Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Our New Breakfast Option

Porridge.
Yep. As in a genuine Goldilocks and The Three Bears reference.

It's incredibly simple. I run oats through my mill. Heat water on the stove. Add the oat flour and within minutes we have a hot breakfast! Amazing.

Last week, my friend Mrs. J sent me an email to ask if I'd considered serving whole grain milled from my grinder as baby food. Well, I didn't even know I could! Within minutes I was researching the possibility and though there wasn't much information available, I did find one website with an actual recipe. I gave it a whirl, and it wasn't bad!

No need to buy those boxes of processed baby cereal this time around!

Now bland is good for a baby, but not so much for me. I'd made a whole recipe of "baby food" and I didn't want to waste it. I started by adding honey. Then cinnamon. Then bananas ... and it just took off from there. Really, everyone can customize their own bowl, just like they do their pancakes. It's a great breakfast!

Even the kids are good with it. They say they'll eat it as long as it isn't "Peas porridge hot, Peas porridge cold..." 

1 comment:

Heather said...

One of our favorite breakfasts is steel cut oats in the crockpot overnight :) mmmmm! :) Just a little brown sugar and milk and the girls gobble it up :)