Monday, January 27, 2014

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe

We saw some family this weekend. Lucky for me, my family members are my biggest fans & they notice when things aren’t up to par - & usually tell me (thanks for calling me out Melissa Donnelly - I needed to hear it).  Lately, I haven’t been blogging a whole lot & that is going to change. Truth is I was sidetracked but other projects that I thought I wanted to try my hand at - & while they taught me new life lessons what I really learned is that this is where I want & need to be right now at this point in my life - here blogging about what I love on a daily basis.  So without further adieu, I’m posting more recipes & other things that lift me up more regularly. Will there be days where I don’t - probably - I’m human after all - but I will do my very best to bring you more of my original posts here. Thanks for sticking with me.

Today, I’m talking about breakfast - a meal that I can usually do without, but I’m trying to be better about eating it as it has been deemed the most important meal of the day.  The one person that I know who eats breakfast on a regular basis (for the past 87+ years!!!) is my Grandpa Paul.  He eats oatmeal everyday for breakfast, except for Sundays when he eats bacon & eggs.

Granted my oatmeal isn’t Grandpa’s - because I like more toppings (he just eats his plain). In the past I’ve eaten oatmeal - mostly instant. You know the package that you tear open & it has oatmeal & other dried counterparts in it - usually semi-identifiable.  Well guess, what Grandpa doesn’t eat that powdery stuff in the package - so I’m going back to basics & making mine from  scratch - well kind of - I’m using the microwave. Instead of taking 2 minutes in the morning to make your instant oatmeal this heartier & healthier way will take you about 5. I think the 3 extra minutes in the morning are worthy of knowing what exactly you’re putting in your body. Plus, it tastes better.

Ingredients (for 1 serving)

  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch grated nutmeg
  • 1-2 tablespoons REAL maple syrup (not the kind in the womanly shaped bottle!)
Make it!
  1. Add rolled oats, water & pinch of salt to a microwave safe bowl (or just be careful taking the bowl in & out of the microwave).  Microwave for 2-3 minutes on high.
  2. Most, if not all the water should be absorbed & the oats will look soft & about twice the size of the dried oats.
  3. Add the milk - cold - & stir it in. I feel this helps cool it down so you don’t burn your mouth eating it & makes it a little more creamy too.
  4. Add in raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg (I grate mine using a microplane but you can used the pre-grated stuff too). Drizzle the maple syrup on top & stir well. Add more of any of the toppings to your liking.
Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe

Quick Homemade Breakfast Oatmeal recipe


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