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Wow! It has been almost a week since I last updated my blog.  And I am super behind in reading all of my favorite blogs.  I have missssssed it!

I don’t have any super exciting reason for not updating my blog; my life has been crazy busy with school and work.  I had seven tests and eight papers/projects this past week!  Saturday morning I woke up and did homework literally the entire day from 8 am until midnight!  But thankfully, I am past the craziness….at least until finals week.  Most of my papers and projects are done, so I am feeling pretty happy about that.

So how has everyone been doing?!  The weather here has been so cold and it literally changed overnight.  One day I was wearing a light jacket (and feeling too warm in that) and the next day, we had a blizzard of snow!  It is so beautiful here; all the trees outside of our apartment are covered in snow and icicles.  I always love the first snow of the season because it almost feels like I am in a different place entirely. 

I took this picture while I was sitting in my desk at work and the snow was coming down!

Last night I had another test to take so Drew made us dinner while I studied.   He did spaghetti with a ground beef red sauce.  It was delicious.  He even did the dishes after everything was finished up.  Love my boy….

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This morning for breakfast, I whipped together this breakfast pudding and loved it.  It was so flavorful and very chocolate-y.  It also has a lot of protein, which was a perfect complement to my morning yoga work-out.

Hot Chocolate Breakfast Pudding (Serves 1):

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup old-fashioned oats

1 cup milk of choice (I used unsweetened almond milk)

1/2 ripe banana (can sub another fruit, or sugar-free applesauce)

1 packet “Swiss Miss” 25 calorie hot chocolate (this is necessary to get the “hot chocolate flavor”)

1/2 tsp. truvia (or other sweetener of choice)

1/4 tsp. vanilla

1/8 tsp. (just a pinch) salt

1 tbsp. cocoa powder

1/2 scoop protein powder

1 tbsp. dark chocolate chips, optional

Garnish: whipped cream and dark chocolate, optional

Directions 
Cook the oats, salt, and milk in microwave for 3 minutes.  In a blender or food processor, combine the banana with protein powder and hot chocolate packet.  Add vanilla, truvia, and 1/2 of the cooked oats in the blender/food processor.  Blend again.  Then stir in the rest of the oats. 

You can blend everything together, but I like having some unblended for more texture.  Stir in the chocolate chips and whipped topping (optional).  Eat now if you want it hot, or leave it in the fridge to become more of a pudding consistency.  It thickens up after about 10 minutes, but you could make it at night and leave it in the fridge overnight.

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Hope everyone is had a great weekend!  Time for me to catch up on some blog reading :)

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