Have I mentioned I love oatmeal. Yeah I thought so. I am working to change my eating habits in a sustainable way. I believe when it comes to food we have 2 needs, the need for nutrition and the need to gain pleasure from the food we eat. Many will argue that the pleasure is not important, but the fact is if we are not satisfied with the food we are eating we will eat food we should not. Diets do not work, if they did the diet industry would not have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to convince us that their diet is different. If a diet worked those of us that need to lose weight would flock to it. The results would speak for themselves. Diet foods?? Sorry, again those are produced for the most part produced by companies playing on our need to lose weight, filled with a lot of processed food that just gives us false hope.
I did a blog on oatmeal showing why it is a good answer to food confusion. Getting back to the food that we are meant to eat in as natural a form as possible will show us results. Making sure this food needs not only our nutritional needs but our need for flavor will give us a complete, sustainable food lifestyle that no diet or processed diet food ever can.
Here is one of many oatmeals that I enjoy in the morning. Yes it is a carbohydrate, yes I put sugar in it and yes I use whole milk. None of this is bad in proper proportion. Carbohydrates are the fuel we need to give us energy, morning is the time for this, I would not recommend this meal for a bed time snack. Having a good breakfast kickstarts our metabolism and the oatmeal provides a nice slow burn that will carry us to lunch. Oatmeal is a blank canvas, play with it, add flavours you like and enjoy. This recipe makes about 3 servings for me.
Ingredients:
1 cup apple cider
1 cup water
1.5 tsp cinnamon
1.5 tsp vanilia
1/3 cut chopped pecans
1/4 cup dried currents
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp maple sugar
2 cups oatmeal
1 apple diced.
To start the oatmeal make a flavorful broth with all of the items but the oatmeal and diced apples. Heat it until is start to steam and then add in the oatmeal. Bring to a boil and stir until it reaches the consistency that you want. This is a matter of choice but it takes about 5 minutes to get to where I want it to be.
Add in the diced apples and serve. I like to add a little milk or yogurt to mine. This breakfast gets me through my morning. I hope you enjoy.
Thanks to my local suppliers:
Tim's Kitchen Table 