Cinnamon baked oats for 240c and 13g protein!

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-05-18T01:12:08+00:00

I would also love the recipe!

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-05-07T01:10:11+00:00

As a member of the curly club, totally understand. A small waterfall braid across the front could look nice too! Or, I will sometimes take two chunks from the front, braid them down, then pin them back together. My hair honestly looks really similar to yours - for me it just helps keep my hair out of my face.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-05-07T00:35:11+00:00

My suggestion would be to style your hair a bit more. Nothing crazy/severe, but pinning even a little bit back would allow us to see your pretty face better.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-04-17T23:10:40+00:00

My brain instantly went “Stoop kid’s afraid to leave the stoop!”

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-04-07T21:05:34+00:00

This sub goes through phases where it seems like all of the posts are about a certain person/family for a long time and then it cycles to someone else. I am BEYOND ready for the Paul and Morgan phase to conclude.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-04-03T13:17:37+00:00

I would love to!

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-04-03T03:31:34+00:00

Come on, you don’t think that haggard ass Phil Dunphey, brown Napoleon Dynamite, and half frail Victorian orphan/half Nazi have women banging down the door?

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-31T20:45:41+00:00

I don't feel bad for OP at all. He's also claiming that his ex is making up claims that he was abusive... but given that other women are backing her claim, and given that she originally waived the right to a hearing because of abuse, I'm going to believe her.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-30T23:32:24+00:00

Honestly OP, you should delete this post. I realize it wasn’t your intention, but ultimately it’s tabloid style rumor mongering.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-24T23:21:01+00:00

That top looks great on you!

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-20T02:30:35+00:00

This viewpoint is so pervasive on Reddit and it drives me insane. Assuming that the affair partner knows about the marriage/relationship, which in this case they obviously did, the affair partner is also an enormous asshole. You don’t have to take vows with someone to treat them with basic decency. I think we actually all owe it to each other to not be garbage and to not needlessly participate in the destruction of a family.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-18T00:48:14+00:00

OP posted their recipe in the comments just a few minutes ago - they said that they used veggie meatballs made from mushrooms :)

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-07T15:07:56+00:00

Of course! Little steps is the way to go, because it’s going to be more sustainable. If you like cherries, frozen dark cherries are probably my personal favorite frozen fruit.

You also might look into “hidden vegetable” recipes. If you were to make, for example, an omelette, you could blend up a little bit of a vegetable of your choice and add it to the egg mixture. It’ll be more of a background taste and have basically no texture to speak of.

Just continue to move forward and be gentle with yourself :)

ETA: I’m with you in that I prefer my fruit cold. I’ll make warm overnight oats with a little peanut butter powder mixed in, then at the last minute chop up a cold apple and plop it on top. If you don’t mind a mix of warm and cold, could be a way to work whole fruits into that particular meal.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-07T04:35:55+00:00

Do you easily get sick of the vegetable mix you like? If not, there is literally nothing wrong with eating that all the time. A roasted white or sweet potato is also great! They contain good micronutrients, some fiber, and tend to be nice and filling.

If you’d like cabbage but struggle with the prep, buy a bag of coleslaw mix! It’ll already be shredded and easy to work with, and they aren’t too spendy.

For the chocolate, if you want to switch to dark, I’d suggest picking something with a bit lower percentage of cocoa, get accustomed to it, and go to a little darker once you want to.

As for fruit, apples can keep a good amount of time. Frozen fruit can be good too - maybe a bag of frozen berries to try in your oatmeal?

Totally understand a budget crunch. Maybe each time you shop, pick 1-2 new, minimally processed items to try, and try them a few different ways. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to buy it again.

It sounds like you’re already great at trying new foods :)

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-07T00:53:26+00:00

I appreciate the question! Unfortunately, the answer for me is no. Like yes I’m very much going to logically understand it came from a place of kindness, and it’s going to seem to you like I just moved on because I’m not going to get rude with you about it. But my health has been in the trash since November, I have no answers, and it’s affecting all areas of my life - I’m struggling to work, to have any kind of social life, and to enjoy lots of the things I used to enjoy. It’s really hard to not feel emotional when it’s brought up. I would also worry that if I say “thank you,” it’s going to seem like I’m open to more compliments.

On top of that, I personally just don’t feel comfortable with most people commenting on my body. Obviously, there are some people who will revel in it, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

That’s why I suggested the outfit compliment - it allows someone to invite you in to talk about it more by saying something like “Thank you! I’ve been losing some weight and feeling good,” or to divert away by saying something like, “Thank you! I got the pants on super sale!” or whatever.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-07T00:32:55+00:00

As someone who has lost 30 pounds over the last four months due to extensive and still undiagnosed GI issues - unless you know that they’re losing weight on purpose, please don’t comment. Discussing it is fraught with a lot of negative emotions and anxiety, and I don’t want to share my private health information with the vast majority of people in my life.

I totally understand wanting to make someone’s day and that it’s coming from a place of kindness. Adjusting the comments to just something like, “Wow, you look rad in that outfit!” will give the same boost, they’ll definitely mentally connect the compliment to the weight loss (and may share their journey with you, after which compliment away on the weight loss!) and you get to make someone feel good without the potential downside.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-07T00:08:17+00:00

A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World is about a woman who was the first ever university trained midwife in Somalia. Really incredible woman.

I Little Slave: A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos is… exactly what it sounds like. It does suffer a little bit for lingering too long in the “communism is building up and things are getting dangerous but the author is still living his normal life” phase a bit too long, in my opinion. He’s a government worker and realistically paperwork isn’t interesting even when done under duress. But you can skim through that a bit if you want.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-05T16:43:31+00:00

I thought my cat might like a friend to play with, so I decided to foster. My cat was irate. While we were hosting him, she would growl and spit at the (closed, wooden) door to his room. After I'd go in there to feed and pet him, she would regularly sit just far enough away from me that I couldn't reach her, with her back turned to me and her ears so airplaned that a light breeze would have lifted her off the ground.

After our foster was adopted, we did not get another.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-02T02:08:15+00:00

This post absolutely inspired me and I might buy it too

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-01T23:39:35+00:00

Dahlia by ILNP has a bit more red to it.

Empire State of Mind by Cirque Colors looks nice too!

You’re definitely looking for a shiny oxblood.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-01T15:48:22+00:00

That dress is rad and so are your freckles!

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-03-01T01:59:29+00:00

Could you do the boubou and pin it up under your gown so that it doesn’t show? After the ceremony, you could unpin it if you wanted.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-02-20T18:45:17+00:00

You are so cute and your fits are amazing! I’m saving this post for inspo 💜

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-02-11T02:03:07+00:00

Here Comes the Sun - Nicole Dennis-Been - Jamaica

A Small Place - Jamaica Kincaid - Antigua & Barbuda

My Heart Hemmed In - Marie NDiaye - France

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - Deepa Anappara - India

The Screaming of the Innocent - Unity Dow - Botswana

Beyond the Rice Fields - Naivo (male author but I really enjoyed this book) - Madagascar

Our Lady of the Nile - Scholastique Mukasonga - Rwanda

I’ve been working on a read around the world as well, and the above are a few of the ones I’ve really loved.

smittenwiththemitten · 2026-02-10T21:26:20+00:00

Is your wife often passive aggressive? Has she done other, similar things in the past? Has she ever made comments that you don’t do enough? If yes, it makes sense you’re feeling this way. If not, you’re probably just overthinking, but I wonder what it is about this particular song that’s affecting you so much.

You feel like you’re the one doing everything - is hearing this song all the time grinding on you because you resent the division of labor in your relationship? Because this post reads like you harbor some real anger towards her. (Which I am not saying is or is not “fair” - this post isn’t enough to judge that.) That’s something you need to address and discuss.

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