Take a Whiff: Scrumptious Strawberry Banana Baked Oatmeal

Imagine the smell of Strawberries. Bananas. Chocolate. Oatmeal. Coming from your oven. Pure yumminess. 

You know...like the scene in Frozen where Elsa and Ana take a big sniff of the air and say 'chocolate' at the same time? (Oh you don't know?) Well it's a NIGHTLY ritual at the Wright household (Palm to forehead right now!). 

Never had baked oatmeal? Then this is the recipe to try!
 

If you've seen THIS POST or THIS POST....you know I LOVE my morning waffles! It was hard to give it up this morn...but worth it.

So a typical week includes me making (er...throwing ingredients into a crockpot) for Eric's apple cinnamon oatmeal.

I happen to come across this baked oatmeal a couple days ago and figured I'd give it a try...maybe add a little variety to Eric's morning!

This would even be a great recipe for Easter morning.

So here goes....I'll get to be recipe now! This was adapted from Love of Family and Home.

Scrumptious Strawberry Banana Baked Oatmeal

8 servings

Carbs - 32, Protein - 4.5, Fat - 5.5

Ingredients

2 Cups Old Fashioned Oats

⅓ Cup Brown Sugar (I used the Splenda blend)

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Cinnamon

½ tsp Salt

½ Cup Chocolate Chips

2 Cups Strawberries (mix in blueberries if desired)

1 Ripe Banana

2 Cups fat free Milk (or even almond milk)

1 Large Egg

2 Tbsp melted coconut oil (or reg butter)

1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Spray a 9x11 casserole dish with cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl, mix oats, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, half the chocolate chips, & half the berries. Stir well and pour into casserole dish. Add the other half of the berries & chocolate chips to the top of the mixture. Then, slice the banana & add to top.
4. In a separate bowl, combine milk, egg, butter, & vanilla. Whisk thoroughly. Immediately pour on top of oatmeal mixture or your coconut oil will start clumping. Make sure the all oats are evenly soaked.
5. Bake for 30 minutes. Then, remove casserole & add a tablespoon of brown sugar to the top of the casserole for added sweetness (optional.) Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Enjoy this Wednesday y'all!
And compliment someone today! You never know who needs a little love!


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Xoxo

Manda

Pumped Up Waffles - Current Fav Breakfast

My Favorite Breakfast (today anyway)!

I love waffles! And this rendition is so much healthier than using tons of syrup! 

What did I use?

1/2 c waffle mix (I usually buy from Costco)

1/2c water

100g strawberries

34g high protein peanut butter (white chocolate / chocolate)

What were the macros?

414 Calories

27 protein, 46 carbs and 14 fat

1. I am not a morning person. Which is why there is no talking in this video haha.

2. This is a big breakfast (I know). 

3. But I track my macros…so this fit perfectly. If you do not track your macros…you may want to use only 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and maybe 1/3 cup instead of 1/2 cup mix and water to keep you more balanced throughout the day

4. Typically I eat every 3 hours but after this type of breakfast I usually wait 3.5 to 4 hours to eat my snack.

5. Buy a food scale! It really comes in handy.

6. I’m pretty sure I have RBF (not that I want it). What do you think? My mom doesn’t think so.

7. If you don’t know what RBF is…then click HERE! (did you just realize you have RBF too?)

Have a great day y’all!

Xoxo

manda

Adding Healthy Fats to Your Diet

For me... 20% to 30% of my calories per day are coming from healthy fats. They really should be an essential part of anyone's diets and fitness journey.

Here are a few you can easily add into your daily diet plan and some reason why!

 

 

 

 

What are some of your favorite healthy fats?

 

have a great day!

manda

 

Motivate Me Monday

Welcome back to Motivate Me Monday ladies!!




Last week I dared you to eat clean for the week...how did you do?!

I did great!

and made clean french toast a couple times too!

via instagram: CLEAN CHOCOLATE FRENCH TOAST for #breakfast y'all! I was just a little tired of eating eggs and toast every morn. I made this with egg whites, almond milk and cinnamon as your egg mixture. 2 slices of Ezekiel bread. 1/2 banana. PB2 peanut butter. And I didn't have any agave syrup :-( so I made a chocolate sauce with unsweetened cocoa powder, water and stevia sweetener. So good!!!!

via instagram: More clean French toast on this Saturday morn :-) made with egg whites almond milk and cinnamon for the egg mixture. Topped with unsweetened cocoa powdered mixed with water and stevia. #pb2 peanut butter. Raspberries and agave nector as my syrup! I devoured this I think in less than a minute lol!

plus we had a Mexicano night!

via instagram: What's for dinner...mexicano. A stir fry of chicken, bell peppers, Jalopenos, and mushrooms. Topped with organic guacamole wrapped in an organic corn tortilla.

See...eating clean doesn't have to be completely boring!

A lot of you ladies have been asking for a meal plan. I really don't have one and I have no clue how to make one but below is what I could be eating daily. Just make sure you're eating every three hours. I love my overnight oats. I don't even know if this is a balanced meal plan...so don't go quoting me on this!!!

I am not a nutritionist...this is just what I eat personally.

Have fun with it tho. I made one night into mexicano night. change out your eggs one morning for the clean french toast. Change out your chicken for some shrimp over a salad. Follow me on instagram and I'm sure you will find more recipes of what I'm eating. Also, follow other Instagramers that tag #cleaneating . That's what I did.
And if you are looking for a workout routine...I posted this one last year and it's still a great workout.

If you ladies have any questions let me know!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!! AND eat clean again this week!!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today of course!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday...

Welcome back to Motivate Me Monday ladies!!

I have to say that I ate clean all week long last week and it felt great! I feel so much lighter.
However I ate pizza today and feel like blah right now...but back to eating clean again this week.

Did you know that I pretty much only cook twice a week?!?!

Prepare your meals!

That will keep you eating better for sure.

I prepare two days worth of meals every day. I cook a ton of chicken and what I don't use for the two days worth of meals...I freeze and use later in the week.

Meal planning and prepping helps keep me eating clean during the week...I don't run out of meals and head to the vending machine for a snack.

Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day...every three hours.

Here are a few of my meals from last week...if you follow me on Instagram...you've already seen these!

1/4 cup egg whites with sauteed veggies and Ezekial bread topped with hot sauce!

overnight oats with blueberries and strawberries

lots of butternut squash in my sauteed veggies!

lean ground turkey meat with sauteed veggies

so what does my grocery list look like?

egg whites

ezekial bread

organic corn tortillas for clean taco days!

tons of chicken, shrimp and ground turkey

almond butter or peanut butter

hot sauce

steel cut oats

almond milk

cottage cheese

vanilla greek yogurt

blueberries

raspberries

strawberries

bananas

avocados and organic guacamole

TONS of jalopenos

precut veggies for stir fry including:

kale

cabbage

squash

zucchini

red potatoes

bell peppers (green and colored)

mushrooms

onions

butternut squash

I dare you to eat clean this week and link up and tell us about it on Monday!

I dare you!!!!

You'll feel great and I swear I had more energy than I have had in a while!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday...

It has been quite a few weeks since I've done a Motivate me Monday. I guess I haven't felt very motivated lately.

However this last week after eating so much crap...I feel like blah. 

Since I just started back at crossfit...I decided I will be eating clean! We already eat fairly good but I'm really taking it to the next step!

I am buying organic for sure! And not going to eat anything processed during the week. The weekends will be a little different and I wont be so strict. I would go crazy if i couldnt slack at least a little bit.

I have been stalking instagram with people who eat clean and they are such an inspiration!

Source: theyummylife.com via Anne on Pinterest

Today..I am starting my day off with overnight oats.

Steel cut oats, almond milk, vanilla greek yogurt, strawberries, and a little cocoa and peanut butter.

breakfast is the most important part of the day for sure!! I made them into mini jars because I am eating every three hours as usual! 

Im sure by now there is a photo on instagram ;-)

This is the easiest breakfast ever so no excuses!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

xoxo

manda