{"id":1096,"date":"2011-07-29T18:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T18:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2012-08-31T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T22:02:04","slug":"charissas-favourite-oatmeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1096","title":{"rendered":"Charissa’s Favourite Oatmeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey guys! I thought today it would be fun to share one of my favourite breakfasts with you! I don\u2019t know about you, but breakfast is my ultimate favourite meal in the world. I could eat it all day. You know, pancakes and eggs for supper, smoothies for lunch, fruit for all day snacking, and oatmeal for breakfast. Oh, and cold cereal for midnight munching. That\u2019d be awesome!<\/p>\n

So this is what I had this morning and it’s my favourite way to eat my oats! I like to make my oatmeal a complete meal by adding some extras that up the protein and add some healthy fats. This serves 1.<\/p>\n

Charissa\u2019s Favourite Oatmeal<\/h2>\n
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  1. 1\/3 cup Quaker oats<\/li>\n
  2. 2\/3 cup water<\/li>\n
  3. \u00bd tsp. vanilla<\/li>\n
  4. 2 tsp. organic peanut butter<\/li>\n
  5. 1 tsp. wheat germ<\/li>\n
  6. 1 tsp. organic ground flaxseed<\/li>\n
  7. \u00bc cup organic plain yogurt<\/li>\n
  8. 1 packet Truvia<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. 2 tsp. pure maple syrup<\/li>\n
  10. 10 raw almonds (for topping)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cook up your oatmeal with the water. Once thick, stir in your PB, wheat germ, and flaxseed. Spoon your oats into a pretty bowl and top it with yogurt (stir in 1 packet of Truvia<\/a> first), maple syrup, and almond bits. Serve with homemade almond milk! Quick, easy, and SO SO SO delish! I almost always have my oatmeal this way\u2026which probably means that I should branch out!<\/p>\n

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    \"Charissa's<\/p>\n

    Nutritional Info:<\/span><\/strong> Cals: 234, Fat: 13.5g, Sodium 94mg, Carbs: 20g, Fibre: 3g, Sugars: 14g, Protein: 9.5g<\/p>\n

    I love almonds! Did you know that 10 almonds have 2.5g of protein! But when you\u2019re snacking beware of the calories\u2026even though almonds are super nutrient dense they have a good amount of calories. Those 10 almonds have 69 calories\u2026but if you pair that with an apple (50-70 cals) you have the perfect protein\/carb based snack for under 150 calories! That’s a much better choice than those little 100 calorie snack packs!<\/p>\n

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    I also paired this breakfast with a small green smoothie made with kale, almond milk, strawberries and all sorts of good stuff! Check out this recipe from a Jane at Eye It To Try It<\/a> so you can make it too! It\u2019s good, believe me\u2026this is the second day in a row I\u2019ve had it for breaky! Only today it was actually shared!<\/p>\n

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    If you want more creative ideas for eating oatmeal see my post Oatmeal Ideas<\/a>! (and the Quaker site<\/a> has a fun place for creative oatmeal toppings too!)<\/p>\n

    \"Oatmeal\"<\/p>\n

    Oh, and check out Kelly\u2019s site Eat Yourself Skinny<\/a>! She had me on for a guest post<\/a> today which is such fun! She has a great site so go and see what\u2019s up!<\/p>\n

    Are you a breakfast person? How do you like to eat your oatmeal? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hey guys! I thought today it would be fun to share one of my favourite breakfasts with you! I don\u2019t know about you, but breakfast is my ultimate favourite meal in the world. I could eat it all day. You know, pancakes and eggs for supper, smoothies for lunch, fruit for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,225,8],"tags":[174,263,1444,264,25,261,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3444,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/3444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}