Anna’s first cycle class went over well!! Her response:
“Great workout. A little long. But a perfect way to start the day.”
And she adds that the cup of coffee she had before she left was what got her through all 55 minutes 
I brainstormed oatmeal combos during cycle and decided on cottage cheese + wheatberry oats since Anna says she loves cottage cheese. I didn’t have any wheatberries on hand, so we filled a glass bowl with water and microwaved them for a quick cook. It worked quite well. The husband was actually in charge and I told him to nuke them for 10 minutes on high and he did 2 minutes on high, 5 times. So they took a bit longer because it wasn’t 10 consecutive minutes (about 15 total) so I think the method could be worked again to produce a recipe.
Each bowl contained:
- 1/3 cup oats, 2% milk, water
- Pinch salt, vanilla bean paste
- 2/3 a small banana (2 small / 3 people)
- About 2-3 tbsp wheatberries
- About 2 tbsp cottage cheese each (I put 1/3 a cup in the pot)
- About 1 tbsp raisins each
- Topping: Honest Foods Trail Mix Country Square
- Spoonful nut butter (I had Barney Butter)
SO DELICOIUS!!!
Plus delicious coffee!
Anna’s accompanying me to class this morning (although she’s going to hang out in the student union) and then we’re all set to get this weekend started!!
I keep saying I’m going to try cottage cheese in oatmeal but for some reason I’m so hesitant. But when I do, I will definitely be trying one of your recipes! Have a great day š
I tried the cottage cheese in oatmeal and reallly liked the texture – give it a try Sarah, you won’t be disappointed!
Happy Friday!
Nothing better than AM Spin class…gets you going for the day!
Oh my new favorite snack…cottage cheese, fiber one, spoonful nut butter and 1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder..YUM!
I totally agree with the part where you say “delicious coffee” except for the delicious part. I know, I know. I’m in the overwhelming minority on this planet. But gaaah! I’ll just never understand the stuff…
Let the flame war begin… :o)
SO fabulous about Anna’s first cycling class!!
Have a glorious Friday!!
I am glad she liked the class. Love the oatmeal mix today!
Oats look divine as usual…glad you enjoyed your class!!!
Have a wonderful day, Kath! I can’t wait to get my hands on some wheatberries.
Barney Butter is calling my nameeee!
I love that your oatmeal always has like, 8000 things in it… I feel overwhelmed with banana/cinnamon/sweetener!
I agree with you Charlie, I am just not a coffee drinker. The smell of the beans make me gag!
Glad she liked the class! Have a great Friday both of you!
Wonderful bowl of oats! Sounds like you guys are having a great time!! Hooray for family!!
Enjoy your day!
Thanks to you and Tina, I am now officially obsessed with Barney Butter š
Have a great day both of you!
Glad the spin class went well!
Happy Friday!
Spinning really is such a great way to start a morning!
I don’t blame Anna for not actually wanting to go to class, haha! I’m in college and I don’t even want to go to class!
I need to try Barney Butter, asap!
Happy Friday, I hope you two enjoy the day!
Man what a lucky guest – like she said it really is like going to a weekend at a Spa except for the being allowed to drink pumpkin beer! š
The oats look awesome, I almost made cottage cheese oats this morning, but then I decided I wanted to save it for some Swiss Chard Pie this weekend (it’s like a feta-cottage cheese & swisschard or spinach souffle over a ww crust).
Turkey day question for Kath or anyone else –
I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year (yay) and am planning on brining the turkey. A few recipes (Martha Stewart) also suggest dunking a cheesecloth in butter and covering the turkey with it as it cooks. Does this significantly affect how healthy the turkey is? Adding tons of butter to anything never sounds healthy to me, but it is on the outside …
I’m not being crazy healthy with the T-day cooking, but see no need to make something that is pretty healthy unhealthy for no reason, since i’m already brining the thing for juiciness and flavor …
Well, Betsy in Pittsburgh, I feel odd saying this but I do like the smell of coffee beans. Any time I get into one of those shops with all the big glass jars, I have to take a whiff of each one. But to actually pass the coffee over my tongue… Bleccch!
I like that you were brainstorming oatmeal ideas while working out – I do the same thing!
Hi Kath and friends!!!
I ran into this really interesting article from the NY times this morning regarding the intake of vitamins: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/news-keeps-getting-worse-for-vitamins/?em
I know many of us interested in nutrition and overall health take vitamins as a way to “cover our bases”. But with all the studies showing that they actually don’t really correlate with absence of disease, should we be taking vitamins at all?
What do you guys think??
I’m with you Sarah…I keep meaning to try cottage cheese and oats, but I just never seem to. I really need to get on that!
Have great day guys!! Glad to see Anna had a good class
zesty
Yay for spin class and getting in a workout before it even get bright out!
Happy Friday; I hope you all have a great weekend together š
So i have to ask…the Barney Butter looks really great, but what exactly makes it soooo amazing?! I want details!
rebecca- a GREAT turkey recipe (if you’re not set on the one u already have) is Giada’s…it comes out sooo juicy and delicious. It’s her Turkey with Herbes de Provence and Citrus, and u can find the recipe on the food network website. It’s so good! I’m making it again this Christmas (well–making my mom use this recipe and helping her….)
Looks like Anna is having a ton of fun with you guys!
Have a great day!
I tried adding some cottage cheese to my oatmeal a while back but for some reason I wasn’t really tasting this “extra flavour”…
I remember one of my 1st spinning classes thinking, “Only 20 more minutes!, then 10 then 5”. After pushing through I was so happy though!
Have a great weekend!
GOOD JOB ANNA! Spinning is hard:)
Do you usually cook your wheatberries beforehand and keep them for future use? How would you store them? It would make it so much easier than waiting an hour!
POMEGRANTES! LOVE THEM….
does anyone know how many calories are in pomegranate seeds? all the nutrition info online says 1 pomegranate is 105 calories. i opened up what i think is an average sized one today and came out with about 1.5 cups of the seeds. this seems like it would be more than 105 calories? thanks!! and what about fiber in them? thanks!
When you microwaved the wheatberries, did you measure out a certain amount of water or do you just cover the wheatberries?
Sounds like a great way to start the morning! Happy weekend!!!!!!!!!
that looks delish!!! enjoy the class with Anna!
I loved my spinning class. I just found out that Iām not eating enough protein or fat. Barny Butter might do the trick. Thanks for the great meal ideas. Iām very visual, and I love all the pictures.
what is steamed milk coffee? is it like a latte with coffee instead of espresso?? is there a difference in taste and price
rebecca ,
I personally would skip the buttered cheesecloth. Don’t you want the skin to get kinda crispy!? And I agree that it’s pretty flavorful without the added butter, but if Martha recommends it….
Jessica ,
This is something we’ve been discussing in our classes recently. Vitamins just aren’t a substitute for whole foods. There are so many things that we can’t (or haven’t figured out how to) measure about eating the whole foods verses the individual nutrients that it’s best to try to get them from food and take a vitamin to cover your bases. However, if you have a good diet and/or eat fortified cereal or bars, you might want to think about skipping the vitamin or cutting back to every other day (I recently did this and take one about every 3 days). Just my opinion!
Ange C.,
It’s the roasted flavor that’s unique!
Shelby ,
I cook them in bulk (2-3 cups at a time) and store them in tupperware in the fridge for a week or two.
stacy ,
I put pom seeds on my food scale a while back and used to know the appx. calories per tablespoon. But I’ve forgotten. I think it’s like 30 a tbsp or something? If you have a scale, you can re-do the experiment and put the grams into CalorieKing to get a volume estimation.
runjess ,
Just covered them with plenty of water.
stacy ,
Steamed milk is milk steamed to make foam. It’s like a cappuccino with coffee on the bottom.
Kath