I need to be completely honest...I caved and went to Whole Foods last night and got a huge salad!! I know...I'm horrible :) But I only spent seven bucks for two huge salad boxes. Maybe I was undercharged? Something about going to Whole Foods is like home away from home...I always feel warm and fuzzy inside. So I guess going their once in a while won't hurt!
Anyways on my way upstairs for dinner I passed by a bunch of freshly baked gluten free pumpkin pies. I almost bought one but right now I have to save, pretty hypocritical since I went their for dinner, to get my hair colored and cut next month. Ramble ramble..the point of this story is I'm craving pumpkin pie like its water!! I NEED my pie!
I decided to go home and use what I had in my kitchen and make something fall worthy...I came up with Pumpkin Walnut Raisin Bread using this recipe. I added walnuts, raisins and cinnamon to the recipe. I also only used 1/2 cup of cane sugar and a bit of agave nectar. This stuff is highly addicting...maybe you should make two loafs... :)
The obvious choice for breakfast was....
Can you blame me? Best bread I've ever made!
Later for a mid morning snack I made a bowl of all the extras from the bread....
Agave Sweetened Greek Yogurt with Pumpkin Spiced Puree, Walnuts and Raisins. (Deconstructed Pumpkin Bread)
Chobani you did it again..I L.O.V.E the plain yogurt. Nothing like a clean creamy tasting yogurt to mix your favorite toppings in. So far I've tried the pineapple (yum), peach (yumm) and pomegranate (soooo yummy). My favorite would have to be the pomegranate (full of flavor and seeds) and the honey (very sweet and earthy). The only flavor I'm not to fond of is the strawberry..which I kinda found disappointing since I love strawberry yogurt. Oh well maybe I'm old fashion. But I loved that all the fruit flavors were real and they tasted like a trip to Greece!
Without further rambling....the winner of the Healthy Cookie giveaway according to random.org is....
#28 Lainie from Deliciously Fit
Congrads girl!! :) Email me your info and I'll forward it to the company.
And the winner of the Reader Choice Post is.....
Eliza from Nourishing Mornings!! Seriously, you picked my exact favorite color yellow and my second favorite color peach!!
Please email me what you would like me to make for breakfast and I'll post it Monday morning.
I wish everyone could win but thanks for your participation!!
Congratulations to dear Eliza and Lainie!
ReplyDeletethis post was amazing! i was so excited reading and scrolling down the screen :) looovveeeee pumpkin anything! pumpkin pie I MUST have that this year..its been too long :/ pumpkin oats are so good, but my goal is to have/bake/buy ;) pumpkin loaf or pie this fall. maybe i will look st ur recipe bc it looks ridiculously amazing! i know i know, still havent made the pancake. tisk tisk..hehhe..i need u to come live with me and be my personal breekie maker(remeber?) ;)
ReplyDeleteanywhoo...now i am rambling lol....but i had the pomegranat chobani today, so good! loved the seeds too!
ahh eliza won ur readers choice hehe...i told her, bc i saw first and she started going through all these diff options and getting all stressed, shes so cute. it will be so fun! cant wait.
xo
maya
p.s whole foods=heaven! i could spend hours in there...i want to work there..or trader joes. so fun! but my health food store wont hire me?? i have no clue i have applied like 4 times. haha.
okay sorry this was a novel.
yay!! he he i just got home from the library, and as i walked in maya screams from up stairs "guess what! you won Maggie's readers choice!!" i was like yay, "omg what should i tell her to make???" ahhh now i am like trying to come up with something extra amazing, and isnt like too challenging to make yet super great for a amazing girly!
ReplyDeleteahh anyways, today i had the pomegranate chobani it was so good i agree probably my favorite chobani flavor, loved the pop of the pom seeds! and now you've got me craving pumpkin pie!! :P i am now going to have to make my PM snack something pumpkin pie reminiscent, i'm not quite the little baker as you are, but i'll come up with something, or maybe pumpkin pie esque oat bran for breakfast tomorrow idk haha
okay i am now going to brain storm lovie for your Monday breakfast and i will email you asap :)
lots of love xo
Eliza
Awesome! So glad you all like the pumpkin walnut recipe! It is delicious!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great night!
Pumpkin walnut raisin bread...I'm so sure it tastes as good as it looks! Lucky girls, Eliza and Lainie! :)
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