Cooking is not my favorite pastime. Every now and then I like to experiment and some of my favorite concoctions have come from playing around with food. When I’m hungry I don’t want to spend time trying to create some masterpiece dinner. I want to throw it together and enjoy.
Breakfast can be pretty quick with so many cereal options. It doesn’t have to be boring either. One of the best ways to spruce it up in a healthy way is to strip it down and start over. Like oatmeal. Go with the plain, rolled oats and build in flavor and nutrition with fruit. A lot of the prepackaged, grab and go foods are loaded with preservatives and fluff ingredients that your body can’t benefit from.
When you are adding ingredients to a dish, stop and consider why you are adding it in. Are you doing it for flavor, texture, a particular nutrient? If you can’t justify how it benefits your body then don’t use it. Try to find a better substitute.
Over the years I have found a good deal of sugar substitutes, meat alternatives, and many other ways to change up recipes. I’m no chef by any means but I’ll list a few ideas that maybe you can try. Perhaps it will spark a delicious culinary creation that you can share. Eat up. –pm
Cinnamon – raisin roll
Flour or whole wheat tortilia
Spread apple butter, dash cinnamon, add raisins
Roll up and eat warm or chilled
Oatmeal #1
Old fashion rolled oats
Use water-more for runny, less for thicker
Heat in microwave
Add chopped dates
Oatmeal #2
Old fashion rolled oats
Use water-more for runny, less for thicker
Heat in microwave
Flavor with Splenda Coffee flavor packet, or sugar-free syrups
Add raisins or dates – both
Flakey Oatmeal
Corn flake cereal
Sprinkle Old fashion rolled oats
Splash in cold water-enough to make the oats pasty and stick to the flakes like a granola
Add plain splenda
Add raisins