Healthy Eats and Pinterest
by Elizabeth on April 20, 2012
I’ve been on Pinterest for a while now. I pin tons of things. Especially recipes. But I never seem to actually do anything with them. If you are on Pinterest too, I bet you understand. Well, I actually planned ahead and chose two new recipes to try.
1. Overnight Oats
I love oatmeal. My breakfast of choice is usually oatmeal or two boiled eggs-it just depends on my time in the morning. I have read many posts on other blogs about overnight oats but never tried them. I actually planned ahead of time and followed this pinterest recipe.
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| the night before with oatmeal, yogurt, milk, cinnamon, bananas and blueberries |
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| mixing in some crunchy peanut butter |
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| viola! breakfast! |
OMG overnight oats. Where have you been all my life?? I swear it was better than oatmeal. I actually followed the “main” recipe but omitted the salt and added blueberries in addition to the banana. I did microwave it for a minute or so just to take the chill out. Soooo good!! I can’t wait to try other combinations.
2. Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars
I often feel guilty eating processed bars so I figured I would give these a shot too. I opted to go for the “better for you version” and used applesauce in place of the brown sugar.
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| oatmeal, cinnamon, applesauce, baking powder, salt |
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| add egg, vanilla, milk |
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| add the peanut butter and banana and mix |
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| spread into the pan and bake (my brownie pan is missing) |
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| finished product! |
They aren’t really a bar type consistency-they are a little soft-kinda like a brownie. The flavor is not very sweet-it’s very natural. It’s still good but I think I would just go with the brown sugar next time. Very easy and tasty, even if they don’t look like it. 
Are you on Pinterest? Do you actually “do” any of the stuff you pin? What have you made recently?
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
Yum, the oatmeal bars look really good. I pin lots of stuff too, I'm pretty good about trying recipes I pin. It's the random crafty things I pin that I'm sure I'll never do anything with!!
I'm staying away from Pinterest b/c I can't afford to get sucked into another internet thing
We are breakfast twins. I LOVE oatmeal but usually just do it on my days off. On work days, i do 2 hard boiled eggs. Easy for on-the-go – walking ot the train, at work, or post-gym. Yummy! Do you ever put shredded coconut in your oatmeal? It's the bomb!!!!!!!!!!
Avacado Fries
http://acozykitchen.com/avocado-fries/
Holy moly.
Omg love pinterest & seriously I make stuff all the time from there! Usually recipes, but this weekend I made window treatments.