Pumpkin Happened
Hi guys! How are you?? Thank you so much for the beautiful feedback on my Project Food Blog post. To be honest, that thing has been hanging over my head for the past week and every time I started to write it, I felt like a giant goober. 😉 So thank you, as always, for being so amazing and supportive.
Speaking of goobers, after yoga I felt like this:
(source)
except I looked like I went swimming with my yoga clothes on and my hair was sticking up everywhere.
My aunt and cousins were like, “what happened to you?!”
Yoga.
That’s what happened.
It was such an incredible practice and I felt cleansed, calm and refreshed. Much needed after this past week, fo sho.
And then, THIS happened:
Yep, I busted out the pumpkin 🙂
I’ve been waiting for pumpkin oats allllll summerrrrr lonnnnnggg
-1/2 C oats
-1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
-cinnamon and nutmeg
-vanilla, pinch of sea salt
-1/2 C pumpkin
-lil Stevia
Way worth the wait 😀 As much as I like the canned organic pumpkin, Libby’s is my fave. I’m excited for the day when I see it on the shelves- I’ve been lurking Publix like a pumpkin creeper.
This afternoon, I went grocery shopping (in civilization!!!), got the car washed (many insects lost their lives on the way down here), and started dinner before we went to church.
+ snackage
We’re about to munch dinner so I’m out, but I hope you all had a great weekend!
I START MY NEW JOB TOMORROW!! Me <—– stoked 😀
See ya bright and early <3
xoxo
Gina
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Are those crinkle cut sweet potato fries?! Have fun tomorrow! 🙂
yup, i used my aunt’s crinkle cutter 🙂
Those crinkles are so nice and crinkly! Do you know where your aunt got it?
pampered chef! i have one too, but it’s packed away in the pod
What’s the new job?
i’m not going to post it for safety reasons :/
it IS in the health industry though 🙂
Does this mean we get to find out what the new job is??? Good luck regardless!
I don’t think they even sell Libby’s pumpkin in Canada, though I do like the organic, which they do sell here.
Good luck tomorrow!!! I am super jelly you had pumpkin oats before me 😉
It’s still too hot here for pumpkin treats just yet….but I plan to have a pumpkin-overload of treats in my oven and fridge real soon 🙂
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
BEST OF LUCK ON THE JOB TOMORROW!
I just bought a whole case of this exact pumpkin off amazon. I have used four cans in 24 hours. I made Mexican pumpkin punch from food network magazine then decided to make it into a muffin. So I made the pumpkin muffin recipe off smitten kitchen dot com and added some vanilla, crushed pineapple, pecans, brown sugar, and lime zest. Best muffins I have ever made! Would nit have been the same without the lime zest.
I order by the case also !! 😀 glad to hear I’m not the only one… so nice to have pumpkin all the time.
pumpkin is the best, I have made 2 things on my blog so far using pumpkin, its Fall!
I broke out the pumpkin a few days ago and it’s all over now. Pumpkin craze has begun! 🙂
Good luck tomorrow sweetie! 🙂
I have made a couple different types of breakfast cookies (PBJ, PB & Banana), but I am super excited to try a pumpkin one! Good luck at the new job.
I was at WF and saw pumpkin a few weeks ago. I got so excited I accidentally bought the pumpkin pie filling rather than the plain- but it still tastes great in oats. Good luck tomorrow!
That post took me forevs and a half too. I loved yours though so it was worth the goobering. AHHHH new job!!! Sleep well and do let us know how it goes.
I really need to get on the pumpkin bandwagon! Love the stuff, but haven’t used it yet this year. Good luck with the new job!
Yum! I’ve been loving the pumpkin oats lately, too. Pumpkin oats and pumpkin buttah!
My local shop carries that Farmer’s Market brand, too- for $2.74!!!!!! Sadly, without an alternative, it’s what I’ve been getting. I tried One Pie brand a couple of weeks ago, since it was cheaper, but it tasted like yuck… and it was brown 🙁 I’ll look for Libby’s the next time I go to a bigger store!
Tomorrow already?! That is so exciting! I can’t wait to hear about it!
I just pulled out my can of organic pumpkin right before reading your post! It’s totally going in oatmeal tomorrow 🙂 I need to jump on the yoga wagon. I really really want to try it but I’m really nervous about it because I have never done it before. I have those feelings like I’m in school again and can’t find anyone to sit with! lol
Gina, In Ohio I finally found pumpkin TODAY and I am SUPER EXCITED !!! I did buy organic – the same brand you showed, a few months ago, but then I couldn’t even find IT anymore 🙁
Now Libby’s is back at Walmart and I bought two of the big cans and I can’t wait to start making pumpkin EVERYTHING- starting with oats. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Good luck tomorrow at your new job ! I hope you love it !
Hahahah pumpkin creeper! I love it!
Good luck tomorrow!
goodluck Gina! 🙂
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So jealous you have pumpkin! I cannot find it at any store!
Pumpkin and sweet potato in the same day?! mmmmmmmm perfect day.
I just recently found Libby’s back in the grocery store 🙂
Good luck at your new job tomorrow!
I just found Libby’s at Safeway today! I bought three 28oz cans. They were in the baking aisle under the premade pie crusts (I had been checking the canned veg aisle).
OMG! so I can normally buy pumpkin year round, thanks to HEB and Kroger, but recently the entirety of Bryan/College Station RAN OUT OF PUMPKIN. I was so upset. I wound up finding some at World Market and hoarding it like a crazy woman until the stores finally got some in!
Good luck on your first day! I can’t wait to make pumpkin bread. So yummy 🙂
Yep, I’ve been a pumpkin creeper lately myself. Haven’t spied it yet, but it’s a’coming! Wahoo!
Have a FABulous first day!
Mmmm pumpkin oats. Autumn has officially arrived!
Good luck on your first day at the new job manana!
Girl, I haven’t been to Bikram in a month! Going through withdrawal! But…I found Libby’s at my Publix! I’ll bring you a can sometime this week 🙂
Have fun tomorrow! XO
ahhh! that would be amazing!
i think i’m doing bikram tues and thurs if you’re not teaching 🙂
xoxo
It seems like more people are tracking down pumpkin — when is it going to be my turn? I just checked the store yesterday and nothing yet but I’m staying hopefully that it will turn up any day now.
Good luck tomorrow! Have fun! 🙂 I had to buy my pumpkin at Whole Foods this summer…Publix said it was “seasonal” and there had been a “run on canned pumpkin”, LOL
AHH! I started stalking canned pumpkin earlier this week, and after attempt #5, I finally found it =) I may have bought, *ahem*, 21 servings because I was so excited. At Trader Joe’s they told me the shortage was over though, so I once again have high hopes for fall goodies!
I can only bring myself to go there once a blue moon, but I am ALWAYS finding Libby’s at Walmart. Just picked up a big ol’ can at Super Walmart tonight. 🙂
I was told today there is a pumpkin shortage and they will only sell a limited number of cans to each person. I hate pumpkin so you can have mine!! Good luck at the new job…
I’ve gotta remember to get some pumpkin soon… I live for baked pumpkin oats!
I’m definitely a pumpkin creeper! And to get that exact brand of Pumpkin (because it’s the ONLY one in Texas, I’m sure!) I had to travel 400 miles away! Talk about dedication!
But now I have access to whole pumpkins, so I may go nuts roasting, pureeing, and freezing fresh pumpkin so I don’t have to go through this pumpkin drought next year.
Have fun with the new job:):) And pumpkin oats in florida?? Lol i have been missing fall up north but atleast it was cool enough to open the windows today:) I dont think i will be able to have pumpkin until it gets a little cooler!
I definitely laughed at the pumpkin creeping:):)
Good luck at your new job!
I just roasted 2 pie pumpkins a la Pioneer Woman so that I can make puree, since there’s still no Libby’s on the shelves around here. can’t wait to dig into it!
Good luck at your new job 🙂
Pumpkin oats are on the menu for tomorrow. It’s autumn!
Yay congrats! Also, I didn’t know there was even such a thing as a crinkle cutter. But now I sort of feel like I need one.
Can’t wait for Libby’s to hit the shelves, but heard rumblings of a Libby’s shortage because of the crazy weather wherever Libby’s is made? I hope it’s not true!
Have a great first day at work!
aw, i hope the first day at work makes you feel like that too 🙂
I hop your first day goes great and it’s all you want it to be! 🙂
Home-made Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries?! You are Ah-mazing!
Good luck at your new jobby!
Good luck for your first day of your job! 😀
I’ve been waiting all summer for fall foods! Now I don’t know what to make first. Good luck on your first day!
after a year hiatus, i just found libbys in my grocery store again!!!! i was so excited…..there is no better pumpkin out there than libbys. should be heading your way soon!