Happy December! We’re officially smack dab in the middle of the happiest, coziest, most butter-and-sugar-filled month of the year – and I couldn’t be happier about it. Although I’ll always miss living somewhere that snows during the holidays, the weather in the Bay Area has been semi-cooperating with lots of rain and gloomy days, so I’m feeling fully in the cuddly Christmas spirit!
I’d like to introduce you to the least photogenic but most delicious healthy breakfast you’ll eat all Fall. Riiiiight up there. That’s the one!
These pumpkin chia overnight oats may not win any beauty contests, but they are my new favorite thing. Have you ever tried overnight oats? They are a recent Pinterest phenomenon, basically consisting of old-fashioned oats that sit in liquid overnight to soften and form a cold, sweet, healthy breakfast porridge. I have been very intrigued by them ever since I tried chia pudding last year – this peanut butter and jelly version remains one of the most popular recipes on my site! I love oatmeal and eat it almost every morning because I am a boring grandma, but I wasn’t sure how COLD oats would turn out…I mean, the idea of cold, gloppy oatmeal is not exactly appetizing, right?
Guys, I played it so cool this year. I patiently waited all the way until OCTOBER to post a pumpkin recipe.
Not going to lie – this would not have been possible if it wasn’t for San Francisco’s Indian summers. The daily 75-and-sunny forecast hasn’t really made me want to cozy up with chili and Oktoberfest beers and pumpkin everything as much as I usually do. But I’m craving Fall in a big way, so although the weather might not be cooperating, I’ve been determined to make it feel like Fall in our house ever since the calendar crept over into October. And what better way to do that than with dark chocolate chip pumpkin pancakes?
So it’s Labor Day weekend and we deserve to celebrate the unofficial end of summer with a bang.
And by bang I mean hot-out-of-the-oven vanilla bean peach crisp topped with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream. That’s cool, right?