Thursday...what's for dinner grandpa?

[Melissannde 41]

I remember you posting on a thread of mine about the overnight/crock pot oatmeal...could you please post how you do it...TNKS

Overnight oatmeal

Tools needed:

1 crockpot

1 bowl or mug (that will hold at least 16oz) that will fit inside of crockpot.

Ingredients:

Steelcut Oatmeal (must be steelcut, not rolled, not quick)

Water

cooking oil spray (optional)

Spray inside of bowl with cooking oil spray. This isn't strictly necessary, but makes cleanup easier later.

Measure 1/4 cup of steelcut oats into oiled bowl. Measure 1 cup Water into bowl.

Place bowl of water & oatmeal into crockpot. Place lid on crockpot and turn on low. Go to bed.

after 6 to 8 to 10 hours (it's very forgiving..lol) turn off crockpot and take off lid. Let bowl cool a little while you fix your coffee & take Vitamins.

When it's cool enough to handle, take it out of the crockpot and add desired flavorings (see additional optional ingredients below).

Enjoy!!

Other optional ingredients:

1/4 apple or 1/4 to 1/2 cup s/f applesauce

cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice to taste.

1 tbspn chopped walnuts

1 tbspn powdered milk or skim milk or fat free evaporated milk

dash salt

low/no calorie sweetner of your choice to taste.

P.S. recently heard that cinnamon helps to control blood sugar.. yeah for cinnamon in my oatmeal!!

P.P.S. I usually also have a turkey sausage link with this. Between the oatmeal & sausage, I'm usually good for at least 4 to 5 hours and often longer. However, I'm at a pretty good fill level for me. Your experience may be different.

[elcee 3,341]

I love cinnamon I always add it to my oats, greek yogurt and muesli.

[ElfiePoo 109]

Yes, cinnamon does help blood sugar. I put 1/4 tsp of cinnamon in a cup of tea mid-morning and have noticed that it will lower my blood sugar by as much as 20 (points?). The studies they've done show that even people without blood sugar issues will be affected this way by cinnamon.

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[missgypsy 1]

breakfast- Protein shake

snack- 2 slices of turkey breast then got stuck. wow oh wow that hurt!!!

lunch- crab salad, 5 crackers, yogurt with kashi granola sprinkled on top

snack- protein shake

dinner- 2 egg ham and ceese omelet. ate about 3/4 of it then finished the rest of my kashi to get the full 9 grams of protein in

[kellyodoran 12]

breakfast- Protein shake

snack- 2 slices of turkey breast then got stuck. wow oh wow that hurt!!!

lunch- crab salad, 5 crackers, yogurt with kashi granola sprinkled on top

snack- protein shake

dinner- 2 egg ham and ceese omelet. ate about 3/4 of it then finished the rest of my kashi to get the full 9 grams of protein in

Love your Henry Ford quote!