VeggiesandValentino

Hello! Do you all like my fall blog makeover? I figured I have been featuring pumpkin so much in my cooking lately that I should at least have an autumn theme to my blog right now! In fact a have a super fast yummy pumpkin breakfast to share that I cant get enough of since I discovered it! Pumpkin dark chocolate oatmeal! 

I use the following to make this super easy filling fall breakfast:

1/c cups quick cooking oats

1/2 cup pumpkin

1 cup water

Combine these first three. Place in microwave for about one minute.

Add cinnamon to taste, stir and put back in the microwave for another 30 seconds to one minute. Take out and stir in a tablespoon of dark chocolate peanut butter. I like Peanut Butter and Co. Brand but there are several others and you can also make your own! See my easy instructions here. 

The flavor combination of the pumpkin and the dark chocolate in a big yummy warm bowl is amazing! Like eating dark chocolate pumpkin brownies for breakfast. You can also add a little honey or brown sugar if you like it a little sweeter but the chocolate peanut butter adds plenty enough sweetness for me. 

The second super easy meal that I made different versions of for dinner yesterday and lunch today are lettuce wraps!

I have always loved the lettuce wraps from P.F. Changs, I used to eat the chicken version and then when I quit eating chicken I switched to their delicious tofu ones. I don’t know why I never though about how you could make them SO easily at home and fill them with whatever you want!! I bought a bunch of organic romaine leaves at the grocery stores yesterday and I’m putting them to good use. Last nigh I made asian inspired lettuce wraps which I didn’t get a picture of before I devoured them..oops. I put into a skillet a mixture of brown rice, mushrooms, spinach, and tofu with garlic spices and soy sauce.

For lunch today I went the mexican route and it was great too! I put 2/3 cup TVP in a skillet and reconstituted it with about 4 tablespoons of black bean and corn salsa, to that I added about 1/2 or so cup frozen mixed veggies (corn, carrots, peas, green beans) and cooked them all together till they got nice and hot and used them to fill my lettuce wraps with some cheese on top!  Geeze these are so good, and so easy and so healthy! I’m mad I haven’t been playing around with these recipe ideas for years!! 

I would like to wish my wonderful Fiance a very Happy 3 Year Anniversary!! It is the last year for us to celebrate this anniversary (when we became on official couple) before we switch over to celebrating our wedding anniversary date! We aren’t getting to celebrate tonight because med school test block is coming up again and that means no spare time for fun things like dinner, but we will just have to pick a random night after test block is over and celebrate then! So until I get taken out for a nice dinner looks like lettuce wraps and oats it is!