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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:36 PM May 2013

Noshing on a bowl of whole oatmeal, water, stevia and wild blueberries. Yummy. And the

oatmeal and blueberries are supposed to be good for my metabolism. What are you snacking on tonight? Not having made oatmeal in my life I bought the little packets on individual servings. Plain. Whole oatmeal. I microwaved it. Of course I should have bought in bulk. Now I know.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/10_metabolism_foods.htm

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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
1. My usual... fruit and a glass of milk.
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:50 PM
May 2013

Gotta have potassium and calcium ya' know!

Where did you get the wild blueberries?

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
2. We get them in the frozen fruit section of the grocery stores here in Canada. They often say
Fri May 24, 2013, 09:57 PM
May 2013

"wild Canadian blueberries". They are tiny, flash frozen, blue all the way through and much tastier that the big fat blueberries you buy fresh. I think with all that color they are better for you too. Expensive. Mine were about $6.99. But they should last me about two weeks a the very least. And they make the oatmeal a real treat.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
3. Nice!
Fri May 24, 2013, 10:01 PM
May 2013

I have a blueberry bush, but they are so sour, I let the chipmunks have the fruit.

"Wild Canadian blueberries" on the label would turn me into an impulse buyer!

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
4. You do need a little sweetener with them. I use stevia which is common in Japan and I hear
Fri May 24, 2013, 10:06 PM
May 2013

no health ill effects.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
5. Buy quick cooking oatmeal in the big containers
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:16 PM
May 2013

And cook just like you do the little packets. A whole lot cheaper and the instant product contains a bunch of weird stuff while the quick oats are 100% rolled oats, nothing else.

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
6. Yeah. I put this stuff in the microwave for 2 minutes and it was done perfectly plus the berries
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:20 PM
May 2013

were melted. Thanks.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
7. I need to get back to eating oatmeal for breakfast
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:40 PM
May 2013

I was doing it but last year with the surgeries and healing, I never got back into the habit.

Of course, this time of year is not conducive to wanting hot cereal - it is now getting to 90 during the day. But oatmeal is healthier and much cheaper than the boxed cereals I have been eating.

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