It’s September, and you know what that means.
Tag: oatmeal
Orange Dreamsicle Smoothie Bowl
The first bowl of overnight oatmeal I ever made was The Oatmeal Artist’s orange dreamsicle overnight oats. I fell in love instantly. It was like my mouth had found an old friend.
S’mores Oatmeal
Looks like today will be full of apologies.
1. I am sorry that I have posted so little this month. Although I spend all of my spare time writing, I doubt that y’all want to read a month’s worth of 5th-grade lesson plans.
2. I am sorry that it is the end of National Oatmeal Month, and I am just now sharing an oatmeal recipe. I actually planned this recipe before Christmas, but I didn’t make it until Saturday.
3. I am sorry that there are so few pictures (and that the pictures are so bad). I made this recipe at home, but my camera was at school. In my rush to eat the oatmeal, I didn’t realize that the white balance on my phone-camera was really off. These are the only two photos that were somewhat salvageable.
Now that all of those issues are out of the way, let’s eat some oatmeal!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup oatmeal
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup marshmallows
- 1 graham cracker sheet
- 1 fun size Hershey bar
Directions
- Combine oatmeal and water in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high 45 seconds.
- Stir in 1/2 of the marshmallows. Microwave an additional 30 seconds.
- Top with remaining marshmallows, crushed graham cracker, and chocolate bar.
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Oatmeal
If you do not know what someone wants for Christmas, get them food.
This seems to be the general consensus of most Americans, and I believe that it usually works well. As a teacher, my mom received piles of cookies, cakes, and treats from her students, and my family never complained about this multitude of desserts.
One of our favorites, chocolate covered pretzels, is the inspiration for today’s recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 1 tsp. cocoa powder
- sweetener to taste
- handful of pretzels
Directions
- In a small saucepan, bring water and vanilla to a boil.
- Stir in oatmeal and banana. Return to a boil and stir in cocoa powder and sweetener.
- Reduce heat to medium. Cook until you are pleased with the consistency (probably around five minutes).
- Transfer to a bowl. Stir in pretzels.
- Eat immediately (no one wants soggy pretzels!).
- Enjoy!
Rice Krispie Treat Oatmeal
Last Wednesday, I promised to share my recipe for Rice Krispie Treat Oatmeal.
I wish I had a great story about Rice Krispie Treats, but I don’t. Actually, I don’t like store-bought Rice Krispie Treats because they are too thick and dry.
But I do like oatmeal, and I like Rice Krispie cereal, and I like marshmallows, so I figured that I could put them all together.
It was a good decision.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 1/4 cup Rice Krispie cereal
- 1/3 cup marshmallows, divided
Directions
- Combine oatmeal and water in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 90 seconds.
- Stir in mashed banana and half of the marshmallows. Microwave an additional 30 seconds.
- Stir in Rice Krispie cereal and remaining marshmallows.
- Eat and enjoy!
Apple Cinnamon Bites
Saturday evening after supper, I was successfully avoiding real schoolwork.
To begin, I downloaded a bunch of “educational” apps so that I could “review” them for my Educational Technology class (actually I just enjoy playing children’s games). In between trying to create mathematical sentences and type parts of speech, I decided to scroll through my drafts folder.
Lo and behold, I have multiple recipes waiting to be shared. I hope you enjoy National Apple Month with these apple cinnamon bites.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup oatmeal
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1/4 apple, diced
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- extra sugar, for topping
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahernheit.
- Combine milk and lemon juice. Let sit while completing the next two steps.
- In a separate bowl, mix together first seven ingredients (flour, oatmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon)
- Stir in applesauce and diced apple.
- Add vanilla to milk and lemon juice mixture.
- Gradually add wet mixture to dry mixture until completely combined into a sticky dough.
- Coat brownie pan and insert with nonstick spray. Evenly spread dough into the pan. Press the insert into the pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven.
- Set oven to broil. Sprinkle sugar over pan and broil for two minutes.
- Let cool completely before removing from pan.
- Eat and enjoy with a glass of milk!
Adapted from “(Relatively) Healthy Oatmeal Scones” by slicedpeaches.
Cookie Critique: Sheetz
Sometimes you need a cookie the size of your face.
On Monday afternoon, I ate 2 cookies the size of my face.
I blame my love of a bargain. Oatmeal Craisin Cookies at Sheetz were $2 for two cookies or $1.65 for one cookie, so it only made sense to get two.
And once you eat one, the other would be lonely without a friend, so I had to eat them both.
Really, it was very humanitarian of me to eat two cookies.
Appearance: 4 – behold the massive, golden, round cookie!
Texture: 1.5 – it was moist, but I am not sure that the center was completely cooked. It was more the texture of a really thin cupcake.
Taste: 1 – WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY too sweet…but I still managed to eat two of them, so take my opinion with a grain of salt 🙂
Total: 6.5
See my other reviews:
- Subway
- Panera Bread
- McDonalds
- Moe’s Southwest Grill
- Jason’s Deli
- Blue Baker
- Which Wich
- Firehouse Subs
- Starbucks
- Jersey Mike’s
