Fall is in the Air

That is, if you forget the fact that it's ridiculously hot and humid outside. However, I know that fall is around the corner when I start stocking up on canned pumpkin and notice that other people are doing the same thing due to Whole Foods being almost sold out each time I've shopped. If it were up to me I'd buy every can they had in stock, but I resisted...for now.

First up for my pumpkin adventures is breakfast. I've had hot pumpkin oats and they were delicious, but I much prefer cold oats lately. I've had my share of the typical blog overnight oats, but I wanted something more traditional. Enter: muesli.


Harvest muesli
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 2 tbsp soyogurt
- 2 tbsp non-dairy milk
- 1/2 apple, divided
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 tbsp each pumpkin seeds + slivered almonds
- 1/2 tbsp hemp seeds
- Sprinkle of dried cranberries
- Cinnamon and nutmeg, to taste

Instructions
- The night before, soak oats in banana, non-dairy milk and soyogurt.
- The morning of, grate 1/4 of the apple and cut the remainder into bite-size cubes. Add apple and remaining ingredients, stir and eat!


I know this isn't technically traditional muesli since it uses more oats than normal, but this took overnight oats to a whole other level. I LOVED the addition of the apple and using less milk resulted in creamier, heartier oats. It basically tasted like autumn in a bowl; I can see myself eating many of them through the coming months.


The bowl is the one I painted at All Fired Up in Winter Park. I'm in love.