Trying to be healthy isn’t fun. This morning I had the bright idea I’d fix a bowl of Quaker Oats for breakfast. I was patting myself on the back for my wise choice as it cooked in the pot. It’s now an hour later and my enthusiasm has died down a bit. I still have half a bowl of gray mush staring at me as I type this post. It’s cold and soggy. Ironically, it tastes no worse to me than it did 50 minutes ago. I’m suspecting my love of oatmeal raisin cookies is less about the oatmeal and more about the other ingredients.
Now what? I suppose I could doctor it up with tasty additions next time. Heck, it says right on the container oatmeal removes cholesterol from the body. If I add a gob of butter it shouldn’t matter, right? Trouble is, I’m not sure stopping at butter would be enough. My mind is dancing with thoughts of brown sugar and raisins too. For it to really be good, I could poor hot water over an oatmeal cookie and mush it up a bit. Now, that’s a breakfast I would be happy to finish. I think the only way I’m getting plain oats down is to implant a few equine taste buds on my tongue.
This obsession with sweet food is really hard to combat. The other day I thought my issue was limited to snacks. I’m realizing now even my breakfast needs to be a treat. The battle continues.
On the bright side, a commercial about plaque bugs this morning made me want to pull all of my teeth out and gum my way through the rest of my existence. Thanks Oral B. I’m glad your new tooth brush cuts plaque bugs by 80%. Knowledge of that lingering 20% is enough to compromise my sanity though. Blech!
Have you tried “McCann’s Irish Oatmeal?” It’s really good stuff. Cream of wheat is a little more palatable sometimes than plain old oatmeal. I also read that you should have at least 5g of fiber to make a b-fast cereal worth eating. Raisin Bran is one that does.
I love Oatmeal but it has to have “things” in it. I put walnuts, or almonds, currants or raisins and other dried fruit, ie blueberries and cherries.
You could use splenda’s brown sugar. I don’t put butter in it because frankly I love butter way to much to only put in half a teaspoon.
At one point I went through a Red River Cereal phase. Used to throw a bit of dried fruit mix in. Yummy.
I’ve never even heard of Red River. Hmmmm, time to Google.