Category: Vegan

Pumpkin Chia Overnight Oats

pumpkin chia overnight oats // my bacon-wrapped life

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?

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Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Energy Bites

peanut butter dark chocolate energy bites // my bacon-wrapped life

World, please meet my New Favorite Snack.

I know, I know, I just had a new favorite snack last week. But I have another one today. Can’t I have both? Who only eats one snack a day, anyways?

Not I.

Anyways, while I am well aware that these peanut butter dark chocolate energy bites will not win any beauty contests, I need you to make them A-S-A-P if you’re into delicious, healthy, chocolate-y, peanut butter-y bites of wholesome and naturally-sweetened goodness. Or just chocolate and peanut butter. That’s cool, too.

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Coconut Milk Butternut Squash Lentil Curry

coconut milk butternut squash lentil curry // my bacon-wrapped life

And the award for the ugliest-looking but seriously most amazing-tasting food goes to….

This here coconut milk butternut squash lentil curry. What can I say? It’s true.

I know it ain’t no beauty queen, but I promise, it’s one of the best things you’ll put in your mouth today/this week/this year/EVARRR. I just had to share it with you, down-home looks and all. You understand, right?

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