Being Healthier

 Isn’t it cute!? I thought it tasted absolutely fantastic and worth the amount of work/dishes I had to do for this tasty little pie for one! Here is what I did:

What to do:

• 1/2 Cup total of Irish oats ( I mixed flaxseed cereal with it too)
• Put into an oven AND microwave safe dish (I used this corningware dish) with
• 1/2 cup water ( so that the oats are soaked but not floating in water)
• Microwaved for 2 minutes
• Spread out oat crust to the sides of the dish so that its a flat crust like shape
• Put oven-safe dish into (toaster) oven at 375 for about 5 minutes

“Filling”

What to do:

Mix following ingredients into a separate bowl…

• 1/4 c organic pumpkin puree
• 1/3 cup egg beaters- or I’ve used carton egg whites
• pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon Brown sugar
• Microwave for 2 minutes till slightly firm

Put-It All-Together:

• Take out crust dish w/ oven mitt!
• Spoon this slightly firm mix into the crust dish

 

• Put back into oven for another 8 minutes + at 375

 

Topped with a spoonful of “cream” aka nonfat greek yogurt, sprinkled with cinnamon

YUMMM!
on the side I had blueberries, cranberries, mango- all frozen and heated in the microwave for a few minutes

Calorie Total if you are interested:
220 for the pie, 10-20 for the yogurt glob….total about 240

Fiber: 8g

Protein: 16g

Fat: 3g (the healthy unsaturated kind from oats)

What a difference from nutrition of pumpkin pie-The only taste difference was really overall sweetness! This was sweet but it wasn’t “Dessert” sweet so it was a great breakfast because the soluble/insoluble fiber from oats and flaxseeds, the protein from the egg, the big dose of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals from the veggie servings ( pumpkin) makes this an long-lasting healthy breakfast!Body:
I would like to get in a run before class today but first I would much rather…

Mind:
..Finish my powerpoint for next wednesday’s class- so that I can practice it over the weekend with my familySoul:
Got 9.5 hours of sleep! I know I needed it. Rest does wonders for the soul, even though I am still a lil stuffy! ICK!! AND.. I had more trouble with my asthma than usual today.