Steel Cut Oats and the 4th of July

Happy 4th of July everyone! I am excited for K1 to see the fireworks tonight(well all of them really)b/c she has been mentioning just how awesome the fireworks have been in the past. She is reminding me about every hour just how AWESOME they are! So...I am glad the sun is out and the fireworks are a go!

In other news.....I figured out what steel cut oats are! When I was going to weight watchers over a year ago now, people would talk about having steel cut oats for breakfast and how the fiber content would make you feel full for hours thus curbing cravings before lunchtime. So for about a year I have been scouring the oatmeal aisle's at nearly every grocery store that I went in for a box that specifically said "steel cut oats" only to find that NO store around us had them.(or that I sucked at reading) SO...yesterday when I was with dh in the Jewel store in town I noticed(to my dismay really)that they had switched the ENTIRE store around yet again making it difficult for me to find anything. But they actually did this so that they could incorporate a new ethnic food aisle and organic food aisle, so.....here's the big finish folks.......I FOUND THE OATS!!!!! And I made them today after I worked out b/c nobody wanted to go to breakfast with me...oh poor me..... They were pretty good. I made them with milk(the canister says you can make them with water or milk)and cut up a fresh peach into them. I also added 2tsp. of white sugar to sweeten but will add splenda's brown sugar and cinnamon next time to spice things up. The peach was really good though. It is 1:57 right now and I don't feel hungry at all. So...if you have issues like I do with wanting to snack, maybe you want to try this. I also kinda felt like I was making something healthy for the kids too. K1 and K2 both liked the peaches and cream method.

So...Once again happy 4th to all the americans that I know! And happy steel oats to me! Or something.... Whatever...you get the idea.

TTYL

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