Ha! I totally read that as "Says Mississippi Twitterpated."

Well, Madam Twitterpated just looked wrong.

Madam Twitterpated is the dominatrix in love.

Instant oatmeal is just chock full of salty goodness--not so good if you're trying to lower BP along with your cholesterol. 400mg is a lot of salt. Canned soups also have astronomically high sodium content, and baby food used to have high sodium and sugar content. Now they have less, and have swapped cane sugar for HFCS, so, maybe not that much of an improvement.

sj, you're boiling water for tea anyway. Use the one-minute oats, add boiling water to a small pan, throw in oats and let sit while you make your tea. The oatmeal will be done by the time you're ready for it.

I made killer see-you-through-the-blizzard oatmeal for my kids when they were in school. Raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, unsalted butter and cream. Oh, baby.

Now I use a heavy sprinkle of cinnamon (my doc prescribes cinnamon supplements for me, too) and nutmeg and a dash of salt. I use the five-minute oats because I like the lumpy oat-y texture, so after they're done cooking I decant them into a bowl, add a pinch of white sugar and a splash of 2% milk, or vanilla silk. Yum.

One thing I have learned is that a *serving* of oatmeal is 1/2 cup, after cooking. Huh. Wouldja lookit that--I'd been serving about a cup and a half per person.

There is no portion size for lettuce. Dangit.

I made killer see-you-through-the-blizzard oatmeal for my kids when they were in school. Raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, unsalted butter and cream. Oh, baby.

Oh, Bev, that sounds scrumptious.

Oh, Bev, that sounds scrumptious.

Oh, it does.

And? I'll be right over!!

Did someone mention an Owen & Emeline 'ship?

Raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, unsalted butter and cream.

Subsititue the cream for milk and that's the porridge that Mom would make when we were little. Not that we needed seeing through any blizzards.

I should have had oatmeal for breakfast. I might not be hungry right now.

I need to find my motivation. We have to make a diaper run, pick up a craigslist purchase and go to Michael's to pick up a print that I was having framed.

Tom makes our steel cut oats with both water and milk, and adds whatever dried fruit is around (currently raisins and apricots). I sweeten with Splenda (Tom sweetens with maple syrup) and flavorize with cinnamon. I'll stick a bit of greek yogurt in, for tang, and sprinkle some unsalted slivered almonds, for extra protein and crunch. Yum!

We have oatmeal about 3-4 times a week.

I've always loved a little toasted coconut on my oatmeal.

smonster has been staying with me this week and tonight I might actually get to spend some time with her.

After you do get married, the same people will want to know when you're having babies. I'm always outraged when people ask me this question, whether they're related to me or strangers. So not their business, and yet I hear the question often.