Thursday, November 10, 2011

Peanutty Banana Crunch Oatmeal

I've got a weird habit of saving notes on my iPhone and subsequently forgetting their existence. I need the Post-It note's physicality. I need the sharp, palpable edges. I need that sticky backer to adhere to whatever needs remembering, which (at times) may or may not include my pants.

While scrolling through my notes during a particularly unexciting span of my TA office hours, I found some gems:
Note 1: flatbread tacos biscuits and gravy.
Note 2: New Deal and religion.
Note 3: Window treatments +240
Note 4: Going to mime school    good idea?

Just kidding about that last one. Stripes are unflattering!

Note 5 is where the gold resided: a recipe for peanut butter and banana oatmeal. I made it a while back and accidentally forgot how good it was. I'm willing to bet it's because I was attempting to find my pants.
Peanutty Banana Crunch Oatmeal   Serves: 1
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 banana, mashed
1 T. peanut butter
1T. brown sugar
Cinnamon
1 t. vanilla
1 T. granola
1.) Cook oats according to canister's directions. Stir in the banana, peanut butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add as much cinnamon as you like. Top with granola.

8 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great way to start the day - looking forward to a bowl :)
    Mary x

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  2. Yum, this looks like an amazing breakfast. I love peanut butter and banana together

    http://chicgeekery.blogspot.com/

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  3. It's oatmeal time and I couldn't be more excited!! I just love this, topped with all the fabulous essentials. PB and banana? I'm a goner. ~Megan

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  4. Hi Katie, I just discovered your blog through Allison's Delicious Life blog.
    I'm glad she mentioned it because your recipes look great! Can't wait to try the peanut butter and banana oatmeal!

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  5. Wow. Just, wow. The other day I mashed up an overripe banana and mixed it with 1T greek yogurt and 1T almond butter, then stirred in some kashi honey toasted cereal - this recipe kind of reminds me of that, and it was amazing! Nothing beats the PB-banana combo (except maybe a PB-banana-chocolate combo...)!

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  6. Love the favors of this bowl of oats :)

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  7. I love the sounds of peanuts and banana together in oatmeal. Delicious.

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  8. With this and the recipe below for Nacho Waffle Fries, I could feed my children for the rest of their lives!

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