Riding a touring bike all day take a lot of energy. And you can't eat all day if you don't get started first thing in the morning.
Up until a month ago, I was a solid pancakes kind of guy. Never been a huge fan of eggs, and oatmeal never left me all that satisfied.
Until, that is, I learned how to properly do oatmeal from one of my teammates. I was sitting there, munching on my hippie bars, grieving my lack of pancakes that morning while my fellow teammate tackled a bowl of oatmeal at least twice the size of his head, filled with nuts and fruit and god knows what else.
Ooooohhhh.... So that's how it's done. I can do that.
I'm now one of those oatmeal people. Here's how I do it.
Step 1: Get hot water going for oatmeal and coffee.
Step 2: You need a huge mound of instant oatmeal. Don't hold back here. This is the glue that holds it all together. I usually make it a little on the dry side, but do what you like. Use milk if you can.
Step 3: Cinnamon. Again, go crazy with it. I've never had too much cinnamon in my oatmeal.
Step 4: Dried Apples. I usually add just enough to get some apple flavor. Raisins work in a pinch.
Step 5: Walnuts. At least 1/4 lb. This is the long haul food for the morning.
Step 6. Drench that fucker in maple syrup. REAL maple syrup.
Bone Appetite!
Urp.
Up until a month ago, I was a solid pancakes kind of guy. Never been a huge fan of eggs, and oatmeal never left me all that satisfied.
Until, that is, I learned how to properly do oatmeal from one of my teammates. I was sitting there, munching on my hippie bars, grieving my lack of pancakes that morning while my fellow teammate tackled a bowl of oatmeal at least twice the size of his head, filled with nuts and fruit and god knows what else.
Ooooohhhh.... So that's how it's done. I can do that.
I'm now one of those oatmeal people. Here's how I do it.
Step 1: Get hot water going for oatmeal and coffee.
Step 2: You need a huge mound of instant oatmeal. Don't hold back here. This is the glue that holds it all together. I usually make it a little on the dry side, but do what you like. Use milk if you can.
Step 3: Cinnamon. Again, go crazy with it. I've never had too much cinnamon in my oatmeal.
Step 4: Dried Apples. I usually add just enough to get some apple flavor. Raisins work in a pinch.
Step 5: Walnuts. At least 1/4 lb. This is the long haul food for the morning.
Step 6. Drench that fucker in maple syrup. REAL maple syrup.
Bone Appetite!
Urp.
Great idea this. It is always difficult to thin of varied things to cook especially for a hungry family and some of the ideas here and elsewhere on your site have given me some great ideas so thak you!