Nothing like starting off the weekend with a big bowl of burnt oatmeal for breakfast…
… or, you know, not 😯
Let’s try that again…
Muuuuuch better. Sure, I could have just thrown together a quick bowl of cereal for breakfast and saved myself the extra trouble, but how could I say no to a face like this?
I couldn’t.
And I’m glad I didn’t because, for whatever reason, this morning’s bowl tasted extra delicious…
Swoon-tastic.
But don’t fret – I’m not hatin’ on cereal here. For me, it’s just more of a lunch time food…
… as well as a perfect snack time food…
Although, lately I’ve been too busy pimpin’ my rides rice cakes to think about snacking on cereal…
What can I say? When I like something, I really like something, and I eat a lot of said something before moving on to something else.
Ya follow? 😉 If not, I don’t blame you. What I’m trying to say is that I get stuck on certain foods and end up eating a lot of them, before I tire of them and get stuck on something else.
This has been the story of my life for… err… my entire life. I distinctly remember going through a Pop Tarts phase. A Mac&Cheese phase. A Mini Wheats phase. An Eggo waffle phase. A Goldfish cracker phase. A turkey sandwich phase. A… well, let’s just say there have been a lot of phases.
Some of my current obsessions? (besides oats and rice cakes, of course)…
Chocolate pudding spiked with cocoa powder, then topped with almond butter.
Grape kombucha… dare I say I’m starting to love it more than Trilogy?
Sweet and savory oats… (with a softboiled egg, avocado, cottage cheese, and blueberry jam)
Biting into muffins…
… (as opposed to messing/crumbling them)…
Pumpkin chili… (with avocado, salsa, and cottage cheese)
Cherries
Toasted English muffins with multiple toppings (why settle for just one?)
… and who knows what the next one will be.
I do enjoy trying new foods, and I definitely get hit by the creativity bug every once in a while, but more often than not I find myself craving and eating the same things.
Some might call it a “rut”, but I’m not a big fan of the phrase because I am a fan of what I eat, and a rut, to me, implies that someone is unhappy with how they’re eating and wants to change it.
Repeating eats seems to be almost taboo in the blog world, and people who eat the same things day after day either label themselves as boring or disordered. But why all the pressure for variety? Why mess with a good thing? If you like it, then eat it until your heart’s content…
… or until you get tired of almond butter and pudding oatmeal, and move on to something else 😉
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Do you get stuck on certain foods? Do you see it as a bad thing?
What are some of your current obsessions?
Nice information. I want to try for cooking it. It is looks delicious
I go through lunch phases. At the end of an amazing salad at work, I’m already thinking about how I can recreate the exact same salad for tomorrow’s lunch. It gets tough because I don’t measure my ingredients for my dressings. So I spend an extra 10 minutes (despite being late for work) trying to make my dressing taste better than yesterdays 🙂
I’ve been going through a peanut butter phase for about 22 years now, but I go through lots of food phases. I love food so much that I think it’s a waste to eat the same foods all the time and not try new things, but I also think that if you find things you truly love eating, why not repeat them? I admit I rarely repeat meals but it’s mostly because I have so many new things I want to try and not because I feel pressured by blogland.
P.S. Grape kombucha? Must try!
i always go through food phases. I don’t see it as a bad thing at all! As long as you’re healthy and happy I think that all is good in the world!
Can you believe I’ve never had a grape kombucha?
Haha actually no… no I can’t.
i get stuck on foods all the time.
it’s like i go thru phases where i just HAV to hav the said something everyday. just because it’s so delicious and satisfying. 🙂
I’m always stuck on the SAME darn things. My breakfast is something I haven’t changed in months! The usual Kashi GoLean, frozen bananas, PB or Sunflower Seed Butter, and vanilla soymilk. YUMMY. 😀 If I could eat it all day every day, I would.
Wow all those breakfasts and lunches look awesome! I have recently become addicted to oatmeal and am looking for new things to put in it! Thanks for the ideas. Also, my current food “rut” would have to be yogurt! I love yogurt and have to have at least one if not two a day!
Oh my goodness! I’m drooling right now! lol All of that looks amazing!
I get stuck on foods ALL the time. And I definitely don’t see it as a bad thing 🙂 Eat what you like and if you like it, just keep on eatin it! I’ve been obsessed with smoothies and muffins lately so I’ve been eating plenty of those.
I reeally want to try some grape kombucha. I’ve never tried it and it just sounds SO refreshing to me today!
I’m glad you wrote about this! I often think ‘oh cripes I’m stuck in a rut’ and feel bad about it, because 99% of bloggers have different things every day. But like you say, I LOVE the food I eat, and I know it’ll change soon. There was the Green Monster phase, the Weetabix phase, the Pancake phase, the Macncheese phase, the Hoeny Sandwiches phase, the Hummus phase, the Tempeh phase, the Grains phase….I can’t wait to see where my phases take me next :p
Can I ask what pudding you eat? is it jello ff pudding? it always looks soooo good!
It’s Zensoy http://zensoy.com/ and it is very, VERY good 😀
All the time! I eat the same stuff constantly just cause it’s what I love and crave. My current obsessions: protein cakes (as if you couldn’t tell from just about every breakfast post! ;)), peanut butter, yogurt, eggs, and beans. Just give me those and I’m a happy girl.
i’ll admit i do eat the same things everyday–and go through phases just like you…is it so wrong to OD on the best munchies ever?? i think not! lately it’s been veggie burgers, peanut butter and jelly oats with egg whites on top and pumpkin pudding 🙂 why mess with perfection? you don’t!! 🙂
Bananas with almond butter, hummus veggie wraps (with pickles!), and voluminous overnight oats. 🙂 Obsessions are fine!!! It’s easier to eat a lot of the same stuff because you don’t have to constantly buy new food stuff.
I definitely don’t think eating the same foods over and over again is a bad thing. I like them right? Much better than forcing myself to eat something I don’t enjoy. I try to get some variety in but that’s usually with my savory meals. I don’t like eating those multiple times. My current favorites are oats, avocado on toast, yogurt messes, fruit, pudding, and muffins. I can have those all the time. They’re too good to get swapped out by something else. I’m the same way with eating something until I get sick of it though. When that happens I move onto my next “obsession” 😀
I practically eat the same lunch every day. It’s a yogurt mess, but I love it and I don’t care.
This, my dear(and i hope i do not sound to forward with that as we’ve never spoken before although i’m a dedicated reader) is the story of my life!
Oatmeal, yogurt, cereal, fruits and veggies everyday, never fails.
I often wonder if this is result of past disordered eating habits, but its just what i like. And why give up what you like?
I’m so relieved i’m not the only one who thinks like this!
Jeez pudding oats AGAIN Amanda?! 😛 Like I could EVER get bored of pudding oats!!! They are SO good!!!
I love certain things (like pudding oats!!) and I could eat them for aaaaages but honestly I love variety!! So I might be able to have pudding oats most of the time, but I’d HAVE to change pudding flavors or something at least to get my variety fix haha!
Current obesession…YOUR OATMEAL MUFFINS!! 😀
I was thinking about this very topic yesterday! I often feel pressure to show the blog world some amazing, innovative recipe that I’ve created, when all I want to do is eat something that’s tried and true. I couldn’t agree with you more–we should eat what we love, not what we think somebody else will love. 🙂
My current obsessions: Avocado + sliced turkey +hummus +tzatziki; eggs + cream cheese + jam; Kay’s Naturals almond cookie bites dipped in peanut butter; sauteed spinach + melted organic American cheese (throwback cheese!). Oh, and let’s not forget the most important obsession: whipped sweet cottage cheese + peanut butter + granola + chocolate chips. I’m beginning to think it’s not an obsession, rather a lifelong love affair. I’ve been eating this combination every night before bed for over a year. Will it ever end? I don’t know…I can just imagine telling my husband that I need to eat my cottage cheese before I go to sleep on my wedding night. How sexy! :-p
All of these photos are sending me into a food frenzy…. I must go make b’fast right right right now.
I wish we had Kombucha in the UK!
I tend to get a little obsessed with certain foods, not through fear of others, but because they become part of a ‘routine.’ Many aspects of my life feature in these ‘routines,’ which tip over into OCD if I don’t monitor them closely. However, even when I was a kid I went through phases with food too: I had a Weetabix phase, a Fruit & Fibre phase, a tuna sandwich phase, and a *ahem* crisp sandwich phase. Clearly, I was the epitome of health.
Your pudding oats are inspired though: I discovered them via Emma & Sweet Tooth Runner and have had an equivalent using rice flakes (gluten-free) for breakfast for a week in a row!
Post-childhood obsessions = Sun Warrior oats, polenta with chickpeas in tomato sauce, green monsters, and now pudding oats 😀
xxx
Stuck on nut butter. I hope it never ends 🙂
I used to get into food ruts a lot last year, but lately I’ve been trying out a lot of new recipes, especially when it comes to dinners. But my lunches are pretty monotonous – I pack a hummus, avocado + veggie sandwich almost everyday for work just because they’re so easy and convenient. Also I’ve been in a bit of a berry rut all summer because of all the free raspberries and strawberries I get from the farm. I’m pretty sure I’ve been eating berry themed breakfasts all summer long! 😛
Haha I can totally relate to this! Man my blog would be SO boring if I posted everything I ate every single day because it’s pretty much the same or variations which are similar! But I don’t see it as a bad thing because I absolutely love everything and what isn’t broke doesn’t need fixing in my opinion! 🙂 I’ll occasionally get inspired by other bloggers though and give it a go and that’s how I find new favorites and then I get stuck in another rut with those haha! But heck, I’ve been eating squash every day of my life for two years now and I’m not bored yet 😛 I wonder when that day will come hmmmm…
My daily obsessions: squash, cereal, protein smoothie, a million pieces of fruit, dried fruit, spoonfuls of PB, at least one, or two muffins = happy day for Nicky! 🙂
ohh gosh, I really do get stuck on foods, i find it really frustrating, because day in day out i tell myself that i must branch out and try something new, yet i always run back to the foods i eat the most, maybe i feel safe with them, or maybe its just a food rut, i dont know. i mean dont get me wrong, i love the foods i eat, but sometimes it would be good to add more variety and jazz things up a bit.
I hope you have a wonderful sunday.
Love Jess xx
I think it was Averie from Love Veggies and Yoga that said ‘its not a rut its a groove’ – a sentiment I completely agree with! I tend to have the same ‘meals’ like green smoothies and salads but change up the ingredients so I can satisfy my creative side and desire for variety at the same time! I think its fine to eat the same things over and over, my husband eats plain oatmeal every morning – I like more variety but both ways are fine as long as your satisfied with your food 🙂
I definately get stuck on the same foods, I’ve had so many phases! I like how you said just because someone eats the same foods every week doesn’t mean they have disordered eating!! Thank you, what is “normal” eating anyway??? Right now im obsessed with butternut squash fries and frozen yogurt! Although I may have to try some of your pimped out rice cakes!!
As long as your obsession includes chocolate and almond butter, Im not worried 😉 I think it is a sign of health when you just go for something, and give into what your body craves. And I absolutely dont see it as a bad thing!
At the moment Im obsessed with chocolate (well, that one is everlasting..), roasted veggies (especially pumpin and sugarsnaps and green beans), oat-pancakes and nut butters!
The pictures in this post makes me so hungry! Im a little scared of it, but I want to try out savory oat some time!
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I’ve definitely been to phases like this (especially as a child): Nutella, chicken sausage, chocolate cereal, yogurt bowls, toast, etc. My latest ones were pancakes and zucchini. Nothing wrong about that, in my opinion! 😉
I love trying out and experimenting with new foods, but when I develop something I like I tend to stick to it (at least for a while). While experimenting is great sometimes you want something that’s tried and proven – you know?
Current obsession is nutritional yeast and spinach. Not necessarily together, but always there in some form 😛
I go though phases of ingredients, or “types” of things, but I usually don’t do the same thing. Like if I’m going through on oats phase, maybe one day it will be apple cinnamon oats and the next it will be banana walnut.
I definitely tend to get stuck with a certain type of food. For a long long time! I have been eating oatmeal for breakfast every single day for almost three years. I have been eating big bowls of fruit for almost the same amount of time. A couple of years before I was having toasts with cheese and apple slices for every dinner I had during my last years at the high school..and I think I could come up with other examples 🙂 I don´t think it is a bad thing. If it tastes good and if it isn´t harming you, then go for it 🙂