I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE, DAMMIT.

Don't we all?

And I'm also thinking that cranberry oatmeal isn't enough flavouring. Most of the recipes also had nuts, but I don't want nuts. Need to work out what the magical third ingredient should be.

Hmmm, will seeds be too close to nuts? Because cranberry and oatmeal isn't enough but I feel like you need to add something with a bit of substance and that's fruit, a substantial grain, seeds or nuts in my head. And you've got fruit, grain and don't want nuts. So seeds?

I'll be able to retire with no house payment and (hopefully) no car payment.

That is awesome, Zen!

Live at Daryl's House

Quite enjoyable, thanks! I know I had seen it at some point in time, but I had forgotten it existed.

Need to work out what the magical third ingredient should be.

Caramel chips! Well, that would be yummy to me anyway.

What kind of seeds would you recommend? I did dump some wheatgerm into this, to balance changing sugar to agave syrup, but not enough to alter flavour or certainly texture.

I guess I was hoping it would be oatier. The third recipe on my list has orange rind: [link]

NURSE!!!!

Another manipulation I need to be doing--making me her only patient today.

I really like orange and cranberry flavours together, I think the orange rind will be yummy.

What kind of seeds would you recommend?

Sunflower would be the easy choice just to try. Or sesame. Pumpkin are good. Hemp are totally California.

But if you are hoping for oatier, more oats? Different kind of oats?

If you find one with a bunch of flax but still nom-able, let me know. I don't want to make my own fruit leather but I do like easy fiber that doesn't startle my body.

Yay, nurse!

I think orange rind would definitely work. Nuts add that extra fatty texture, too, so maybe something that played off that? I dunno. Something crazy like ricotta?

Now I'm hungry. And I don't have any muffins.

So earlier today I was in a stall in the toilets of the National Museum of Ireland - Archeology. And someone has graffitied on the door "Destiel is Canon." First I laughed out loud. Then I took a picture. I hope noone else was in the bathroom.

Zen,

that's wonderful! Financial progress is great!

There really was no way that I was getting out of Target today without buying Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.

I've been putting hemp hearts in my granola and am loving it. Super satisfying and nice, nutty flavor.

I tried chia seeds this morning but realized I could never have it on a morning when I needed to be somewhere. MUCH toothpicking.

I'd endorse pumpkin seeds too. Yum.

Fun Laura! I'm glad to remind you of something enjoyable.