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Originally Posted by Elsi
I don't like oatmeal as in a bowl of mushy, slippery, stuff at breakfast. I use oats in various dishes including just the classic oatmeal cookies. I do like cooked cracked wheat cereal and good old Southern grits, but I don't add milk or sweeteners to either of them. Rather, I eat them more like other people will eat potatoes for breakfast or sometimes with cheese stirred in. I found a recipe for upma made with oatmeal and thought I might try that for breakfast some time. |
hm, that upma recipe looks delicious, i will have to try it sometime...
i use oatmeal similarly to any other grain like rice or barley, although it does have a more mushy texture when cooked alone. i like to make it with spinach when i'm feeling lazy or not in form : put the oatmeal in a bowl with water, add some frozen spinach (i like the chopped spinach prepared with crème fraîche for this), some garlic and ginger (fresh, not powder), and put the whole thing in the microwave for 3 minutes or so. very good in winter and when you are not feeling up to "real" cooking.
i love oatmeal cookies, do you have a good recipe for them ? i would have to make them myself because they are still pretty unknown in france.
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If you're a vegetarian, then you're definitely getting 5 a day -- the "5" is meant to indicate 5 cups of vegetables or fruit, not 5 different plants. But, variety is good and if you strive for colors, then you'll get the variety:
Salad
.. leafy lettuces (green)
.. tomatoes (red)
.. carrots (orange)
.. mushrooms (brown)
.. onions (purple)
.. cucumber (white)
Then add a small dish of mixed berries (blue, red, purple) and you've got a very colorful meal.
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ha okay, i was misunderstanding, i thought it was 5 different ingredients per day. good to know. actually i love salads with a lot of ingredients but i hate to prepare them myself, it's so much work !! so usually i make salads with only 2 or 3 ingredients. but i'm sure i get plenty of vegetables nonetheless. although individual meals might not be too varied (last night i made a soupe from potimarron and zucchini, plus some onions, garlic and ginger. only 2 main ingredients), but i don't eat the same thing every day (although, that pot of soupe is going to be at least 3 or 4 meals... i had some for lunch and there is still about half left...) and i do like to eat a variety of different foods.