. You name it, I’ve pumpkin-ified it. Overnight oats, hot oats, cookies, smoothies, lattes, pancakes, sandwiches… made a pumpkin “cheesecake”…. I seriously think I’ve had pumpkin every day for  easily at least the past 30 days in one form or another. I think my co-worker who sits behind me could attest to this as everytime she turns around I’m eating something orange, and she says “Hilary… again?” in that tone of disappointment like you would say to a lush guzzling another cocktail… but I’m not ashamed. I anticipate I could keep going at least another 30 days without a break. I might turn orange, but it would be WORTH IT. And here is the #1 most inhaled pumpkin recipe to my face… my breakfast for the past two months… ladies and gentleman, I introduce…

The Best Pumpkin Overnight Oats Recipe Ever. EVER. Period. (Now you have to try it)

And PS, they are Vegan and Gluten-Free (if you use GF oats)

- 1/3 cup rolled oats

- 1/2 scoop Vanilla Sun Warrior protein powder (obviously I put protein in this… duh)

- 1 heaping tablespoon chia seeds

- 1/2 – 2/3 cup LIBBY’s 100% Pure Pumpkin (Libby’s is by far the best. The only way to go. And yes, I usually use 2/3 cup. Don’t judge)

- about 1/2 – 1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze (I never measure but this is my best guesstimate… your final product should be about the consistency of yogurt. Regular, not greek.)

- Sprinkles of salt

- HEFTY sprinkles pumpkin pie spice (or just cinnamon + nutmeg)

- 2 packets stevia OR 1 tablespoon maple syrup (both amazing options, hard to choose) (or even just sugar or whatever your sweetener of choice)

MIX ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND PLACE IN FRIDGE OVERNIGHT.

Done! In the morning you have a thickened, delicious, pumpkin-y delight. And the best part is this SO super easy to make the night before then bring to work with you! As you may recall, I love easy cubicle-friendly meals. ANDD this serving of yummy contains 18g of protein and 13g of fiber (full nutritional stats at bottom of post)! Wowza! I’ve been known to have a bottomless pit for a stomach but this breakfast does keep me surprisingly full through lunch with all that healthiness tucked in there!

My favorite way to eat this is to pour additional almond milk on top in the morning right before eating and kinda gently fold it in… mmm. Like so:

Then add toppings!! Raisins, sliced almonds, or Cinnamon Puffins all make fabulous toppings. Or a crumbled up homemade Pumpkin Protein Cookie… yah. Basically just a cooked form of similar ingredients but it tastes GREAT! I am gunna have to share these at some point if I ever write down the exact measurements of the ingredients because let me tell ya… heaven in an orange circle.

That’s another reason I haven’t been posting, I literally just do not measure ingredients or write down ANYTHING anymore. I make some delicious nom-noms and then I’m like shoot… what did I do here? I have the memory of a gerbil so I don’t remember and then I can’t share. BOO! Thank goodness I had made the pumpkin overnight oats (I just wrote P.O.O. but then realized that’s not very appetizing…) so many times that I memorized the ingredients.

I’ve also been doing a lot of online shopping. Hellloooooo Piperlime:

Meoowwwwww. I haven’t bought THESE lovely Calvin Klein beauts (yet)… but don’t worry, I’m keeping PL in business… I perhaps have gotten about 5 packages from them in the past 6 weeks but who is REALLY counting? Besides my credit card company… anyway….

And one more thing? I’ve been making a lot of jewelry.

Any of you who have stalked me (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t? I’m awesome) and looked at my About Me page would have perhaps noticed that in addition to having a full time job, being a shopaholic, and spending hours upon hours at Trader Joe’s making googley eyes at produce, I also design and sell jewelry. I know, I KNOW, I have too many hobbies. It’s actually a real and legitimate problem. I really wish I could become LESS enthralled with all my various crafty and foodie and shopaholic pursuits but I’m just addicted man, I can’t stop. So anyway I got hit with some magical inspiration and was cranking out jewelry like a machine. Twas glorious. Think it’s out of my system but you just never know…

Are you sick of my excuses yet? Cuz I am. So I’ll quit my BSing and get back to doing what I do best (or second best… or third best… I don’t know how my hobbies rank in terms of skillz, I think I’m pretty badass at everything) (and apparently full of myself? second reference to self-awesomeness in two paragraphs) and will start making more deliciousness and WRITING IT DOWN. NOTE TO SELF. And as a side note, whenever I stray into my other hobbies, I may write about them here as well. Cuz I realized, I’m not just a one-show woman! Or is it one-woman show? The point is, I have a freakish amount of hobbies but I might as well share them ALL, cuz my freakiness is interesting, right? That’s what my parents always told me…

Make them oats or you’ll be a sorry sad pumpkin-less being.

xoxo

Hilary

Nutritional Facts

Best EVER Pumkin Overnight Oats

(Stats based on using 2/3 c. pumpkin, stevia, and 1 c. unsweetened almond milk)

Svg Size: 1 heaping bowl. Svgs per Recipe: 1. Calories: 265, Total Fat: 8.3g, Sat. Fat: 0g, Carbs: 36.5g, Fiber: 13.3g, Sugar: 5g, Protein: 17.8g

*Please Note* All calorie and nutritional information is approximate and based on the exact ingredients I used. Any changes or substitutions to the recipe will result in changes to nutritional information. As measurements and nutrients vary from ingredient to ingredient, the exact accuracy of this data cannot be guaranteed.

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