All of Payton's childhood trauma might be centered on oatmeal... adding to the trauma, and much to her dismay, "sugar cereal" was only purchased for Christmas stockings and birthdays.
I tried to get inventive (and sneaky) with cooked oatmeal!
- breakfast smoothies
- granola
- steel-cut oats (different texture)
And always reminded Payton that no matter how sick and tired she was of it - she still had it better than ME who grew up with FOOD STORAGE oatmeal (and no added sweetner), which is historically the saddest oatmeal of them all.
NEVER have sad oatmeal! (Truly, it is your choice if you do...)
Add some fun and creative toppings, including:
Nutella
maple suryup
fresh fruit
coconut
toasted coconut
chia seed
nuts
toasted nuts
Crasins
rasins
cinnamon
pumpkin pie spice
vanilla
protein powder
dark brown sugar
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Steel Cut Oats // OR // Old Fashioned Oats
Great for a meal-prep idea as:
breakfast-on-the-go
breakfast smoothie
Gather up:
steel cut oats or old fashioned oats
medium sauce pan
filtered water
pink salt
your favorite wooden spoon
4 cups filtered water
2 cups of your oat choice, evenly measured
1 teaspoon pink salt
Bring everything to a simmer and turn your heat down to low.
Stir constantly (do not start doing laundry or something else...)
for the simmer time.
Steel Cut Oats simmer for 15-20 minutes and you may need to add an extra 1/2-1 cup water.
Old Fashioned Oats simmer for 5-8 minutes.
Turn off the heat.
Serve up and eat immediately, or if it was for a meal prep wait for it to cool and then separate out into portions for fridge storage.
Reminder: Suggested fun toppings near top of blog post.
Note: If this is too much of an amount, use 1/2 portions and a small saucepan.
Enjoy! And maybe make some for Payton. :0)
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