{"id":13661,"date":"2011-06-18T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13661"},"modified":"2011-06-18T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T15:07:15","slug":"try-something-new-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/06\/try-something-new-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Something New Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/smoothie_in_a_bowl.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13662\" title=\"Smoothie Bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/smoothie_in_a_bowl-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/smoothie_in_a_bowl-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/smoothie_in_a_bowl.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I was in quite the breakfast dilemma this morning.\u00a0 I wanted a huge yogurt and granola bowl, however my granola stock was low.\u00a0 It was late in the morning so I didn&#8217;t have time to make new <a title=\"Homemade Granola\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/12\/homemade-granola\/\" target=\"_blank\">granola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But I really really wanted some yogurt! I just finished a weight lifting session and I needed some protein STAT.<\/p>\n<p>Over on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katheats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kath Eats<\/a>, I&#8217;ve seen her make smoothie bowls before but to be honest the concept never appealed to me.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t really want to eat a smoothie.\u00a0 I like drinking my smoothies. Though today I decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>This way I could still have yogurt with a dash of granola and make the smoothie thicker so that it would be creamy and fluffy instead of being all liquid.<\/p>\n<p>I made a HUGE bowl of it too! Here&#8217;s my version of my first smoothie in a bowl:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>1C Unsweetened Plain Coconut Milk (the kind in the fridge section, not canned)<\/li>\n<li>1C Uncooked Old Fashioned Oats<\/li>\n<li>1\/2-3\/4C Vanilla Organic Yogurt<\/li>\n<li>1TBSP Ground Flax<\/li>\n<li>1 Medium Banana<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place all ingredients in a blender and blend away until smooth.\u00a0 Not too much because you want it to stay thick.\u00a0 Pour into a bowl and add the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Granola<\/li>\n<li>Blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Red Delicious Apple, Chopped<\/li>\n<li>Dried, unsweetened shredded coconut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>YUM! This was so so good! I made a bit too much my first try out and Scott finished what I couldn&#8217;t eat.\u00a0 However it really hit the spot!\u00a0 It was cool which was perfect for this summer morning and I got everything I was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Protein from the yogurt and oats.<\/p>\n<p>Crunch from<a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/12\/homemade-granola\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the granola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Extra fruit from the apple and blueberries.\u00a0 Win win!<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s your turn! Go out and try something new today and shake up one of your meals a bit.\u00a0 Let me know how it goes!\u00a0 Or if you&#8217;ve recently tried something new, tell me about it! That way we can all inspire each other to get out there and expand our tastebuds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in quite the breakfast dilemma this morning.\u00a0 I wanted a huge yogurt and granola bowl, however my granola stock was low.\u00a0 It was late in the morning so I didn&#8217;t have time to make new granola. But I really really wanted some yogurt! I just finished a weight lifting session and I needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3yl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}