So, we got out to the kitchen and I got her all settled in with breakfast and then realized that I was out of the instant oatmeal I've been eating. Doh! I'd been meaning to try to make some oatmeal with oats that I've had in my pantry, so I figured 'Hey, why not?'.
Not.
It may not look half bad, but trust me, it was all bad. They were old-fashioned oats (which I heard makes a difference because they are thicker than steel cut?) with some honey, sliced almonds, and raspberries. I took a bite, almost vomited, and then added some blackberries and blueberries as well. Bleck. How do people eat this?
Gross.
So, I put it out there on good ole' FB this morning and some lovelies suggested adding brown sugar, cinnamon, apples, pumpkin, raisins, craisins, agave, baby food, sliced bananas, maple syrup, etc. Apparently steel cut oats are amazing?
You know what I did tonight? I bought more instant oatmeal. Rest easy, Alissa, good oatmeal is coming in the morning. :-)
How do YOU make oatmeal? What did I do wrong? Is it really just supposed to be that disgusting?
Anyway...
Dinner tonight! It was yummy! Here are some pictures! :-D
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| Summer Tomato Soup |
I got this recipe out of a book called 1 Stock, 100 Soups by Linda Doeser. I haven't actually used this book much, but thought I'd venture out into soups again. There are so many different ways to make your own tomato soup!
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| Red Onions, Scallions, Celery, and Garlic simmering... |
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| Add Tomatoes... |
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| Cook for a while... |
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| Blend. Oh! This might be tough if you don't have an immersion blender... (Got one for Christmas!) |
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| Season it! |
Sorry, I don't think I can be much more specific than that without violating copyright laws... and I did tweak a few things to make the soup lower calorie when I made it. You can make your own vegetable stock or buy it, add any kind of veggies (which might make it less of just a tomato soup, but who cares?), and of course season it the way you like. Experimenting is fun. :-)
To go with the soup, I may have made some tuna melts... not really Alissa-style because they had celery in them. I NEVER add celery to my salads. Why did I this time? Eh, I figured it was a good way to get some good veggies into dinner... *sigh* Who am I becoming? Hehe.
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| White Albacore Tuna in Water (60 cal per sandwich) Then I added a teaspoon of light mayo, a stalk of celery, and I would have seasoned it with Old Bay, but I forgot. |
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| Lay them on a tray and add cheese if you desire it! |
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| Alissa's Tuna Melt |
As you can see, I often desire cheese. I'm working on that. In the meantime, it was pretty darn delicious and the whole dinner was about 557 calories. Works for me, but if you need to lighten things up, as I said, there are lots of ways you can do it!
How do you like to eat tuna? I used to only eat it with pretzels. Little salty ones. Oooooh, with dill relish mixed into it. Mmm... tuna. ;-)
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