Good morning!
Yesterday was all about the spin-offs…
Spin-off #1:
I made a spin-off of my loaded oats by making curry flavoured loaded oats! They were deelish.
Curry Loaded Oats
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup regular oats
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup frozen veggies
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon tumeric
- No Salt Added PC seasoning
- Black pepper
- Pinch of sea salt
- 1/2 tablespoon nutritional yeast (optional)
Directions: Throw everything into a pot and mix well over high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce to low and cook for 7-9 minutes. Pour into a bowl and add your favourite toppings!
Topping ideas:
- Mary’s Crackers
- Hummus
- Salsa
- Tomato Paste
- Avocado
- Stir-fry or roasted veggies
- Chickpeas
- Shredded coconut
The key to making delicious loaded oats:
1) Lots of toppings
2) Some crunch + texture (think Mary’s Crackers!)
3) Some type of creamy mix-in like hummus, nutritional yeast, or milk
4) Treat oats like any other ‘savoury’ grain like rice, quinoa, couscous, etc.
Hop, hop.
Isn’t this bowl cute? A reader named Christine gave me this bowl at the Orlando meet-up! The bowl is from Target’s new spring collection. Does she know me well or what? ;)
This bowl of oats was amazing. Loaded oats are my favourite new quick lunch or dinner lately! I just can’t get enough of them…they are so filling too.
Sadly there was no avocado in this bowl!
Downfalls of coming back from vacation:
1) No food,
2) Waiting for everything to ripen when you do buy food!
Is it weird that I put avocados on the windowsill to ripen faster?? lol…what can I say I love avocados!
Spin-off #2:
Meet my newest spin-off of banana soft serve! Other spin-offs include fudgicle soft serve.
Carrot Cake Soft Serve
Ingredients:
- 1 frozen ripe banana
- 1 small carrot, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- splash or two of almond milk
- pinch nutmeg (optional)
- 1/2 tablespoon nut butter (I used cashew butter)
Directions: In a food processor process the carrots until fine. Add milk and frozen banana and process, scraping the bowl frequently until mixture is smooth. Now add in the spices and nut butter and process more. Add more milk if necessary. Serve and enjoy!
It tasted a lot like carrot cake batter which is always a good thing. :mrgreen:
Race Updates
I still haven’t decided about the 10k race this weekend. The only thing that is holding me back is that the race is a 1 hour 15 minute drive from me and I have no one to drive down with! Doesn’t make for a very fun trip! I shall play it by ear though…
However, I am officially signed up for the 15k in Guelph on April 18th and I have two girlfriends running with me so far! We are going to have a slumber party here the night before and drive down together. :) Give me a shout if you are running in either race and maybe we can meet-up!
Today’s question- Do you have a limit for driving somewhere for a race or sporting event? What is the farthest you have ever driven (or for a partner/child)?
The farthest I have driven for a race was my first 10k race in wine country- the drive was about 1 hour 45 minutes. Luckily I had Eric by my side to keep me company! The other 3 races I have run were all in Toronto and took about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes to drive to. Eric was with me for all of those trips too. Because of where we live we don’t have many races that are close by. All of the major races are at least 1-5 hours away from us. I don’t mind going a fair distance when someone else is going with me or when I am running with other people, but I hate the thought of driving somewhere far in the early morning and running by myself with no one I know at the finish line! One of the things I want to do is do a race in another province or country and make a big road trip out of it and run it with friends. I think that would be really fun!
When I used to play fastpitch we would drive all over for our games…sometimes across two provinces to get to the playoffs! We had many long road trips. It was fun though because there was usually a car load of my friends with me!
I am thinking that maybe I need to do a race ALONE though…just to say I have done it…sort of like going to a movie by myself or eating at a restaurant by myself… ;)
Time to get crack-a-lackin!!
You are fast becoming a BSS impresario! I love all of your variations. Those look like wonderful oats, too.
you and your amazing soft-serve ideas! i love carrot cake, so that one sounds like a must try! unless i was staying overnight, i don’t think i would drive more than 2-3 hours for a race, if that long. i would just do what you’re comfortable with (i know that’s ambiguous, but in the long run it’s true!) happy tuesday!
Curry oats?!? Wild!! I’m going to have to try that– I love curry, and could eat it by the spoonful– just the spice! :-)
I’ve never traveled far for a race, but I’m eying a half marathon in Pittsburgh next year, which would be about a two hour drive. I think it’s fun if you make a trip out of it, rather than just driving to the race, turning around, and leaving!
I’ve only done three races and they were all ‘with’ someone. My husband drove about 3 hours north with me so I could run a 5k with my cousin. He drove about 8 hours south to Disney so I could run my first half marathon (started out with bloggers I’d met at lunch the day before). And most recently I drove an hour and fifteen minutes to Atlanta by myself to run another half marathon, but I stayed with my parents and my best friend picked me up and we started the race together.
I definitely think doing a race alone would be a milestone to celebrate!
oh my god… must try that carrot cake banana soft serve. AHHH.
I actually love places by myself. I’m kind of used to it since I have weekdays off and my bf and all my friends have weekends off. I find it so peaceful. I especially love going to brunch by myself. Although I don’t know if I’d go to a race by myself, I think I’d need someone at the finish cheering me on.
Hmm.. interesting invention of putty curry with oats. But I guess oats can be compared to rice right? Will have to try!
love your oats! how inventive :)
Mmm the carrot cake looks delish!!!!!
Cute bowl! Target is awesome. I get most of my dishes there :)
I did one race that was about 15 minutes away and one that was three hours away! It was in Atlanta, so we drove down the afternoon before and made it into a mini-vacay.
Hey OSG, I love reading your blog, thanks for always sharing such health and easy eats! From the photos and driving distances, I’m going to guess you might be near the KW area. I’m not running Guelph because I’ll be tapering for the Waterloo marathon the weekend after, which I’m running alone! I’ve ran the TO Scotiabank before so I know the dilemma about driving.
Curry oats?! That is wild! I would probably drive up to 1.5 hours away for a race if hubs was coming too!
I did my last race alone, it was only 20 minutes away but a very different experience! The farthest I’ve driven is about 1:30 but usually I try to stick within a half hour radius!
mmm. that carrot cake soft serve looks dreamy!
Carrot Cake Soft Serve? That sounds soooo good. How do you just whip up these crazy amazing things?!
Angela, I saw this recipe in a yoga cookbook and thought of you immediately.
Pumpkin Seed Wakame
sprinkle over soups or salads.
1/4 pumpkin seeds, rinsed.
1 tsp. dried wakame seaweed flakes
Dry roast pumpkin seeds with the wakame in a frying pan until the seeds pop. Grind together in food processor until it looks like breadcrumbs.
From Yoga Mind and Body: Sivananda yoga vedanta center
I don’t know of I could justify more than six hours for an event, but if I was seeing a friend I hadn’t seen in a while I’d drive a long long time!
There are enough races in Portland that I don’t need to drive very far to race. There is a race in Eugene (about an hour and a half from Portland) that I’m considering.
A friend recently drove up to Seattle (3+ hours) to do the Mercer Island Half Marathon!
Angela! You should come to the Montreal Marathon in September! We start the race on the Jacques-Cartier huge st-lawrence bridge and finish at the Olympic Stadium! It’s quite the event. I’ll run my first half this year.
Toronto/Montreal in train is 150$CAN. And there’s also flying that is cheap. So you don’t have to worry about driving. But if you come with girlfriends, you could each drive 2 hours or something :)
http://www.marathondemontreal.com/
I am a beginner runner so if the race isn’t in my hometown the chances of me running in it are slim to none! I’m hoping that’ll change though. My first 10k is this weekend!
Also- I live in Naples, it was interesting seeing what you liked about my town. btw- i hope you get a Target soon!