Recommendations

Delicious Things Which I Have Made Lately:

-Pumpkin pie with a shot of Hennessy. The cognac isn't distinguishable on it's own but adds an extra something to the normal pumpkin pie spice blend.
-Andy's favorite lamb burgers (spiced with mint and paprika, served with a sliced of feta), but with my new favorite side dish--chickpea fries! Use about half chickpea flour (I just ground dried chick peas) and water, plus some salt and pepper. Mix and spread into a cookie sheet, chill, slice, and shallow-fry in some olive oil.
-Pumpkin oatmeal. My usual apple oatmeal, but about 3 minutes in I put in a quarter cup of pumpkin puree. I let it boil an additional 3 minutes and then add brown sugar and cinnamon. It's like when I eat pumpkin pie for breakfast but better for me :D

breakfast every day

I firmly believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. On weekends, I like to get creative and spend a little more time creating something new and interesting, but during the week when I'm more crunched for time, I have one standard--Apple cinnamon oatmeal.

Really. Put down that quaker oats packet! That is not oatmeal! It's glue-y and oversweet and I'm pretty sure those things don't have any real oatmeal in them anyway.

The cast of characters:




Regular oatmeal (not the instant kind), an apple, and boiling water. (Brown sugar and cinnamon join the party later)

Peel and dice your apple and place it in the boiling water (1 cup water for a single serving). Add 1/2 cup oatmeal and wait 5 minutes. I promise, once you eat it this way, getting up 5 minutes earlier for real oatmeal won't seem like an issue at all.



Top with brown sugar and cinnamon! It'll be hard to wait until it's cool enough to eat.





This keeps you feeling full til lunch like fake packet oatmeal never could. While the brown sugar does provide a bit of energy right away, all the fiber in the oatmeal and apple cause the glucose to be released more slowly into your body so you don't crash and stay satisfied!