It’s Cookie Friday, but if you really need an excuse to eat some cookies, it’s also National Oatmeal Cookie Day!! 
Earlier this week, Christina gave me the heads-up about National Oatmeal Cookie Day, so, of course, I had to do something for the big day. Obviously, oatmeal cookies are tasty, but they’re also fairly good for you with healthy carbs and fiber from the oats. Isn’t that a good reason to eat them!? 😉
Here are a few of my favorite oatmeal cookie recipes:
- Good: 3-Minute Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
- Better: Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Best: Oatmeal Raisin Bars (there’s also a “skinny” version 😉 )
Obviously, Cookie Friday + National Oatmeal Cookie Day is a reason to celebrate, so I got started first thing this morning.
Breakfast
On Twitter the other day, Julie gave me a delicious idea for breakfast: Oatmeal M&M Cookies. Oh, yes! 😀
Unfortunately, my baking experiment didn’t turn out very well. The cookies tasted fine, but they were flimsy and flat. I wanted to make a healthy-ish cookie using pinto beans, but my plan bombed. 😕
I was hungry when I woke up, so I rushed to make breakfast. I threw a whole bunch of ingredients together and didn’t really think about the outcome, so sadly, my cookies weren’t anything special.
Even still, I ate a few cookies, plus a banana and a glass of iced coffee for breakfast.
Cookie Friday
Here’s some delicious inspiration for your day!
Question of the Day
What is the weirdest thing you’ve eaten for breakfast in the name of saving time?
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I don’t like M&Ms in cookies. something about the crunchy candy shell puts me off
When I was on a trip, I added flavored oatmeal to plain greek yogurt and topped with a Barney Butter squeeze pack. Nowadays, that’s just overnight oats, but at the time it felt crazy to eat!
You’ll have to try and perfect the recipe because those look/sound day-um good! I love M&Ms in cookies, unlike Samantha above 🙂 The candy coating is the best part.
Even though they are a little flat, there’s M&Ms!!! I’d gladly take ’em off your hands. 🙂
Awh I think those cookies are cute! Darn it, if I’d known it was Cookie Day TODAY, I would’ve saved my last cookie yesterday, instead of having it for dessert :'( alas!
I had chickpeas for breakfast this morning…that’s a bit odd right?
Back in my university days…nights after some “drinks” , i might eat cold pizza , kraft dinner, etc..whatever worked!
I don’t think I’ve eaten weird things in a rush, but I have eaten chicken for breakfast before.
My husband has been begging me to make oatmeal cookies lately. Since he has celiac, I have to get special oats and I finally stocked up yesterday. So, we will celebrate oatmeal cookie day! Have a great day!
Well, they sure look delicious! Sorry they didn’t taste as well as you’d hoped, though I bet the chocolate in them helped.
Mmmmm…I think their flatness makes them look like delicious muffin tops! Yum!
When I was a nanny, I ate Clif bars every morning for breakfast on my way to take care of the bebe. I guess it’s not that weird, but now that I’m used to having full-on breakfast dishes, like oats, it seems weird to me that I was just eating this little bar for breakfast every day. Although they were delicious!
Have a great Friday!
I don’t what’s the weirdest thing I’ve eaten.. I’ve eaten pizza for breakfast, does that count? ahah But that’s not weird, just unhealthy :p Well, the pizza I ate was unhealthy at least. 😉
i don’t know if it was to save time, but i used to DEVOUR cold tamales for breakfast all the time! SO dang yummy 🙂
In honor of cookie Friday, your M&M breakfast cookies remind me of my all time favorite cookie: Mrs. Field’s M&M sugar cookie, which must be eaten in a mall. omg. Bad for you, but good for the soul!
They look so cute with the little m&m sunken in the top! I only really eat cereal for breakfast. I always try to make time for it too as it’s my favourite meal of the day! I think I might have to make some oatmeal cookies now in honour of this day!
Cold leftover Chinese!!
I’m sure they were still pretty good! I mean nothing can be bad with M&M’s in it! 🙂
I sometimes eat leftovers for breakfast… I don’t usually crave “breakfasty” foods (eggs, toast, pancakes, bacon, etc) except for oatmeal!
The cookies look mmmmmmm… Hope you perfect the recipe soon, cos they sound really good! 😀
Have a great day ahead! 🙂
Wei-Wei
Weirdest thing I’ve ever eaten for breakfast? Guacamole 🙂
I’ll be trying out those oatmeal raisin bars – the skinny kind 🙂
OATMEAL M&M COOKIES ARE MY FAVORITE! I HAVE to try that breakfast! That’s such a great idea. Happy Friday!!
Hmmm, I’d say nothing. And that’s weird for me because I need to eat breakfast or else I turn into a huge grouch.
(And how can M&M cookies be bad? There’s M&Ms in them!)
I’m not that weird for breakfast… maybe cottage cheese out of the container? It’s a not-so-good combo with coffee… just an fyi. 🙂
I love your little set up for the photo!
Weirdest ‘quick’ breakfast? Probably a few mouthfuls of pasta from the night before. 😀
Yum for cookie day! Love the three recipes you shared! Weirdest breakfast? Maybe crackers and cheese. Happy Friday !
Just a big scoop of peanut butter, if that’s all I can get my hands on!
My sister is known to eat dinner leftovers though… I caught her eating baked beans straight out of the fridge once…
Aww, those cookie pancake look yummy anyway. 🙂
I eat all sorts of food for breakfast, even lunch and dinner foods. So I guess cold pizza or egg rolls might strike some as weird. 😛
Jenn
Flimsy cookies still count 😀 they look so cute anyway!
Happy Friday Tina!
nothing really weird but I usually grab a protein bar during the week. I have been known in former years to grab anything edible in the car…cupcakes….candy…anything left on the counter.
well M&Ms still make anything better 😉
i’ll admit, ive definitely stuck a spoon into the pb and jelly jars and ran out the door. usually if im really in a hurry, i throw some cereal, banana slices, and milk in a cup and bolt. GIVEAWAY on my site today!!! check it out!!
I once ate leftover thanksgiving casserole cold! Very random:)
Mmmmm cookies!!!! I think I need to celebrate Cookie Friday. Oh yes, yes I do.
Oatmeal cookies…yum. I have to make those soon!
I always have time for proper breakfast 🙂 But quick ones…hm, maybe some cereal or a slice of bread with some spread on top of it, cheese and ham.
I don’t like when I have to rush my mornings :/
those cookies look pretty dang good to me 🙂 i’m glad you had cookies for breakfast- i might have to celebrate cookie friday today 😀
my favorite weird breakfast is salad for breakfast- i love it 🙂
have a happy friday, lovely friend
xoxo
I made carrot soup once and loved it so much I ate it for breakfast all week, both hot and cold.
Those cookies look Delicious!
I haven’t had an M&M cookie since those crappy ones grocery stores sell when I was a kid–these look delish.
YUM! I don’t know, i think those look pretty good too! I can’t wait to bake oatmeal cookies later, what a great excuse!
I have put pancake mix in a bowl and microwaved it. It kind of turns into a a big pancake cookie. Not too bad.
I ate my lunch for breakfast once because I was in a rush and didn’t have time to make anything…so I ate what I packed the night before! A smoked salmon wrap with POM juice. Not tooo weird but mustard at breakfast just seems off to me!
I love m&ms in cookies…so delicious! I used to eat cookies for breakfast in high school because they were freshly baked in our cafeteria every morning.
Happy Oatmeal Cookie Day! I love m&ms in cookies – my favorite!
I need to get an oatmeal cookie on my way home today. Thank you for the inspiration!
I ate dates with Almond Butter one morning before church because I was in a rush and could just throw them in my mouth really quick.
I would say yesterday was the weirdest breakfast. I added blueberry kefir and some banana bread crumbles together. Yikes it was horrible!
When I was little I hated breakfast foods, especially cereal! The only way my mom could get me to eat breakfast was to give me leftovers. There were many mornings of pasta, chicken, etc. My favorite was my mom’s noodle kugel. I will still opt for that if it’s around!
I think the cookies look special! I think ANY cookie for breakfast looks special—Ive eaten spaghetti for breakfast before. It was leftovers and I needed something quick and that was the first thing I saw!
I often snack on wheat thins and salsa first thing in the morning. Sometimes I wake up craving them. Not normal.
Oatmeal are my fave cookies, but I’ve had 3 or 4 already this week so I think I already celebrated haha.
Since I am Korean, from time to time i eat a traditional korean meal…which is VERY different from the Western world. I would have seaweed soup, spicy chicken stew, or brisket/oxtail soup…along with the staple foods rice, kimchi, and other side dishes called banchan (they are usually vegetables). I usually eat a Korean breakfast during the weekends, when I go back home to my parents from school. Other than that…I eat cereal, pb&j sandwich, eggs.
yesterday i ate leftover potato salad for breakfast. didn’t hold me over nearly as long as a bowl of oatmeal!!!
ok- I’m sure I’m alone in this- but for some reason I don’t like cookies! (Gasp) haha I know! I’m more of an oats or ice cream girl : )