Exotic Fruit Oatmeal Bowl

One of the best things about going to Costco is being able to buy our favorite foods in bulk. Because, I don’t know about you, but grocery shopping is not one of my favorite things to do. So it all works out! Until one day, when I’m cleaning out my pantry and I find this ginormous, this huuuuge, I mean like one of those bags the whole cast of ‘The Walking Dead’ could survive on for years kinda bag, of old-fashioned oats.

When did I buy this and… WHY?! Because quite honestly, whenever I hear or see oatmeal, my initial reaction is usually meh… bland, boring and uninteresting. 😐 But oats are so healthy: fiber-rich and packed with minerals and vitamins… UGH, that’s why I bought them. Now, how to make them edible?

Yeah, I could add the typical honey or a banana and some blueberries… but to me that’s still meh, and I. just. can’t! So I shoved the bag back where it belonged, in its lonely corner, and pretended I had never seen it.

That’s when I learned, people, that you can’t lie to yourself! No matter how hard you try to ignore and bury unwanted things (or feelings), they’ll just eat at you until you address whatever needs addressing! And in my case, it was that big ol’ bag of unwanted oats 😛

So, back to the drawing board: how to make oatmeal not suck?! 😉

I was feeling hopeless until one day… I tried an avocado banana smoothie, which had me going hmm. Then my husband came home with dragon fruits. It all came together in my head. I knew this was going to be it. When you fluff avocado with banana and add that on top of oatmeal mixed with some strawberry spread ← oh my goodness, this is like THE best thing to happen EVER! Add an exotic and oh-so-colorful dragon fruit, kiwi, pomegranate, apple and raisins, and it’s almost perfect. A touch of dry coconut flakes and I’m SOLD!

Oatmeal, you have a new place in my heart. I’ll be seeing a whole lot more of you, and I just can’t wait! 🙂

Exotic Fruit Oatmeal Bowl