I will never, ever, get back the hour I just spent in a "how to fill our your perfomance evaluation forms" meeting.

Goal For Next Eval Period: develop time-bending widget that will erase HR meetings.

Challenges I Anticipate In Achieving Goal: Laws of physics. Stoopid physics.

Frak. Long post got eaten.

Teppy, yes, please, on the recipes. Profile addy works if folks hereabouts don't want wheat-free oatish recipes. Also? Mmmmm, clotted creammmm.

We're doing a lot of rice, too. But somehow rice&cheese just doesn't ease the mac&cheese jones. I'm going to try the quinoa pasta tossed with a little coarse black pepper and sea salt, a dollop of cottage cheese and some minced garlic, though. I know it won't be the same as egg noodles, but damn, I miss that dish.

Bev, here's the oat scones recipe:

Oat Scones

1 cup milk
1 1/2 cups regular oatmeal
1/2 c. plain yogurt
1 egg
1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3 packets (1 TBS.) Splenda/sugar/fructose*
1 tsp. cinammon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice**
1 c. oat bran

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Heat milk til scalded.

Add oatmeal to the milk; stir; and let sit for a few minutes.

Spray an oven-proof large pie-pan (9-10") with non-stick spray.

Add yogurt to the oat mixture, along with egg and applesauce.

In another container, mix: baking soda; baking powder; salt; splenda/sugar/fructose; cinnamon; pumpkin pie spice; and oat bran.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and pour into the pie pan (the dough will start to bubble and rise) and quickly put into the preheated oven.

Bake approximately 30 minutes, or until browned.

After removing from oven, let sit a few minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack. Let sit 5 minutes, then cut into 8ths.

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*The choice of sweetening agent is up to you -- people on WW tend towards Splenda, so as to be sugar-free; WW Core plan allows people to use fructose; and if you don't care so much about the sugar-free-ness (after all, it's only 1 Tbs.), just use sugar.

**I imagine you could substitute nutmeg or some other spice, or just omit this entirely.

what's in PP spice anyway?

what's in PP spice anyway?

Nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, ginger. Depends on the brand. Some also add salt.

oh, excellent, I have all of those.

My boss just told me I need to call a customer back and he's send me an email with the information. He has neglected to send me that email. Am I a bad employee for not reminding him to send me that email? I hate calling people.

And also:

Fruit Muffins

Into a large mixing bowl put the following:

2 cups 9 Grain Cereal* (Bev -- I don't know if 9-grain cereal has wheat; if it does, I'm sure there are other similar grain-blend cereals that are wheat-free)
2 cups of oatmeal
16 oz unsweetened apple sauce
1 tin of evaporated skim milk OR 2 cups ff plain yogurt
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix all together and allow to soak for about 20 minutes

Meanwhile, mix together the following:
2 cups oatmeal that has been blended to a powder OR 2 c. oat bran
1 Tbsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup Splenda/sugar/fructose
2 tsp cinnamon (or any mixture of spices you enjoy)

Add the dry ingredients to the moist and stir just until all is moistened.

Add 1 cup of Blueberries (frozen are fine; and you could really use whatever type of fruit you prefer)

Spray muffin cups with non-stick spray and fill them to the very top(they do not rise).

Bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.

NOTE: When I make these, I cut the recipe in half, and it still makes 18 muffins (regular-size muffin tins, not jumbo).

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*Like a cracked whole-grain mixture. The one I use comes in a bag in the section of the grocery store that has oatmeal.

Nora, that's a lovely couch.

PP spice is (correct me if I'm wrong) cinnamon, clove, and either nutmeg or allspice. I think. Apple pie spice is cinnamon, and nutmeg, I think.