Better Oatmeal

I have been slacking in the kitchen soooo bad!!! Thought I would give a few tips for adding some punches of flavor and texture to your morning oatmeal.

First off I love the large flake oatmeal not instant or minute. Why? Texture and health reasons. You can go for steel-cut oatmeal too but it takes sooooo long to cook and I am damn hungry 😉 The hardier the grain the healthier it is.  The more natural foods are, the longer it will take for your body to break it down; this is also known as low glycemic index foods. Great for diabetics!! The longer it takes to digest the longer we feel full and satisfied and won’t snack in-between meals. Also if our guts have to work so much to break down all this hardy goodness then our metabolism increases and burns more calories!! Yay! Ok I know boring science food nutrition garbage! Lets get on to the good stuff!!

Here I have 1 serving of milk I heated up with a bit of orange zest till it started to boil then plop in your serving of oatmeal and let it simmer till it is cooked.

Off heat I added a few drops of vanilla, few sprinkles of cinnamon and mixed that up.

Put that in a bowl, now comes the not so healthy part but hey you counteracted that with the whole grains right??? Drizzle a bit of maple syrup on it and because I am french a dollop of butter!! Ahhhhh.

Ok what am I missing?? Lets get a bit of crunch going on in this bowl…. slivered almond, pecan bits, walnuts or this:

Take a spoon and dig in!!

And I took some pics of some latte art me and my hubby enjoyed the day before 🙂

Huevos Rancheros

What to do with all the Pico de Gallo? Get your tortillas and eggs and have a healthy breakfast 🙂

Its that simple! Bon Appetite

10 Grain Muffins

• Servings: makes 12
• Time: 1hr
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients:

• 1 cup of 10 grain cereal mixture (Bob’s Red Mill)
• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 1 cup of buttermilk
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 egg

Directions:

Mix the 10 grain cereal with the buttermilk and let the mash sit for 1/2 hour before preheating your oven to 400 degrees F.

Cream the sugar, butter and eggs together. Mix dry ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients, and the milk mixture to the sugar mixture. Do not over mix. Spoon into muffin wrappers or greased muffin pan. Bake for 15 min or till golden. Enjoy!