Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Oatmeal...Anyone?

"You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that." -Eloise, in Kay Thompson's Eloise

One of the best things about having Paigey around in the summer is having someone to make Breakfast for! She's leaving on Thursday for BYU and soon I'll have no one to make OATMEAL for in the mornings!

Women are hard-wired for nurturing and what better way to nurture and nourish than by fixing your daughter a warm bowl of oatmeal with fruit? I like a routine and happily for me, so does Paige. She's pretty content to eat oatmeal most mornings with some variations.

Most people who grew up in cold climates were brainwashed about the Power of Oatmeal! Mothers promised us: "Oatmeal will stick to your ribs! Oatmeal will sustain! Oatmeal is the proper fuel for inclement weather!" It appears that oatmeal is a WONDER GRAIN! In fact, some research shows that oatmeal can make dieting even easier because it keeps you feeling full longer!

Sadly, lots of people have no appreciation for oatmeal in their breakfast bowl! According to Kimberley Parsons, a pretty Texas lady: "We don't eat the stuff, we put it on our faces!" Well, those Texans can sport their face masks but the NorCal fit crowd knows that A Bowl of Oatmeal a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!