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10 Recipes for Espresso Lovers
Tomorrow, November 23rd, is National Espresso Day in the United States. As I type this, I’m sitting in my favorite <3 coffee shop, sipping espresso made for me by “my boys.”
This shop has a small staff, but each of them knows my order by heart. These particular boys work every Saturday morning, so I see them frequently. When I walk in the door, they say, “Double shot espresso for here?” And then they remember to give me my 15% teacher discount without me having to say anything or show my teacher ID. And then they play a wonderful playlist consisting of ample doses of John Mayer, the Script, and all my favorites. I love my boys. (more…)
Pumpkin Spice Latte Oatmeal (Revisited)
Is this a new recipe? Kind of. Okay, not really.
However, it’s been so long since I’ve experienced my Pumpkin Spice Latte Oatmeal, and I wanted to celebrate it. To make this version special, I added steamed milk, which is a nice wink to the actual “latte” side of this recipe.
Unfortunately, I used almond milk for this recipe, and almond milk is not great for making steamed milk. Look how unfrothy it is. 🙁 If you want to flood your oatmeal with steamed milk, I highly recommend soy milk. It froths up so beautifully! My almond milk just formed a couple bubbles, as you can see.
Mocha Brownie Batter Oatmeal with Almond Butter
I am speechless.
As much as I love my Fudgy Peanut Butter and Banana Oatmeal, I am always trying to come up with variations. “What if I could make this even better?” I always ask myself.
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Tiramisu Oatcakes for One
You know my oatcakes always feature some sort of fruit or veggie, whether it’s mashed banana, pureed peaches, apple butter, or pureed beets.Can you guess the produce packed into this one?
It’s zucchini! Now, I have experimented with using zucchini in the past, but it has often failed to serve the purpose I needed it for. I usually want it to be a “tasteless filler” in an otherwise “nutrition-less” recipe (see: any cookie recipe). However, it never worked as nicely as I would have liked. Just recently, I used it to make a brilliant recipe (you will just have to wait until I “nail it” to see what it is!), but I could taste the zucchini. As low in flavor as it is, it does leave some sort of flavor, particularly when paired with cinnamon, as it was in that recipe. (more…)
Mocha Almond Fudge Overnight Oatmeal
I need to confess my feelings. My strong, unwavering feelings.
I’m in love.
. . . with the So Delicious brand.
I’ve been eating their yogurt for a couple years now, but their pints of ice cream are a new world for me. I stopped buying prepared desserts and snacks several years ago–for a few different reasons. 1) Michael Pollan says to eat as much junk food as you want–as long as it’s homemade (the result being you want eat that much junk food because it’s hard work to make your own french fries, desserts, etc.). 2) I cut junk food from my budget to help me afford organic produce. 3) IBS, of course. Always.
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Tiramisu Overnight Oatmeal
The Thursday before my birthday, my friend and I were out and about in Manhattan enjoying some good eats. After some delightful vegan soul food at Red Bamboo, we moved on to Peacefood Cafe on 11th St. The dinner food is great there, but I particularly love their desserts. VEGAN. TIRAMISU. I didn’t see it coming, but their vegan tiramisu was infinitely better than any tiramisu (vegan or not) I’ve ever had. The cream portion was unbelievable and I have no idea what it was made of.
Coconut Mocha Muesli
I’ve been wanting to make this for so long, but I was hesitant to give myself access to the chocolate-covered espresso beans. Self-control is not my strength. I have excellent self-control about items that I know I can’t have (all mainstream junk food, i.e. Doritos) and non-herbie items (a buttery cinnamon roll), but when it comes to “okay” foods (peanut butter, dark chocolate), I have a hard time putting on the brakes!
Alas, I threw those espresso beans in my cart and prepared to make this muesli. I struggled to keep them around long enough and reserve them for this muesli! I think I gained ten pounds from the entire container.
This recipe can be made with three items: oats, espresso beans, and shredded coconut. However, feel free to add extra ingredients like sunflower seeds, walnuts, macadamia nuts, or whatever pleases you. I added walnuts.
Coconut Mocha Muesli
What you'll need:
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- handful of dark chocolate-covered espresso beans
- 1/8 cup shredded coconut
How to make it:
- Combine all ingredients.
- Serve with milk of choice or yogurt.
Tiramisu Oatmeal
[Update: I feel the need to nudge you in the direction of my newer overnight version of this recipe. It’s simpler and tastier. Give it a try!]
I once told you that peach cobbler is my favorite dessert. Another time, I told you it was pumpkin pie. Well, both of those statements are only partly true. Actually, it’s a three-way tie…with tiramisu.
In fact, when my birthday rolled around, what did I chose for my “birthday cake?” Yep. Tiramisu. From Vivaldi Cafe in Greenwich Village. There was live jazz. 🙂
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Mocha Sauce
The hardest part about moving is the whole grocery situation. Have you experienced this? You’re leaving soon, so you want to be finished with all your produce and have as little grocery items to move/toss as possible. However, you also don’t want to starve to death or survive entirely off restaurant food for the final few days.
This issue is further complicated if you are a food blogger. I’m trying to maintain a blog while my pantry and refrigerator become more barren by the second. For this reason, today I’m sharing a recipe for a topping. I will not apologize for this (even though I know you’d much rather have a new oatmeal recipe) because this glaze is ballin’ and you should try it whether or not you’re kitchen is better stocked than mine at the moment.
This sauce took five ingredients and a pinch of salt. It came together in less than a minute. It can be easily adjusted for preferences in sweetness and coffee flavor.
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3 New Overnight Oat Recipes!
Overnight oatmeal has been my “thing” for a few months now, which inevitably resulted in me creating recipes that were never shared with you. Most of them align with my stove-top recipes, so I didn’t feel too guilty about it. However, lately, I’ve been enjoying these so much that I just had to put them on your radar!
Mocha Overnight Oatmeal (Adapted from Mocha Oatmeal)
by The Oatmeal Artist
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: Overnight
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1/2 a banana, mashed, or 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
- 1 (rounded) tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar.
- Cover with lid and shake, shake, shake until combined.
- Store in the refrigerator overnight (or for several hours). Eat cold or warm up in the microwave!
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Thin Mints Overnight Oatmeal
by The Oatmeal Artist
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: Overnight
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 1/2 cup regular rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1/2 a banana, mashed, or 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar.
- Cover with lid and shake, shake, shake until combined.
- Store in the refrigerator overnight (or for several hours). Eat cold or warm up in the microwave!
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Peach Pie Overnight Oatmeal
by The Oatmeal Artist
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: Overnight
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 yellow peach (peeled or unpeeled, doesn’t matter)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp apple or pumpkin pie spices (or just cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg)
- 1 tsp chia or flax seeds (optional)
- 1/8 tsp molasses
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar.
- Cover with lid and shake, shake, shake until combined.
- Store in the refrigerator overnight (or for several hours). Eat cold or warm up in the microwave!
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