December 5
First Snow
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- Robin's Irish Oatmeal [View Recipe]
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Ingredients
- 1.5 cups water
- .5 cup oats
- fruit (chopped)
- cinnamon
- granola
- skim milk
Instructions
To save time in the morning, we get started with the preparation the night before we want to eat the irish oatmeal. We combine the oats and water in a medium pot, cover, and set aside until morning.
In the morning, we place the pot on the stove over medium heat. We bring the oatmeal to a boil, which takes about 7 minutes. We uncover and simmer on low for about 8 minutes until thickened and tender. We pour a portion in one bowl - about a quarter of the mixture - and the rest is poured into a large bowl. The oatmeal portion is sprinkled with fruit, cinnamon, granola and skim milk to taste.
The rest of the oatmeal is refrigerated in the large bowl after it has a chance to cool. We refrigerate the oatmeal covered with plastic wrap. Future portions are scooped out of the bowl, placed in a breakfast bowl, covered, and popped in the microwave for a minute for a quick, no-mess breakfast.
Chris had planned on taking this Friday off from work because our daughter had no school today. We were going to go down to the children's museum in Baltimore, but decided that downtown Baltimore was not a place we wanted to be when it was snowing.
The big activity for today was picture taking. As we mentioned on Monday, we got our Christmas tree as early as we could so that we could take Christmas card pictures today. It's always difficult to get the kids to sit still, but we had hopes that it would go smoothly this year since our son is three now.
Maddeningly, it was not any easier. Our daughter was wonderful about the whole thing. Our son did his best, but his exuberance got the better of him. "Say cheese!" meant, in his mind, that he should bop up and down yelling, "Keys!" Of the hundred-odd pictures that we took, most were of our daughter looking positively angelic next to a blur that was her brother. The picture upon which we settled had our daughter posed with her feet swept to the side and a sweet smile on her face. Our son was in focus and smiling, but his smile was Frankenstein-like - upper lip drawn back behind his lower teeth. Ah well, there's always next year!
With a warm breakfast in our bellies and pictures behind us, we went out to play in the snow. Chris and the kids built a snow man. The snow was perfect for snow man building - just a little wet. Unfortunately, the snow proved a little too wet later in the day when the snow man fell to the ground. Oh well, they're predicting snow for tomorrow. We can have some more oatmeal and try again!