Today was one of those Sundays where one breakfast simply won’t do.
After my smoothie this morning, my friend Laurel came over for a while and filled me in on her engagement and we discussed wedding planning until she had to leave for Jacksonville. Once she left, Ryan and I were both feeling a little hungry, so breakfast number two happened!
Oatmeal whole wheat pancakes, baby.
How good do those look?
I made the pancakes by playing around in the kitchen and experimenting a bit.
This is not the exact recipe since I just threw some stuff together, but the basic ingredients included:
- 1 c. old fashioned oats
- 1/3 c. whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1 tbsp. flax seeds (or another tbsp. of chia seeds – don’t omit!)
- 1/2 tbsp. baking soda
- 2 tbsp. melted butter
- 1 c. milk
I mixed everything together with a hand mixer before cooking the pancakes on a hot griddle (sprayed with cooking spray) until they were brown.
After topping them off with syrup, it was pancake-eatin’ time!
Oh man, these were good! They almost tasted like oatmeal cookie pancakes!
Gym Pics + Fro Yo Date
After breakfast round two, Ryan and I cleaned up around the apartment before heading out to our friend Ben’s gym (the same gym where we held the Blogger Boot Camp!).
We didn’t swing by Ben’s gym to work out though. We were there on a mission. Ryan is in the process of creating a workout website detailing different workouts every day. He has the framework of the site in place, but needs photos and other aesthetic things completed before officially launching the site, so we snapped some pictures of him going through five of the different workout routines he created.
I love the premise of his site since I am constantly looking for new workout ideas and scanning the internet for websites with quality workouts. I think he still has a bunch of things he wants to hammer out before his site is up, but I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted!
Since I was Ryan’s designated photographer, he rewarded me with fro yo after we were done!
My cup included pralines ‘n’ cream and peanut butter frozen yogurt, topped with Reese’s Pieces cereal, peanut butter M&Ms, whipped cream. Clearly I couldn’t resist a few bites before snapping a picture.
After enjoying our respective cups of frozen yogurt, we walked to The Fresh Market, located nearby to pick up some grillin’ goodies for this evening.
Once we arrived home, we curled up on the couch for a good hour to read Divergent together.
So far we are both loving it. It’s a really quick read and we’re almost exactly halfway done, so we’re anxious to wrap it up soon!
And now it’s BBQ time! Gotta go!
Happy almost Fourth of July!
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those pancakes look incredible!
looking forward to checking out his new site when it’s all put together.
Mmmm those pancakes look delicious!!!
I can’t wait to see Ryan’s site!!! 😀
Those look amazing!!
I was out of flour this am and just food processed a cup of oats and it actually worked really well as a sub.
Have a great night
O wow, how fantastic do those look! I always love having two breakfasts. That’s usually how my day goes… oats in the morning and a smoothie a few hours later. So jealous that you had FroYo this morning, I have been craving FroYo all day, but the place is just too far!
Do you have 2 copies of that book or do you actually share a book?! Because that sounds like the hardest but cutest thing ever.
we take turns reading aloud together. 🙂
Julie that is so sweet!!!
Love that you do this!! I am currently reading Lord of the Rings to my hubby before bed at night! 🙂
omg, that’s so. freaking. adorable.
We did this with the 5 Languages of Love. <3
That is disgustingly cute indeed <3, good practice for when you become parents. Do you also make male/female voices?! Haha!
And I mean that in a good way 😉
First of all, those pancakes look outrageous. I need to try those this week! And the concept of Ryan’s site sounds awesome—I’m always looking for workouts to switch up my routine, so I look forward to seeing what he comes up with!
that sounds like midwestfit.com they have the BEST routines!!
oh awesome! i’ll tell him to check it out!
I love it, you and Ryan will soon be the internet’s #1 fitness couple 🙂
Way to go DP (designated photographer) He’s lucky to have you! 🙂 Lucky you with the froyo! 🙂
Those pancakes look delish!
Omg. So good. The pancakes AND the fro-yo. I am obsessed with peanut butter flavors and that looks so good.
Ah, I LOVED going to Fresh Market when the hubby and I were in Orlando! Such good stuff there!! I could really go for some of that fro yo too!
Ha! I’m halfway through Divergent too. Sooo good. That’s the book Michelle picked for her book club this month.
I loooove how you two read together! I think it’s absolutely adorable.
Awesome looking pancakes and fro yo! Yum!
Wow, where is that frozen yogurt from?! I love that you had cereal in your frozen treat… that’s a genius idea!!
Of course after my crazy weekend of eating (deep dish pizza, Chicago style hot dog, chicken and waffles, turkey leg, nachos), I really don’t need any fro-yo… I need some lettuce haha! 😉
Those pancakes … yummmm. Today I could have used some fro yo.. settled for ice cream instead.
I’m definitely going to be making this pancakes tomorrow! Thanks for the recipe and Happy 4th!
Every time I read these posts I crave different foods haha! now its fro-yo for sure 🙂
I was craving pancakes like a crazy person this morning. I ended up eating a smoothie instead…but there’s always dinner time, right? 🙂
Can’t wait to see Ryan’s new site!
Love those pancakes and can’t wait to see Ryan’s site! 🙂 I am all about sharing workouts with pics! 🙂
Looking forward to more details on Ryan’s site… it sounds like something my fiance would be interested in!
Oh man – those look incredible! And love that the gym followed with froyo – there’s nothing better in my book 😉
How exciting for Ryan to have his own site soon!
How many pancakes does that recipe make?
Awesome weekend breakfast 🙂 I think some of the things you and Ryan do like “date night” and reading together is so great. You remind me a lot of myself when you’ve discussed needing your own space sometimes and when you’ve discussed fearing that you guys were living as roommates. My boyfriend and I are moving in together this coming September and I’ve already voiced some of those same fears. It’s great to hear some tips on what keeps you guys happy! I’m going to pitch the “reading together” idea I think :). P.s. Congrats to Ryan on the site!
Those pancakes are so delicious! I’m totally a fan of multiple breakfasts, especially on weekends. I think I could eat cereal for all my meals and not feel guilty, but I do my best to stick to one bowl a day! 😉
i’ll take a large stack of those pancakes…holy delicious!
Oh MY those pancakes look amazing!! I am going to make these this week 🙂
Aughhhh what to do?? I know I’m making pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. I already had a recipe in mind, but this one looks soooooooooooo good. Doggone. I’ll save this one for later. Do you think they’d work without the flax/chia seeds?
And that fro-yo looks ah-mazing. Mmm mmm mmm.
I’ve been looking for a good book! I’ll look into that one 🙂
those pancakes look awesome!
Wow- those pancakes look delicious! Almost like you could put a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream on top! 🙂
Yay for Ryan! I did his cool shoulder move at the gym the other day and loved it. I am totally feelin’ it now! I’m sure that he will be able to help a bunch more people, too.
Happy 4th!
Those pancakes look great! Sometimes the best recipes come from playing around in the kitchen 🙂
I’d definitely check out Ryan’s site and it seems like a great idea!
My co-worker (Tara Hudson) was on book tour with the author of Divergent. Tara’s book is Hereafter and it’s great too! I’ve read both.
Oh awesome ! Ill have to check her book out!
You work with the author of Hereafter??? Ahhhh so jealous! Julie, it’s a good one to put on your to-read list!
oooh maybe we’ll read it next!!
Those pancakes sound so, so yummy!
I’ve been wanting to check out that book! Thoughts? I love that you and Ryan read together, by the way. Such a great way to spend down time together 🙂
I cannot wait to try this pancake recipe! I love making pancakes that aren’t from the box. I have a great Almond Pancake Recipe from Jessica Seinfeld’s cookbook. they are amazing!
OMG those pancakes look Amazing!
Congratulations on Ryan’s new adventure! Sounds exciting. I was wondering, what syru do you use on your pancakes? sugar free or regular?
typically regular
Those pancakes look amazing!! Yummmm.
I can’t wait to check out Ryans site! Will it be targeted towards both genders? Hw did your friend like the brownies??
Yes, definitely for both guys and girls. And I’m not sure how the brownies went over yet! She took them with her to Jacksonville.
What a great idea for a website! 🙂 I’m always looking for new workout moves because I get bored easily! lol.
ugh these pancakes look so good…. i want them for dinner..
Oh wow, those pancakes look amazing! And I love fro-yo – you had a great food day 🙂
Happy 4th to all my American friends! I wish it was a holiday here in Ireland too.
Those pancakes look amazing and I just happen to have all the ingredients. Guess who’s gonna have pancakes this morning? ME!!
I loved Divergent! I wanted to pace myself so that I could read it across the week we were at the beach, but that didn’t happen. I read it our 2nd day there after finishing The Girl in the Steel Corset (which is also a really good read) and finished it that day! I was so upset because it was so good, but now I’m waiting for Insurgent and I really don’t mind rereading it. It’s even better the second time around.
I totally want those pancakes!!! 🙂
I stumbled upon your blog this morning and I’m already hooked! My morning run will be 45 minutes late today…haha can’t wait to see Ryan’s ideas and check back for your next post. Happy 4th!
This is such a silly question, but do y’all read out loud to each other or just on your own but keep the same pace?! just curios! hah
Happy 4th of July! You’ll definitely have to share Ryan’s website when it’s up and running 🙂