It’s another Fall-like morning weather-wise out there and try as I might not to get too excited about it…it’s definitely getting me a little giddy! Summer is wonderful, don’t get me wrong. Baseball games, watermelon, barbecues, ice cream, longer days… But there’s just something about Fall that steals my heart. The perfect running weather. The clothes!…
Fruitfull
Breakfast this morning was very fruitfull I had one belgian waffle leftover from a stack that I made this weekend using Bob’s Red Mill Whole Grain Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix …and what’s a waffle without it’s mate? Rather than let this little guy go to waste, I decided to load him up with some…
A Cherry on Top
Morning! Happy Monday! I hope you all enjoyed your weekends – ours was low-key but definitely what we needed. If you’re just catching up: Friday night I made Baked Ravioli and drank a $3.99 bottle of wine (and enjoyed it!). Saturday morning I dug into the last of my Kodiak Cake Whole Wheat, Honey, Oat…
3 Years Old
It was a celebratory morning in our house! Cait’s Plate officially turns 3 years old today! Which obviously called for a special breakfast (or I guess at this point it would be considered brunch)! In true Cait’s Plate style – I made Whole Grain Birthday Cake Pancakes! A while back I had bought a box of…
Somethin’ ‘Bout a Waffle
I woke up with this song in my head…hence the title of my post. Though it is true. There’s just something about waffles on a weekend morning that you can’t beat. Especially souped up waffles stacked on top of one another! These were the last two waffles from my Kodiak Whole Wheat, Honey, Oat mix…
The Nighttime Chef
I let the nighttime do my cooking for me last night so that when I woke up – breakfast was ready! I really overdid the overnight oats this past winter when my schedule was so crazy because it was just so easy. Since then I’ve had them maybe 2 or 3 times – I just…
Peach Cobbler in a Jar
If you follow me on Instagram, you know how dinner turned out last night. Getting through this GRE class is a grind – I’ll be happy when it’s over and behind me! In the meantime, I apologize for less than stellar meals between now and then! Breakfast all but made up for it though! I…
Waffled
Aaaaaand we’re back from our Chicago trip. The house is really low on groceries – we have bread, eggs and a little bit of milk left. Luckily, those ingredients are perfect for things like waffles, pancakes and french toast 🙂 I wasn’t sure what I was craving first thing so I put the coffee on…
Last Taste
We had our last taste of Chicago today before heading out. One last view from the hotel room. Starbucks for breakfast! Perfect Oatmeal with all the fixin’s and an iced coffee with soymilk. Followed by some walking…which if you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already gotten a taste of 😉 I literally walked everywhere. Up…
Yolk.
If you follow me on Instagram, then you already know how delicious my breakfast was… But for those of you that don’t…we went to Yolk in Streeterville and I cannot possibly recommend this place more if you’re ever in Chicago. They have 3 locations – Streeterville, River North and South Loop. The menu is VAST….
Breakfast at Grand Lux Cafe
Yum.
Staring Down the Barrel
..of a jar of oats! Vermont Morning Oats to be exact. Remember my Vermont trip last summer? My sister and I still talk about what a blast it was. It really was such a significant trip for so many reasons. If you’ve forgotten, or don’t know about it – you can read all about it…
A Morning at The Office
I woke up feeling a little under the weather so instead of jumping up right away to make breakfast like I usually do, I decided to laze around a bit watching reruns of The Office. I forgot how funny that show used to be. It definitely is nowhere near what it was in it’s first…
A Batch of the Good Stuff
I slept…strangely last night. I was out like a light until around 4:45am, then was up with an overactive mind and unable to fall back asleep until around 6:30am at which point I put old episodes of The Office on in resignation. Then next thing I knew it was 8:30am so I guess I fell…
Simple.
Thank you all so much for your kind words, love and outpouring of support yesterday. You truly have no idea how much it means to me to have all of you in my life. Words honestly can’t express my gratitude. Breakfast was simple this morning: Just a quick yogurt bowl. 0% plain chobani –> 1 tbsp….
Study Break
I took some much-needed time to just unplug yesterday. After spending 2 straight days in front of a computer with GRE stuff, I just needed to take a day to do something else. And boy did it do the trick! I woke up today feeling WORLDS better. And that called for a celebration…in the form…
Cats & Dogs
…are coming down out there! Which meant a cozy breakfast inside: I love a good cozy day…but I don’t love the lack of natural light it brings to my photos Natural light or not though, breakfast was delicious! Beginning with the above. I had bought this as part of one of Kath’s OpenSky deals a…
What’s In a Name?
…or in this case, what’s in a bowl!? Despite this guy being a soup bowl, I hardly ever use it for that. More often than not, into this little guy goes things like yogurt, fruit and oatmeal. Can you guess what it contained this morning? Peach Oat Crumble! Into the bowl went: 1/3 cup…
Right on Target
Morning! It looks like it might be overcast out there but they’re predicting sun so I’m not sure what to think I had a $1.00 off coupon for Quaker Oatmeal Squares that I happily redeemed this weekend at Target – scoring the box for a grand total of $2.04 – can’t beat that! Needless to…
Refresher
Good morning! Actually I guess it’s nearly afternoon, but we’re still happily enjoying our morning routine thanks to a nice lazy start to the day. After our big meal last night it took a while for our appetites to rise so we watched a little Everest: Beyond the Limits in bed before finally getting up…
Good Mood Food
We had a big day! We were up early and out the house to take this little nugget back to her mom’s house! I’m going to miss her! We stopped at our favorite bagel place on the way to get some fuel for the road – I got a wheat bagel with egg and ham…
Sunflower Morning
Oh…hey there! Happy June! June is one of my favorite months. For me it means the true start of summer. And summer means beach, longer days, smoothies, fresh fruit and sunshine! And today it was all about sunflowers! The folks over at Sunrich Naturals picked up on my love of all things sunflower seeds and…
Better Together
I think Clara has found a new love… I’m chopped liver when Chad gets home from work. But it’s okay, cause I think they’re kind of adorable together While Clara spent time with her new love, I spent time with an old one: This was one of my all-time favorite breakfasts last summer – strawberries…
Breakfast Comes Sooner
Gooooood morning! I didn’t sleep so well last night – my patterns have just been thrown off a bit, probably from all the travel. The good thing about not sleeping so well? It means that breakfast comes sooner! I made a grocery store run yesterday and stocked up on all kinds of fruit –…