This oatmeal was lovely and light. It was comprised of what has become the base recipe, (1 cup oats + 1 cup milk + 1 cup water, add banana and flaxseed meal/wheat germ when it begins to simmer. Add vanilla, and sugar, if desired. Serve) topped with a dollop of both peanut butter and my favorite, strawberry preserves. It was a refreshing breakfast after the fiasco that was the apple fritter oatmeal pancakes. We made these the day before, and were sorely disappointed. You had to almost burn the outsides of the pancakes to get the insides almost cooked, and the flavor was very bland. I wouldn't recommend them. Have a free day, and make up your own oatmeal concoction instead.
Read moreBaked French Toast
While I am editing the backlog of oatmeal photos, I thought I would leave you this lovely recipe for baked french toast. My cousins, Tony and Alex, (great guys who will forever be kids in my book, even though Tony is 16 and Alex is 12(I think)) gave me this recipe for my wedding shower. I should explain.
My mom was wonderful enough to petition all the people we know, (and some we don't), for recipes to give me for my wedding in a recipe box, to get me started cooking for two. Tony and Alex submitted this recipe for that.
Read moreOatmeal, Six Ways.
This was better than I thought it would be, considering there is cottage cheese in it. The cottage cheese mostly melted though, and left the oatmeal with an extra creamy texture that was nice, if still a bit different.
Read moreRed Velvet Cake.
Unfortunately, as I sat down to blog about oatmeal tonight, I realized I was on a time limit. Consequently, I will type up the oatmeal post tonight when I get home from a previous engagement, and you all will see it in the morning. Sorry about that! In the meantime, have some cake!
Read moreOatmeal, Five Ways.
My apologies to my readers for again delaying on posting. Yesterday was my day for catching up a bit, as I forgot to buy pumpkin for yesterday's oatmeal, and so we had pancakes instead. We'll resume the oatmeal challenge today, but in the meantime....
Read morePeaches and Cream Oatmeal and Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal.
The Peaches and Cream Oatmeal was pretty good, though I wish I'd broken up the peaches a bit more before cooking...the flavor may have permeated a bit better. Other then that, it was wonderful to have a recipe WITHOUT any banana in it, for once. A good breakfast.
Read moreApple Crumble Oatmeal, German Chocolate Oatmeal, & Strawberry Dumpling Oatmeal.
Up next, Apple Crumble Oatmeal, German Chocolate Oatmeal, and Strawberry Dumpling Oatmeal. All three were delicious, but I'd have to say my favorite so far, of any that we've had, is the Apple Crumble Oatmeal. It was more like eating dessert, with no extra sugar actually added other than the natural sugar in the apple. It was a healthy indulgence that I'm tempted to sub in for some other day later this month if the planned one doesn't sound as good. We'll see...
Read morePseudo-Bento Lunch.
This was a quickly thrown together lunch for Hubby and me between a large breakfast and an early dinner. We split the plate, though he didn't like the veggies I chose, so I got them all to myself. I wasn't going to put celery on, but I decided there wasn't enough color on the plate, and so added it with the happy face to finish. The salsa is called Texas-Style Salsa, from Harry and David's.
Pumpkin Oatmeal with Sunflower Seed Butter, and Chocolate Covered Strawberry Oatmeal.
While this first image does not appear to be the most appetizing thing, let me assure you that it's lack of color has nothing to do with a lack of taste. The Pumpkin Oatmeal with Sunflower Seed Butter was delicious. I replaced the stevia originally called for with sugar, but otherwise stuck pretty close to the recipe. Also, the sunflower seed butter may not look like what you'd normally see in stores, because I made it.
Read moreBanana Flax Oatmeal with Pecans.
Mmm. Oatmeal.
Ok, this isn't something I'd usually say. I do like oatmeal, but only on the occasional, 'can't think of anything else to have for breakfast' day. Besides this, I'm not accustomed to having a regular breakfast time, and often breakfast becomes brunch, or is simply missed. As I said previously, one of my resolutions this year is to actually eat breakfast on a daily basis. To cement this as a habit in my life, I've begun the 30 Day Oatmeal Challenge, found on the Live Well 360° Blog.
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