Pumpkin Oatmeal and Cinnamon Garbanzo Fig Salad

Two wondrous recipes in this post!

Remember when I tried to make overnight pumpkin oats and I ate them cold, didn't like them, and turned them into oatcakes?

Well I was telling my friend Stefanie about that, and asking her how she likes to make her oatmeal, and then decided that I needed to try it hot.  Then she looked a little stunned and said, "You eat it cold?? Well that's the problem!"

That confirmed it.

One of my favorite blogs made this hot oatmeal with butternut squash puree, so I tried it out with pumpkin puree.


Hot Pumpkin Oatmeal
1/2 cup oats
1 cup water
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup chopped apple
Sprinkling of cinnamon and salt

Add oats to salted boiling water, 1:2 oats to water ratio.

Let simmer for 15 minutes.

Warm up some pumpkin puree.  Chop up some apple.

Stir a tablespoon of coconut oil into hot oats and watch it melty-melt.

Stir in the pumpkin puree, add the crisp chunks of apple, and sprinkle with cinnamon.

And enjoy the warm, melty goodness!

And now for recipe #2.
The salad recipe originated from my effort to use up my leftover ingredients.  But then I loved it and now I need to buy more romaine.

Cinnamon Garbanzo Fig Salad
-2 cups romaine, or spinach if you please
-1/2 chopped apple
-4 dried figs, chopped
-1/4 cup dried cherries
-chopped pecans
-cinnamon glazed roasted garbanzo beans
-balsamic vinegar & feta dressing

Chop it all up...

Toss the garbanzos on there...

Mix in the dressings...

 

Stir it all together and enjoy the fresh crispness!  Great lunch for taking to work!