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In case you haven’t noticed, I really love oatmeal. Here are a few fun facts about oats:

• Oats are higher in soluble fiber (which has been proven to lower cholesterol) than any other grain
• Oat protein in equal in quality to soy protein
• Oats are part of a gluten-free diet when they have not been processed near gluten-containing foods
• In Scottish English oats might be called “corn”
• The oldest known oats were found in Egypt and dated approximately 2000BC – at that time however oats were probably just weeds

I don’t tend to eat oats for breakfast as I am a breakfast smoothie girl through and through.
I prefer to have a big steaming bowl of oats for lunch. Usually I make old fashioned rolled oats (which only take 10 minutes to cook), and if I have time I’ll make steel cut oats in my crockpot.
I tend vary the toppings for my oatmeal, sticking mostly to fruits, nuts, and sweetener. I was especially pleased with today’s creation:

Apple Cherry Oatmeal

Serves 1

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup cold vanilla soymilk (or favorite non-dairy milk)
• pinch of salt
• 1 Honeycrisp apple, or whatever awesome apple you have, chopped
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• handful of sulfite-free dried cherries

Directions

1. Combine the oats, water, milk, and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 7 minutes.
2. Add in the apple, brown sugar, and cinnamon and continue to cook for another 3 minutes or so. The apples should be warm and slightly soft but still firm.
3. Pour the oats into a bowl and top with the dried cherries. Add any additional seasonings as desired.

What’s your favorite oat recipe?

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