Archive for January 20th, 2009
College food: Instant oatmeal
- Apple cinnamon oatmeal with maple syrup
No one in my family eats oatmeal. Not even my mother who - much to the annoyance of my younger brother - regularly eats vegetarian pitas. In fact, I am fairly certain that until very recently I have never eaten oatmeal either. As it turns out it looks pretty gross.
Well, late last quarter I decided that I was going to try and hopefully enjoy oatmeal, come hell or profound disgust. Until just today each bowl of oatmeal was a battle. I have added vanilla, bananas, apples and any number of spices. I have used different amounts of milk or water as well. In the end I would find myself sitting in front of a bowl of what appeared to be very soggy cereal. Today after going to workout with my friend Jake I decided to give my lonely box of oatmeal one more try.
I do believe that I have finally come up with a way to make oatmeal that I can enjoy. In fact, the bowl in front of me is currently empty. Were I not pressed for time, I would consider making myself another. Maybe adding banana. Instead of actually listening to the directions on the box I decided to take the manly approach. I added a shot of maple syrup and cinnamon with just a little bit of vanilla extract to the oatmeal. Instead if measuring out 2/3 c milk like the box claims I added just enough to be seen around the sides of the oatmeal and left the bowl in the microwave for 1:30. What I got, as you can see above, was more of a ball of sticky goop than a cereal like I have in the past. Instead of a thin cereal I produced a dense mash.
More importantly, it was cheaper and more filling than a bowl of sugar cereal. Add to that the fact that it took me two minutes to make and we have something here. Feeding myself on my own money in college has been an interesting experience. I have a taste for good food, but not spending money. That means that any time I can come up with a cheap, decent meal I am very pleased. I expect that my morning routine will be including oatmeal for…as long as I still have milk.
It still looks pretty gross.
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