July 2010
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Oatventures in Baking: Oatmeal Carmelitas
In Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut wrote “Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.” Since this is an oat blog with strict demarcations, I don’t have to say I want whaling to end, or an African team, preferably Ghana, in the World Cup, or even talk about war. Right now, Kurt, all I want is this:
Oatmeal...
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Yogurt Coated Fruit Oatmeal
Loyal readers of the oat blog of record know I don’t shy away from a dollop of yogurt atop my morning oatmeal. I’ve tried the blogger-fueled obsession with yoats, or yogurt covered oats. They didn’t do it for me.
Tossing my fruit in yogurt, though, is primary genius, oatizens. I coated tiny pieces of kiwi, strawberries, bananas, blueberries with the tangy nectar of the cow...
June 2010
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Oatmeal Cookie Milkshake
The New York Times recently caught onto the fact that many chefs are stoners. If they (claim they) aren’t stoners, they think like stoners (see Christina Totsi, pastry chef at Momofuku).
I think this next “recipe,” courtesy of Chow, confirms this axiomatic conclusion. File under munchies.
Combine 4 to 6 tablespoons milk, a dash of cinnamon, and 1 pint vanilla ice cream in a...
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Dr. Oz's Cream of Carrot Soup
The only thing my television connects to is netflix, so I tend to be in the dark about emerging pop culture icons.
All I know about Dr. Oz is the obvious: he’s a doctor who was manufactured by Oprah.
I don’t know exactly how she does it.
Perhaps Oprah has, among her many special gifts, the ability to simply will people into being.
Conversely, she might go the more...
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Oatformation: Oats fight Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, oats arm the body against cancer.
1. Oats attack bile acids, ultimately reducing their toxicity.
2. The phytochemicals in oats have cancer-fighting properties.
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Gluten-Free Plum, Oat and Rosemary Crisp
Things this post taught me:
1. My ban on crisps, which I feared you would tire of, is officially lifted.
2. I need a white farm table, adorable bowls, and milk containers.
Gluten-Free Plum, Oat and Rosemary Crisp
3 lbs sliced plums 2/3 cups palm sugar or cane sugar 3 Tbs plus 1 tsp cornstarch 1 vanilla bean, scraped Juice of 1 lemon pinch of salt 1/2 cup superfine brown rice flour 1/4...
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Oatcuisine: Peppered Porridge and Poached Eggs
I’m a sucker for poached eggs. If I see it on the menu, served with a salad, soup, vegetable…or pretty much anything, I’m probably going to order it. Throw in oats, chives, a bit of hot sauce and some crusty bread to sop it all up? Yes, please.
Via macheesmo:
Peppered Porridge with Poached Eggs Serves two.
- 2/3 Cup rolled oats - 1 1/3 Cups milk - 1 1/3 Cups...
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Amoeboid designs complex transportation network,...
“A paper in the current issue of Science discusses the ability of a single-celled creature to create a robust network while foraging for food—one that mimicked the Tokyo rail system in complexity. Creating a good network is a balancing act; you need to span a large number of nodes with a minimal number of edges (keeping cost low), while being able to function when an edge is lost (fault...
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“You have to eat oatmeal or you’ll dry up. Anybody knows that.”
– Kay Thompson, author of Eloise
May 2010
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Ifsheholla ; lethergo: Day 21 — A recipe →
This blogger should totally come over to visit me and Rosie — and bring some Blueberry Cheesecake.
Blueberry Cheesecake
Crust:
9 whole graham crackers
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
3 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling:
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin…
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Mango and Yogurt Oatmeal
Again? Yes.
Mangoes are in season, meaning that they are ripe, sweet, and cheap. Pick some up, post-haste!
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Oatformation: Oats are a natural treatment for...
An oatmeal bath is an excellent natural treatment for eczema. Colloidal oatmeal baths — meaning that oats are dispersed in hot water, like Epson salt — are calming for inflamed, itchy skin. Aveeno offers a wide variety of colloidal products, but you could really make one at home by simply tossing rolled oats into the tub. Add one or two cups of oatmeal to your lukewarm water and then...
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Mary's first bowl of Oatmeal!
Loyal readers of Oatally Awesome will remember these fine folks, Mary and Eric, of Portland, Oregon. While both of these extremely good looking people eagerly follow the oat blog of record, only Eric enjoys oatmeal everyday at work — Mary had never eaten a steamy, tasty bowl of oatness!
My mission was clear. I would make a simple, slightly spiced bowl of oatmeal, lay out various toppings,...
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Oatventures in Scarcity: Raspberry Oatmeal
Oatventures in Scarcity: When nary a fresh ingredient can be found and breakfast appears in peril, we make do, my loves — we make do and emerge triumphant!
The fruit bowl was worse than bare, containing a lone, crinkled up leaf, a reminder of a era long gone, one filled with time to market. The refrigerator was worse, with relics of the past standing alone, looking war torn. The cupboards were...
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Oatformation: Oats and Gluten
Hey, gluten-intolerant friends. I feel your pain. I’m allergic to basically every nut and stone fruit on the face of the earth. Most of the time, I can find alternatives, and so can you. You can have oats, I swear. Let’s break it down:
Oats are classified as a whole grain, which may be confusing to those seeking gluten-free products. While they do contain bran, endosperm, and germ -...
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Maine-iacs: Oatmeal pie
This slice of oatmeal pie from The Lobster Shack in Maine looks divine. Serious Eats compares oatmeal pie to pecan pie, and since the whole idea of dying keeps me away from the latter, I’m definitely going to have to bake up the former myself.
April 2010
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Oat Cuisine: Garbanzo Burgers
First of all, pay your respects to the garbanzo burger, and then say goodbye to your weak veggie burgers. Forget them. They’re dead to you.
Veggie burgers, on a whole, are pretty lame. Don’t get me wrong, the concept is great. I love vegetables, and definitely support them becoming burgers. Somehow, though, the great taste of vegetables never translated well in the over processed,...
The Year in Beer: The Poet →
Name: The Poet Oatmeal Stout
Brewer: New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, Mich.
By the numbers: 5.2 percent alcohol by volume; calories unknown
Notes: This literary stout is the third from New Holland to be featured in the Year in Beer, followed by Mike’s (mostly) positive reviews of the…
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Oatventures in Scarcity: Tropical Fruit Oatmeal
Oatventures in Scarcity: When nary a fresh ingredient can be found and breakfast appears in peril, we make do, my loves — we make do and emerge triumphant!
The fridge was looking quite lonely this morning. I swung the door ajar and found the shelves sparsely populated. The contents had been steadily abducted throughout the week, without replenishment. Even the yogurt container felt...
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Breaking News: Dwarf Hamsters Heart Oats
Should I get one for Rosie?
Answers:
Em answered your question: Breaking News: Dwarf Hamsters Heart Oats
Dwarf hamster will lead to dwarf hamster wheel, which will lead to Rosie going INSANE!!!![ed note: True story. Rosie hates wheels. She prefers to walk everywhere, or be carried.]
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Granola in a Jar!
Sarah, a friend and Philadelphia oatizen, recently blogged about a jar of granola she received from her friend Marisa, who keeps a blog herself…and now I’m blogging about it. Mutual naval grazing aside, I need some jars!
I have a prodigious Tupperware and plastic takeout collection, but alas, not a jar in sight!
P.S. Sarah, can’t wait to see you and Mir at wine club next...
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Oatformation: The Washington Post comments on...
Oatmeal, a sweet trend for diners and restaurant profits
By Candy Sagon Special to The Washington Post Wednesday, April 14, 2010; E01
How brilliant is this: First, take a healthful food that costs just pennies per serving and requires barely any effort to make. Then, sex it up with sweet toppings and extra ingredients. Finally, put it in a cute, portable container. That’s hot oatmeal to...
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Oatventures in Scarcity: Berry Oatmeal
I never go topless.*
Seriously. Even in the leanest of times, something can be found in the freezer, fridge, or cupboard. This post welcomes in a whole new series called “Oatventures in Scarcity,” in which I use non-fresh ingredients, ie frozen, dried, and so on, on top of my morning oatmeal, proving that life is worth living. Yes, that’s all it takes.
I had a Trader...
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Pretty Granola
I recently discovered a new food website — and I’m late to the party. As I was ooohing and ahhhing over La Tartine Gournamde’s beautiful post on granola, I noticed a few accolades.
Saveur. The Times. The Boston Globe. They’ve all beaten me to the approbations, so I’ll just say, as the oat blog of record, that this was one of the prettiest granola posts I’ve...
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Oatformation: Do you think oats take too long to...
Don’t cook them.
Seriously. That’s what Whole Foods advises, opting instead to soak the ingredients together overnight. I tried it, and lived to tell the tale.
Want to dip your toe into this hot fermented mess before jumping in? Soak the oats for a half an hour or more, and then add a 1/3 cup more of water and bring the oatmeal to a boil. That’s been my modus operandi for a...
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Product Review: Kashi GOLEAN Crisp! Toasted Berry...
Score: 2.5 out of 4 oats
Imagine my delight when I opened up the mailbox, exhausted after far too long of a day spent teaching and working, and found a mini box of free cereal from Kashi.
Unexpected, free gifts in the mailbox, mixed in with otherwise very un-free things, like bills and check up reminders from the dentist, are very much appreciated. Just an fyi, friends and other companies who...
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Mango and Yogurt Oatmeal
Someone recently told me they were afraid of mixing oatmeal and tropical fruit together, that it just seemed wrong.
That’s crazy talk, but it brought about clarity of vision and greater resolve to this blog: I’m going to dismantle your fears, one by one.
You’re welcome.
Let’s start with mango, the gift that keeps on giving. I cut one up and it lasted through two...
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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
12:25 PM Daniel: i definitely, definitely didn’t eat them for breakfast yesterday. because that would have been pathetic. me: yay! i sprinkled one over yogurt yesterday and declared it breakfast 12:26 PM Daniel: wow! maybe it WAS the healthy choice
But I’ve jumped ahead of myself, or rather, of this post with that gchat.
Hello, oat fiends. How are you? I made chocolate chip...
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Oatmeal Crusted Lemon Meringue Pie
I’m pretty impressed by this post. The pictures are beautiful. The recipe revitalizes an old standby. Oats reign supreme.
jwannie:
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