This Mama has caught a sore throat and stuffy nose. So the post I had started will have to go on hold until I’m feeling a bit more like writing than resting. Just to keep myself in the habit of writing each day, here’s a quick, simple and yet healthy dinner we whipped up tonight. I wasn’t much for making a complex dinner this time around–I really just came up with it off the top of my head and we had a great time time with it.
I whipped up a batch of oatmeal, dug into the refrigerator, freezer and cupboard to come up some fun toppings for each person to choose. You have to realize that in the this house we are very plain and boring when it comes to oatmeal. We have cinnamon and sugar on it when we’re feeling crazy. So what came over us tonight–I don’t know. Here are the toppings we chose from:
Honey
Bananas
Frozen Blueberries
Frozen Cherries
Bits of Dark Chocolate
Cinnamon
Butter
Raw Sugar
Brown Sugar
Apples
Peanut Butter
Milk
Pomegranate Seeds
My only requirement was that they had to have at least one fruit in their bowl. They placed their order and I mixed up the request of each person (so that there was not an overload of chocolate). We got some pretty cool combinations and I was proud of my kids for breaking out of their mold and trying something new tonight.
A lot of them chose honey, dark chocolate and bananas. That was the clear favorite, but some chose apples, cinnamon, and honey. I personally needed an antioxidant powerhouse so I chose to put frozen blueberries and cherries, pomegranate seeds and local honey.
sounds good to me….that’s how I make our oatmeal. We like to mix it up.
Anne