breakfast confessions

Confession #1: Whenever I run out of oats, I instantly have a mini panic attack.

You may think I’m joking, and by this time, you should know I don’t joke around like things such as oatmeal. It is kind of a blessing in disguise though because I am obligated challenged to think outside my world of oatmeal. Instead of laying my head down on the kitchen counter and crying a sad song for myself, I did what any normal married 23 year old would do.

I texted my mom.

Me: Can you do me a favvoooooor?
Mom: What?
Me: Can you bring me a few servings of oats to church today? I can’t go to the store until Tuesday.

Never doubt the powers of your madre. I may have remedied my problem for tomorrow and Tuesday, but I sure didn’t fix my problem for this morning with that text.

In my world, oatmeal > pancakes. Don’t hate me. However, this morning, pancakes won.

Pancakes? Oh yes.

Peanut butter pancakes topped with grilled bananas? I think so.

Peanut Butter Pancakes

• 1/4 cup GF flour (Bob’s Red Mill for me!)
• 2 tbsp. peanut flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp. flax + 3 tbsp. warm water)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/3 cup almond milk

Heat a skillet to medium high heat and spray with cooking spray. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour 4 equal sized pancakes onto the skillet once it is heated. Once your pancakes begin to set and bubble (about 2-3 minutes), flip and continue to cook the other side.

I topped mine with grilled bananas, cinnamon, and a peanut butter sauce (peanut butter thinned with almond milk and heated).

I may or may not also have drizzled a lot little of maple syrup onto these bad boys.

I’ll expect a thank you letter in my inbox tomorrow morning from you.

Breakfast Confession #2: When I was younger, I used to thoroughly enjoy blueberry muffins from Dunkin Donuts.

Actually, I’d still probably like them if I could eat them. Darn that gluten.

Which is why when this showed up at my doorstep yesterday morning, I kind of did a happy dance. Okay, I really did a happy dance. Then the Husband made some kind of crazy remark about how joyful I get over food.

Men — they’ll never understand.

I. Love. Being. Larabar’s. Special. Friend.

Erica from Larabar was so kind to send me a few samples of their newest addition to the Larabar family — Blueberry Muffin.

It was everything I hoped for — and more.

Let’s talk flavor for a second here. The blueberry flavor was from actual blueberries — imagine that one! It was very distinct and the blueberries gave it a little more texture as well. For the muffin part, cashews and dates were used to create the base. The cashews gave it the bread-like flavor and the dates really sweetened it up.

I was thoroughly impressed.

The ingredients, as always, were rocking.

I am not sure if these are on the shelves or not yet, but I will for sure ask Erica to let everyone know. Be on the lookout for them! Believe it or not, this one falls just short of the cashew cookie (because we all know that one is my all time favorite).

So there you have it — two of my breakfast confessions.

I could give you some more confessions, but then you most likely would not want to be my friend anymore, and I like friends.

Question: I want a confession.

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