Oatmeal

Sweet Dreams

February 7, 2012
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Whenever the phone rings in the middle of the night my heart jumps out of my chest and I panic just a little on the inside. Less so since the bakery opened since Matt occasionally gets calls that the mixer is stuck or so-and-so slept through their alarm. Around 6 this morning he gets a [...]

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Giant Bowl

February 5, 2012
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I woke up to SMELLS this morning. Luckily they were good smells. Cinnamon and oats, bubbling away. Giant bowl of rice cooker Coach’s Oats with chia, banana, raisins and stirred in cottage cheese. Topped with a graham cracker and Whole Foods peanut butter. I had a craving for the old fashioned kind and boy is [...]

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Breakfast In Bed

February 4, 2012
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I woke up to breakfast cooked for me in the rice cooker: a steaming bowl of porridge. After dressing it up (and taking it out for its morning photoshoot) we got back in bed and read Catching Fire for a good hour. I’m nearing the end of the book – so good!! Rice cooker base: [...]

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Oatmeal Soup

January 30, 2012
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Rice cooker oatmeal experiment #3? #4? This time with a little guidance from Tracy last night in the comments, I set the timer to porridge  setting and crossed my fingers all would work well. Ingredients: 1/3 cup Coach’s Oats, 1.33 cups water (A LOT!), cinnamon, pinch salt, dried currants. Setting: Porridge Timer: 8:20 am I [...]

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Turn Up The Volume

January 29, 2012
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Morning!! We’re having the Sunday morning of our dreams over here. Slept very late. Put oats in the rice cooker and did chores (I know I said I didn’t buy the cooker for oats, but I’m really enjoying the hands off right now!) And 2+ episodes of Lost. About to finish Season 1! These were [...]

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Hotter Hotter Colder Colder

January 27, 2012
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What a wonderful pleasant surprise – it is 61* outside!!! We have had such a mild winter. Barely a half inch of snow so far. The weekend looks excellent. Hiking time! I actually have the window above my desk open right now and I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying the fresh air. I’ve [...]

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Everything Cooker

January 26, 2012
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Good morning rice cooker! I bought this rice cooker after talking to Emily about 10 different times about it. I was hesitant to drop so much money on something I’ve never used before and when there are less expensive models out there. But I kept coming back to a few features this one had – [...]

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