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Jan. 9th, 2016 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckThe nearby science/nature center is planning a parents’ night out thingy for next weekend. For $30, they’ll keep kids for five hours and feed them dinner and keep them busy. Cordelia is just young enough for it, and I’m tempted because I’d like some time with Scott while she’s not around, but she would loathe it.
I think Scott and I are out of luck on getting time to ourselves. She doesn’t want to spend the night with Scott’s sister or Scott’s parents, and sleepovers are apparently not a thing in her friends group. On weeknights, we have less than an hour after she turns off her lights before we need to be in bed. On weekends, she’s up later than we are.
We’re trying to come up with things that Cordelia is willing to take in her lunches (and will actually eat). Right now, she’s taking some cucumber and a sandwich and then complaining a lot about how that’s not enough. She’s willing to take apples but only if we cut them up for her. Nothing else I’ve suggested has met with her approval. I’ve suggested other vegetables and fruits, hummos, yogurt, beef jerky, and nuts. I’ve also suggested that she put more on her sandwiches.
My left foot started hurting badly again yesterday evening and is still pretty painful. The pain seems to show up in different places at different times, so I’m really pretty confused by it.
We started watching that Shannara adaptation last night. I’m not convinced we’ll finish. It wasn’t terrible by any means, but I don’t think either of us connected to either story or characters. I think I’m going to push for watching our Netflix DVD (Whitecollar season 1 DVD 2) first.
I woke with a headache this morning. It’s on just one side of my head, so I tried my migraine medication first. That hasn’t killed it, so I’m debating what to try next.
Scott decided recently that he wanted to try oatmeal made from steel cut oats instead of instant oatmeal. Unfortunately, our deepest bowls (which are pretty darned deep) aren’t deep enough to keep the stuff from bubbling over in the microwave. Scott cleaned the microwave, but the bowls ended up pretty nasty inside and out. I had to fill the sink in order to soak them, and I still had to pry bits of oatmeal off with my fingernails after. I don’t mind Scott trying something healthier, but I think he’d better cook the stuff on the stove instead of in the microwave.
I think Scott and I are out of luck on getting time to ourselves. She doesn’t want to spend the night with Scott’s sister or Scott’s parents, and sleepovers are apparently not a thing in her friends group. On weeknights, we have less than an hour after she turns off her lights before we need to be in bed. On weekends, she’s up later than we are.
We’re trying to come up with things that Cordelia is willing to take in her lunches (and will actually eat). Right now, she’s taking some cucumber and a sandwich and then complaining a lot about how that’s not enough. She’s willing to take apples but only if we cut them up for her. Nothing else I’ve suggested has met with her approval. I’ve suggested other vegetables and fruits, hummos, yogurt, beef jerky, and nuts. I’ve also suggested that she put more on her sandwiches.
My left foot started hurting badly again yesterday evening and is still pretty painful. The pain seems to show up in different places at different times, so I’m really pretty confused by it.
We started watching that Shannara adaptation last night. I’m not convinced we’ll finish. It wasn’t terrible by any means, but I don’t think either of us connected to either story or characters. I think I’m going to push for watching our Netflix DVD (Whitecollar season 1 DVD 2) first.
I woke with a headache this morning. It’s on just one side of my head, so I tried my migraine medication first. That hasn’t killed it, so I’m debating what to try next.
Scott decided recently that he wanted to try oatmeal made from steel cut oats instead of instant oatmeal. Unfortunately, our deepest bowls (which are pretty darned deep) aren’t deep enough to keep the stuff from bubbling over in the microwave. Scott cleaned the microwave, but the bowls ended up pretty nasty inside and out. I had to fill the sink in order to soak them, and I still had to pry bits of oatmeal off with my fingernails after. I don’t mind Scott trying something healthier, but I think he’d better cook the stuff on the stove instead of in the microwave.
Steel cut oats
Date: 2016-01-10 02:29 am (UTC)For microwave, use a wide-mouth quart canning jar and put butter/oil/ margarine on the upper half of the inside (not a re-purposed spaghetti jar, for example. If it has a seam, it CAN explode) and make only ONE serving . All that extra vertical room helps. Also, try using 1/2 a serving of steel oats, cook it at least halfway, and add the other half serving as rolled oats. The steel cut oats end up slightly overdone, but when it's a new flavor, that's actually a good thing.
The most satisfying, dead easy method? Set it up in the crock pot the night before. The spray or wipe-down with oil/margarine as for a baking pan is ESSENTIAL.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7340402_cook-cut-oats-crock-pot.html
Use a little extra water if you like, and that'll make raisins plump up much better. Serving in the morning is the time it takes to pour drinks and get out bowls and spoons. (Dried apples just don't SURVIVE around here, and craisins are cranberries boiled as often in sugar syrup as maraschino cherries are before drying, so we avoid them, too.) We prefer fresh berries, or frozen ones, sliced banana added at the table, a spoonful of peanut or almond butter... there are TONS of variations. Hint- a drizzle of chocolate syrup with steel cut oats and raisins is VERY much like chocolate oatmeal cookies.