Several mornings a
week, Old Mother Frugal has oatmeal for breakfast.
It’s not the oatmeal
that one would grab from a brand name box and pull out a pre-made envelope of
oatmeal goodness. It’s the “from scratch”
kind of oatmeal cereal.
Buying in bulk from the wood barrel is more economical
than the cardboard round canister boxes or the boxes containing 10 envelopes. Bulk
oatmeal goes on sale for .50/lb and the landfill is spared the waste.
On those several
mornings, the same activity is repeated as days before, beginning with
"where is the 1/2 cup measuring cup". Invariably, it's never the
first one to be spotted in the drawer. Several
measuring cups are flipped over in the drawer until there are no more cups to
flip.
Next, grab the oatmeal
and measure ½ cup for the pot.
Now, hunt for the
cinnamon on the spice rack. Round and round the spice rack goes.
Much like the
measuring cup, it’s never the first spice to be spotted on the carousel of
flavor. There is pumpkin spice…apple spice…all
spice…nutmeg….finally, cinnamon. Some mornings, those other spices are quite desirable. This particular morning, it was all about the
cinnamon.
Walk over to the pantry for walnuts or pecans or slivered almonds. Decisions, decisions. Next, brown sugar. Lastly, decide on some type of dry or fresh fruit
or no fruit at all to add to the oatmeal
At this point, the
pedometer registers 10,000 steps from walking in circles and battle fatigue has
set in from too many decisions executed for a bowl of breakfast.
Time to stop
reinventing the wheel. Time to implement
a “make-your-own” oatmeal packet for breakfast and stop this insanity! Today is that day. Armed with five small containers and a small
pot, it’s time for MYO Cranberry Cinnamon-Pecan
oatmeal cereal.
Into the pot…
-
1 cup water*
-
½ cup oatmeal
-
Sprinkle cinnamon
-
Chopped pecans
-
Dried cranberries
-
Pinch brown sugar
-
Optional 1tsp vanilla*
Fill the pot and the
five containers with the dry ingredients. When ready to cook, add the remaining two
liquid* ingredients and enjoy an insanely relaxing bowl of breakfast cereal.
Sound
the Bugle! Any container can be
used for a MYO project such as this….Ziploc bags, jars or plastic
containers. Use whatever you have in
your kitchen. This will save you time and save you money from purchasing
pre-made cardboard boxes containing 10 envelopes of oatmeal cereal.
Cranberry Cinnamon-Pecan Oatmeal
