Oatmeal and Applesauce
I eat a lot of oatmeal. Real oatmeal, not instant. It's easy to make:
1/2 cup oatmeal (regular, not quick oats or instant)
1 cup water
pinch of salt
a spoonful of brown sugar (I use Splenda's brown sugar substitute and don't notice a difference)
a splash of milk
Put first three ingredients into a bowl twice as large as a cereal bowl. Microwave on HIGH for two minutes. (The mixture will boil and puff up temporarily, which is why you need a bigger bowl.) Remove from microwave. Bowl will be hot! Stir in last two ingredients. You can also add cinnamon, nutmeg, dried fruit, or fresh fruit. Serve.
Today, I noticed the home made cinnamon applesauce in the fridge. It came out smooth, with almost a creamy texture, and it's wonderful. I added a couple spoonfuls to my oatmeal. Fantastic!
I'm flying in the face of the food industry with this recipe. The food industry has successfully worked to convince Americans that food preparation is onerous, difficult, and overly time-consuming. To this problem, they have the solution--instant foods! Heat and serve! Easy, easy, easy! Fast, fast, fast! You can't cook. We'll cook for you!
Instant oatmeal is a prime example. At my grocery store, entire shelves are dedicated to various flavors of instant oatmeal, while the canisters of regular oatmeal are banished to the bottom shelf that few people check. Oatmeal is too hard! Buy instant! Just add hot water, stir, and eat! Give you kids a hot breakfast in plenty of time!
Never mind that all the fiber has been milled out of instant oatmeal, and it's loaded with sugar as well.
Also, in the "old" days, one of the virtues of oatmeal was how easy and fast it was to make. You just add one part oatmeal to two parts lightly-salted, boiling water, let it cook for a minute or two, and you had a meal. You could add any flavoring you liked--sugar, fruit, even bacon. In Europe, they eat it with salt and butter--toast you eat with a spoon. It was the go-to food when you needed a meal quickly, or you burned dinner, or had unexpected company.
Even compared to instant, regular oatmeal is easy and fast to make in a microwave. Hell, the amount of time it takes to heat up the water for instant is about the same as it takes to make the above recipe. And regular oatmeal is high in fiber and low in fat. It's even gluten-free, if you need it.
Making oatmeal is easy. Avoiding the food industry is hard.
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1/2 cup oatmeal (regular, not quick oats or instant)
1 cup water
pinch of salt
a spoonful of brown sugar (I use Splenda's brown sugar substitute and don't notice a difference)
a splash of milk
Put first three ingredients into a bowl twice as large as a cereal bowl. Microwave on HIGH for two minutes. (The mixture will boil and puff up temporarily, which is why you need a bigger bowl.) Remove from microwave. Bowl will be hot! Stir in last two ingredients. You can also add cinnamon, nutmeg, dried fruit, or fresh fruit. Serve.
Today, I noticed the home made cinnamon applesauce in the fridge. It came out smooth, with almost a creamy texture, and it's wonderful. I added a couple spoonfuls to my oatmeal. Fantastic!
I'm flying in the face of the food industry with this recipe. The food industry has successfully worked to convince Americans that food preparation is onerous, difficult, and overly time-consuming. To this problem, they have the solution--instant foods! Heat and serve! Easy, easy, easy! Fast, fast, fast! You can't cook. We'll cook for you!
Instant oatmeal is a prime example. At my grocery store, entire shelves are dedicated to various flavors of instant oatmeal, while the canisters of regular oatmeal are banished to the bottom shelf that few people check. Oatmeal is too hard! Buy instant! Just add hot water, stir, and eat! Give you kids a hot breakfast in plenty of time!
Never mind that all the fiber has been milled out of instant oatmeal, and it's loaded with sugar as well.
Also, in the "old" days, one of the virtues of oatmeal was how easy and fast it was to make. You just add one part oatmeal to two parts lightly-salted, boiling water, let it cook for a minute or two, and you had a meal. You could add any flavoring you liked--sugar, fruit, even bacon. In Europe, they eat it with salt and butter--toast you eat with a spoon. It was the go-to food when you needed a meal quickly, or you burned dinner, or had unexpected company.
Even compared to instant, regular oatmeal is easy and fast to make in a microwave. Hell, the amount of time it takes to heat up the water for instant is about the same as it takes to make the above recipe. And regular oatmeal is high in fiber and low in fat. It's even gluten-free, if you need it.
Making oatmeal is easy. Avoiding the food industry is hard.
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