Here’s breakfast #2 from Part B, Week 3, SSHE – cinnamon raisin oatmeal:
This is the 1,200 calorie version. The 2,000 calorie version had double the oatmeal and raspberry “preserves” and two english muffins.
We were concerned about how oatmeal would turn out reheated but to our pleasant surprise, it came out great! I think this was due to the fact that it came in a thick scoop. I added a splash of milk and put it in the microwave and it came out the perfect consistency. It had raisins and chunks of apple and a good amount of cinnamon. The oatmeal is not at all sweet, so if you like yours Quaker Oat style, you might need a teaspoon of Splenda or honey. The wheat english muffins were great as always, and the raspberry preserves made for an interesting topping. It was more like pureed raspberries than preserves, but I much prefer them to those pesky juices! Again, they weren’t sweet at all, so someone who likes a sweet breakfast would have to add a little sweetener.
My oatmeal did not have raisins (which as I’ve said before was fine with me) but no chunks of apple either. It had basically no taste, even after a little drizzle of maple syrup. I couldn’t even force myself to eat all of it. I only got 1 english muffin half, I think because instead of the preserves my breakfast came with almond butter. Thank god that was delicious or this breakfast would have been a total bust. I toasted the english muffin and the spread was very yummy. I had a nonfat yogurt and some of my own raspberries with it.