Chocolate Oatmeal with Dries Cherries and Cocoa Nibs

I have a personal oatmeal challenge: create as many different & crazy oatmeal combinations as possible. This one is not so crazy. . . .though I wasn't too excited about cocoa oatmeal, this is definitely one of my favorites to date. I'm also not a fan of dried cherries, and put these in as an afterthought, but they were surprisingly really good with the chocolate (I used Callier cocoa powder from Switzerland. About 1 tbs.). Then, of course, topped off with my staple almond butter.

Inspired idea: Pumpkin-cocoa oatmeal with chocolate chips.

Pizza Day!

Love that smell wafting through my kitchen.

I have been inspired to make pizza since my Nebraska excursion. The night I got there, I ate homemade pizza with walnuts. YUM! I never had a pizza with walnuts, and now I never want to have one without them. The next lunch we had a build-your-own-type-pizza from a restaurant, then we had more homemade pizza. All had walnuts on them. Cheeseboard could learn from this. So, after I had this whole wheat pizza dough sitting in my freezer for too long, and basil going bad as it always does, I thought there's no avoiding it. And thus today became pizza day.

I wanted pesto, but I didn't have any. Yes, I'm a big fan of basil, so I can be witnessed piling pesto then basil onto sandwiches...so, I went back to the basics:

Olive Oil

Balsamic Vinegar

Salt & Pepper

Corn (not pictures on my personal pizza)

Squash

Basil

Goat Cheese

Walnuts

Portobello Mushroom

As it comes out of the oven, and as you begin salivating and your brain becomes fuzzy and one-track, don't forget to add the following if you're a die-hard fan such as I:

Brewer's Yeast

Habernero Hot Sauce

Perfect!