Breakfast:
I think I am officially on the oatmeal train! That is good news for a Southern girl. I eat grits, not oatmeal. However, leaning about the positives of oats has increased my interest. I always wanted to like oatmeal, but all I had to jump-start that interest was something like this:
Gross.
Anyhow, I have researched many options and the first successful one I've tasted is shown in the picture up top. I cooked Quaker Oats on the stove in 1% milk (because I would imagine that to be better than cooking it in water). It brewed for about 20 minutes. Now that's legit.
When it was done I put a spoonful of :
... a few sprinkles of granola cereal in, and the best part of all!:
Frozen blueberries!!
They thawed out immediately once I poured them into my steaming hot oatmeal.
Sounds Delicious right?
They key is to add flavor to a flavorless dish, without adding tons of sugar. My roommate can/prefers to eat it with nothing mixed in! How she does it, I do not know. I also like some different textures involved, like a crunch here and there.
Dinner:
This is the first time I've eaten tuna without a couple of spoonfuls of mayonnaise, mustard, and pickle relish dumped in. It was a challenge, but the fact is, is that I enjoyed my meal and I was very full afterward.
To add just a little flavor to my canned tuna I drizzled some red wine vinegar on top, along with some cracked pepper (I mean I put this on E V E R Y T H I N G). I like tangy, hot, wild, exotic flavors...so vinegar is always a winner with me!
Also I poured some fat-free Raspberry Vinaigrette in a little dish and put it on the side. That way I could dip the spinach leaves in it for even more flavor, but not have everything else on my plate soaking it up.
Lastly (my favorite part) I chopped up two hard-boiled eggs and place on top of the spinach.
