Stick to your ribs

I hated oats as a kid. "That oatmeal will stick to your ribs!" my mom said. Terrible. Just awful. I'd drown it in brown sugar, sneaking extra when my mom wasn't looking (did you know that if you put a scoop of oatmeal in the bowl, then hollow out an area and fill it brown sugar, then cover it up with another scoop of oatmeal, no one will know?) and never finish the bowl.

Today oats are my go-to breakfast, and you'll never convince me it's less than the best option out there. Cheap, versatile, delicious hot or cold, and easy to prepare, it's nothing short of perfect. Oh, and yes-- it sticks to your ribs.

Don't want to be hungry mid-morning at the office? Try oats.


What's your go-to healthy breakfast?

Directions

I'll begin today with a cute dog photo--you're welcome.

 This blog could go in a number of directions, and I'm not entirely sure how to decide which one I'm going for. It could be about my life as a soon-to-be-married, twenty-something, vegan, Ashtanga yoga practitioner, but that's not the full picture (are you getting hippie, or yuppie?). I also happen to love shopping, makeup, and thumbing through Vogue and Harper's Bazaar to cut out high fashion images for pasting into my "someday" notebook (Pinterest, I love you, but you'll always be my second love) for when my life mysteriously turns into that of a Parisian socialite and I need those clothes. I love gardening, and dream about the day that I can live in a cottage in the country (or settle for an oversized yard in a medium-sized city) and spend all day uprooting weeds and tending wild beds of herbs, overflowing rows of vegetables, and lush perennial plantings. I enjoy learning about current research in science and medicine, and hope to find ways throughout my life to use my Public Health education to promote healthy living and wellness (in ways larger than badgering my friends and family to get flu shots every year). I spend much of my free time in the kitchen, cooking nourishing plant-based meals to enjoy with my fiance, and although I have collected more vegan recipe books than I could possibly cook through (this isn't Julie and Julia), I still harbor a secret desire to publish one of my own someday.

If you had to chose one thing for me to write about, what would it be?