Over the weekend, we celebrated Timothy's first Father's Day! Since it was going to be one of those 'once in a lifetime' milestones, I wanted to make sure it was really special. His mom and I sat down to strategize a menu and came up with the perfect plan. Originally, we were going to have an all out food extravaganza on Saturday but once we looked at everything we had, decided to split it out over the course of two days. On Saturday, we made an array of sausages (brats, kielbasas, chorizos), with sauerkraut, beer onions, my roasted summer corn salad, and a homemade key lime pie for dessert. Then on Sunday, we planned for scallops in a brown butter sauce with parmesan crisps. It would be the best of both worlds and I knew Tim ...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal
This is dessert for breakfast and I'm 100% on board. Mixing cacao powder with milk, makes this oatmeal decadently delicious, adding all the chocolately flavor you could want, but with more nutrients and less calories than chocolate chips. Cacao powder, if you're not familiar, is made by cold pressing cocoa beans and is extremely high in antioxidants, magnesium, iron, and calcium (heating the beans and processing gives you cocoa powder). Pure cacao powder, similar to dark chocolate has more of a bitter profile and promotes good heart health. If you haven't been adding cacao powder to your oatmeal, smoothies or yogurt, you should definitely give it a try. To elevate this dish, I decided to also add in some sautéed banana, but this ...
