What’s uuuupppp party people?! So, a couple days ago, I stumbled across a post of Andrew Wilder, a person with whom I attended Camp Blogaway, and who is also the person behind Eating Rules (sadly we didn’t get to talk much, but hopefully that shall be rectified soon!). It was to take a pledge for the month of October to eat absolutely no processed foods!
Since the aim of The Devil Wears Parsley is eating fresh, local, non-GMO, whole foods, I felt that this challenge was right up my alley. I was apprehensive at first. I mean it IS October after all, which also happens to be my favorite month! <<surprise, surprise>> It is the month that indulges in processed junk with gobs and gobs of (really kind of gross) Halloween candy. It’s gross, but sooo soo good in a totally guilty kind of way.
So, to kick off the October #unprocessed pledge, I present you with what the hubs and I call our “Breakfast Parfait”.
It’s really simple to make, healthy, satisfying, and you’d never know it’s vegan and gluten free!
So, even though I took the October Unprocessed pledge, I’ve got to be honest – I kind of messed up right out of the gates. Almond milk. I know it can be made, so I figured that the stuff I buy would just contain water and almonds. WRONG!! It has stuff in the label that is not okay for the unprocessed challenge! I would have never have even thought of it, had I not seen Andrew’s post on how to make almond milk! SO, off to the store I go for almonds, and a nut-bag. I can’t wait to hear the look on their faces when I ask the store clerks if they know where I can get a nut bag.
*Update* At the store, the clerk knew exactly what I was talking about! I was laughing inside at the two of us discussing nut-bags in the middle of the market.
Won’t you join us for October #unprocessed?
Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1/3 Cup Rolled Oats, gluten free
- 2/3 Cup Almond Milk (preferably home made)
- 2 Teaspoons Chia Seeds (optional)
- 1/2 Banana
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a glass, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate
for at least 1 hour or overnight. Enjoy in the morning for breakfast!
Ew, no way. Even that looks like it tastes really good, eating healthy for me is a bit on the difficult side. I haven’t found anything healthy that I think tastes good. or when I do, I’m too lazy to make it on a regular basis. My highly processed Hot Pockets tasted wonderful this morning, btw :-p
“EW”, Brian?! Don’t knock it till you try it, friend!! It’s goooood. Angel will tell you so!
No doubt! it looks great. I just break out in hives when I hear the word healthy 🙂