Oatmeal

[redbird]

I made oatmeal for lunch today, for myself and cattitude. Since I'm avoiding dairy a little longer, and didn't like soy milk in my hot chocolate, I just did without.

Oatmeal with plenty of maple syrup, cinnamon, and dried fruit (cherries and blueberries) is a fine thing. I think it stayed slightly chewier than with milk or cream. I like it a little better with the dairy, but not on a level of feeling deprived, more the way that I prefer peach pie to apple, though both are good.

Comments

[redbird]

These are steel-cut oats, and not the weirdly processed quick-cooking kind (I bought a box of those, once, tried it, and threw away the rest of the box), sothat sort of thing might work. But cooking in plain water works fine.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this was just for a nice hot apple-y dish that didn't include dairy, if that kind of thing sounded appealing.

I use the rolled oats all the time for cookies.