I love coming home to my mom’s pottery. I found this bunny dish (PERFECT for Easter!) and knew I had to have my oats in it this morning. I have a minor obsession with cups, bowls, plates and serving items. It is probably equally as bad as my obsession with nut butter, jams/spreads, granola and bars. I always have to restrain myself when I go shopping because I want to buy MORE and do not have the space. Even when I go clothes shopping I somehow always manage to make my way over to the home goods section and 9 times out of 10 buy a new cooking item rather than the clothes I intended to buy. We eat with our eyes, and having dishes to complement the food really does make for a better dining experience (plus the pictures are always a bit more fun!). My foodie collections are getting a bit out of control though. I recently decided that until I finish my 2 bags of granola, muesli, oatmeal and 2 boxes of cereal I WILL NOT BUY MORE! This also goes for my…lets just call it 7, jars of jam in my refrigerator.
It was a quiet, cold and sunny morning; perfect for a warm cup of copy and hearty bowl of oats. I searched the cabinets and cupboards and decided to make use of some soon-to-be overripe strawberries for my Banana Oats with Peanut Butter, Strawberries and Cream. I used 1/3 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 1/3 cup of Water, 1/2 sliced Banana, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla Extract, 1/3 cup rolled oats, 1/2 TBS Chia Seeds, 1 TBS Natural Creamy Peanut Butter, Greek Yogurt and 4 sliced Strawberries.
When it warms up a bit I plan on going for a run. I live in a pretty rural area and it is so peaceful to do a ~2 mile run down the street and absorb the natural beauty of older “farm” homes, birds, animals and trees. Coming home is like a mini getaway from the busyness of school and work. It reminds me that true happiness is not a result from success, but rather, derived from life’s simple pleasures: family, food and nature.
I’m heading back to school later, and as graduation nears, I am growing more anxious about what I am going to do next year. I know that my passions rest in the realm of food/wine/family/marketing but I have yet to find a job. I know that whatever I do in life, it has to be something that I can truly own, dedicate myself to and be happy with. A perfect career for me would never be about the money (although the way I eat, money is good to have to pay the grocery bills!), it would be about the personal success and satisfaction I get from knowing that I am making a difference. Enough with that for now, something will come with time.
Enjoy The Little Things,
Nora
Do you have the tendency to over-buy certain items when you shop?
What a great post! Rural areas definitely have their own charm..
I tend to overbuy teas! Something will be on sale and I’ll buy 10 different varieties and then next week I’ll have forgotten which teas I bought and accidentally buy a couple of the same. & oy vey, I’ll be stocked for months!
Gosh, I can completely relate- I just love to add to my collections! It’s so bad because it’s like, Do I really need the 15th latte bowl from Anthropologie? And what about the baby sized ones? I think so!!
Delicious oats as always, my dear!!
That bowl is too cute! Your mom makes them?! It’s awesome!
And – of course you know that I have the same collections and tendency to over buy as you, haha.
Hope you have/had a great run!!
She didn’t make this one (she has a few that she hand painted though) but she has a massive collection of seasonal and Polish pottery that I love using when I am home. I wish I could amp up my collection, I keep seeing the coolest bowls and plates but do not have room in my tiny kitchen :(. Hope you are having a great weekend, you def have my vote for the challenge! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
OOOh my days, I am the QUEEN of over-buying! Cereal and jars and bowls and plates and mugs are my downfall too….I have such a collection! I have about a million jams, chutneys, spreads all open atm, and 7 or 8 cereal boxes going! It’s hard to keep up :p