How to make oatmeal has become an art form at my house.
Every morning I make Quaker Oatmeal for breakfast.
Every morning.
I like the REAL Old Fashioned Oats ¦none of the quick stuff for me.
Years of oatmeal making have been efficiency-ized to the point where it is now a few simple steps that takes seconds to complete:
- Large glass measuring cup filled to the 2 cup line with water.
- A bit of salt thrown in.
- One cup of Quaker Oats added from the measuring cup that is left in the oat container.
- Microwave for 6 minutes.
Once it is done, 1/2 either goes to Rhett or Rhett's school lunch. Â The other half is mine.
And that is where I usually just throw on a little brown sugar and eat. Â It is great, BUT how much GREATER would it be if I had an oatmeal topping bar at my disposal?
Like the kind you would find at a fancy brunch.
I could LIVE at a fancy brunch.
Every day would be SO much better if I had an oatmeal topping bar.
Today I am improving my life with some oatmeal topping action.
Yes, it is super simple. Â I don't know why I didn't make this life changing step YEARS ago. Â I bought some jars that could be left out on the kitchen counter as decoration between breakfasts and filled them with pecans, brown sugar and Craisins.
{I bought the jars at Hobby Lobby, but had to be careful because the majority of the jars I came across were not approved for use with food which kinda undermined the project.}
The jars look so pretty sitting next to my fruit bowl which might even encourage oatmeal fruit placement.
In fact, mere seconds after I took this picture, I sat down and ate my embellished cereal ¦
¦feeling like I was living at a fancy brunch.
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