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Into the Oaty Unknown


Wayne Gray

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tim shared his Apricot-Almond baked oatmeal recipe, and I thought ... "Yeah, there are eggs, cream and butter in it, but ... the oats and nuts will help with the cholesterol. It should be okay if I don't go crazy and eat half the pan. Okay, let's go to the store for ingredients!"

Off I go. I spend forty minutes in total driving there, walking around with my barely acceptable "I don't care" hair, selecting stuff, then driving back home. Once back here, I begin the process of prepping the dried fruit and nuts. Then I put the dry ingredients together in a big bowl, while the wet ones and sugar are in the other.

I'm very slow in the kitchen. I'm not afraid of it, I'm just plodding and methodical. One thing at a time is how I work. Music is playing, and I'm drinking a latte so, it's not exactly a bad time - I rather enjoyed myself, actually. Anyway ... another forty minutes go by before I'm done. I pour the dry ingredients into a 9x9 baking dish (as instructed) then pour the wet ingredients on top. By this point, I'm pretty proud of myself. I can tell, this is gonna be great.

I turn to the oven, my dish of soon to be baking oaty deliciousness in hand.

"Oh, shit. SHIT!"

Our oven is broken. And I had literally spent almost an hour and a half gathering and preparing ingredients, only to remember the oven was busted right when I needed it.

So ... now, two loaf pans of oaty unknown are probably not even close to the right temperature in an old, cantankerous toaster oven.

Some days ... you just gotta laugh.

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3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

oh Wayne ... i just love you..  hahaa..

Hehehe.

I figure if I can't share things that make people laugh, then I'm taking myself too seriously. Can't have that.

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Holy crap.

Okay ... this is GOOD. Even with my fumbling in the kitchen, this recipe is crazy good. Maybe it's because I don't get many things that taste like dessert, but yeah ... wow.

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11 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

Holy crap.

Okay ... this is GOOD. Even with my fumbling in the kitchen, this recipe is crazy good. Maybe it's because I don't get many things that taste like dessert, but yeah ... wow.

yeah we both love it ... i've never even thought of baking oatmeal.. other than in cookies.

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1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said:

yeah we both love it ... i've never even thought of baking oatmeal.. other than in cookies.

It's like a ... semi-sweet, nutty, sort of crumbly oat loaf with pockets of more sweet. Soooo good.

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It is damn good. tim finds the best things that I can eat. Every diabetic needs a tim in their life.  Damn. I thought my future was bleak, but I eat better than ever.  Yeah, I had to give up a few things, but wow, I am certainly not missing those few things. 

And this baked oatmeal is just another wonderful I can have. 

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Oh hell. My brain just had the following thought ...

"What if we threw some semi-sweet chocolate chips into this mix next time we make it?"

Yes. What if indeed.

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1 minute ago, Wayne Gray said:

Oh hell. My brain just had the following thought ...

"What if we threw some semi-sweet chocolate chips into this mix next time we make it?"

Yes. What if indeed.

ohhhhh with some dried cherries..........

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1 hour ago, MichaelS36 said:

It is damn good. tim finds the best things that I can eat. Every diabetic needs a tim in their life.  Damn. I thought my future was bleak, but I eat better than ever.  Yeah, I had to give up a few things, but wow, I am certainly not missing those few things. 

And this baked oatmeal is just another wonderful I can have. 

It's amazingly good. I actually cursed aloud in said amazement when I took the first bite. lol

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3 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Sounds really tasty. Definitely need to try making it...

It's worth making, seriously.

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