Breakfast Date: Apple Pie Oatmeal

Sometimes you wake up from a mediocre sleep of some not-long-enough length and you look outside to find the absence of all joy in the world and, well, my friend, it's just not lookin' like it's gonna be your day.

And it's cold en plus. Or wet and cold. Or it's not cold, but there is rioting and people are lightin' sheeyit on FIYAH mthfckz and the riot police are hut-two-ing it down your innocent little street.

(This is what happens when anti-nazi demonstrations get out of hand. [...In this case, over five months ago.]) The point is that you still have to get out there no matter what and cultural expectations are preventing you from leaving the house in your sweatpants while still swaddled in your down comforter. Allow me to make a suggestion.

(Adapted from this recipe.)

What you need:

• 1 medium sized apple, chopped into small pieces
• dried cranberries
• 1/3+ cup rolled oats
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• sprinkle of nutmeg
• 3/4 cups milk
• splash of maple syrup
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp chopped toasted walnuts, a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs...

Serves: 1 very hungry person or 2 somewhat hungry people.
Musik: Whatever it takes to help ease you into today's version of your life.

Heat the apple chops and cranberries/dried fruit of choice in a saucepan over medium heat for a few minutes until things start getting soft and steamy. At this point add the oats, spices, milk, maple, and applesauce. Mix that sucka weeeell. After a few minutes, your breakfast concoction should reach your desired consistency, at which point you should remove it from heat and add the vanilla, lemon, and walnuts/crusty bits.

Now, now. Out you go.

 



 

*all photos from a time before trees lost all dignity