the most exquisite baked oatmeal

hey guys,
yeah I know my blog is still not "remodeled" and I haven't posted in ages buuuut I have a recipe to share so that counts for something right? don't get too excited thinking I made this one up although it is pretty self explanatory. this is yet again another one of my pinterest finds. I am making it a goal to cook 2 pinterest recipes a week A. to try all this yummy stuff I am merely drooling all over my keyboard for and B. to get myself back into a more "domesticated state". I am really lacking in the good housewife department lately so this lovely breakfast is part of that effort!

I got a couple requests on instagram for a recipe so the link is here. It's super easy to throw together and makes your house smell so freaking vanilla-y wondrous. Hope you enjoy!

pinterest win

I love pinterest. Understatement of 2013. Actually doing the stuff I pin is another story. Having the things I try from pinterest actually work out is a another other story. I tried a skinny chicken tikka masala recipe the other night and it was actually really really good. Better yet Joey even liked it. To top it all off it was SO easy to make. To prevent spoiling this successful dinner for Joey, I refrained myself from having a food photo shoot. I didn't even instagram it! I'm a good wife. Understatement of 2013. It looks like this.



Instead of rice we had it with Trader Joe's Harvest Grain Blend (which is just complete deliciousness) that I cooked with better than bouillon vegetable paste. I added some veggies to it for extra healthies. I feel like such a winner with this dinner, and I definitely will be making this again. Click on the link to try it out! I'm sure this could be vegetized and substituted for extra veggies, tofu, seitan, or other non carion items. Thanks pinterest!

if you like pina coladas...

I made popsicles the other day. Found the recipe on pinterest of course. Aparantly this one only has 117 calories per popsicle. I didn't do the math, but that's pretty sweet. Pun intended. 

These popsicles are super easy to make. Just a banana(not shown) can of coconut...
  can of pineapple...

some vanilla...

throw it all in a blender...

use a popsicle mold or make shift molds like me. I just used my little prep bowls and poured the liquid in...

insert sticks/bbq skewers....

cover in plastic wrap to hold the sticks in place and wait patiently for them to freeze! They taste like a pina colada!

 and look like little umbrellas thanks to my awesome "molds"!

here is the link if you wanted the full recipe.
It is so hot in Madison right now! Sweating is unavoidable. Excited for tomorrow after work I think joey and I are going for a evening bike ride to really get our sweat on yeah!