• Food,  Recipes

    Pumpkin Pie Steel-Cut Oats

    Last night I was on a roll in the kitchen and whipped up a big batch of Steel-Cut Oats, Irish Style, for the week! (Wondering what steel-cut oats are? Check out my previous post all about oats.) They are really super easy to make and much more creamier than rolled oats. Since I wasn’t a huge fan of pure pumpkin in my oats (gasp!), I tried pumpkin butter, and it was amazing!! Pumpkin Pie Steel-Cut Oats Ingredients 1/4 cup of steel-cut oats, already prepared according to package 1 TBSP of pumpkin butter 1/2 banana, mashed (optional, you could add in a nut butter instead) 1 TBSP of chopped pecans Sprinkle…

  • Blogger Meet-Up,  Food,  Travel

    Grocery Shopping with Bloggers

    Today was awesome! The Blends (Blogger Friends) and I went on a day trip to Hadley, MA to visit their Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods for some grocery goodness! Katie, Courtney, Emily, the other Emily, Heather, Rebecca and I all piled into Cynthia’s super van. To Whole Foods we went! First stop: Whole Foods hot bar!!! I was starving by the time we got there and loaded up on good stuff. This just looks like a mixture of everything. In the mix: Fruit Salad (at the bottom) Roasted sweet potato (at the bottom) Noodles Falafel Pineapple quinoa salad Sesame Tofu (amazing) Vegan chicken salad (at the bottom, and completely amazing!)…