I thought of talking about doing this again to people. Not for money, just for change. Hahaha! NOT money change, just change change. That was not intended, funny. Burke and I started on January first with our no meat or dairy, just plant foods and whole grains, beans, stuff like that. It is going great so far. I've loved reading the China Study while we are doing this, it's given me even more motivation. We've been making more recipes in our 12 steps Green Smoothie Girl book also. We've really enjoyed a lot of the salad dressing out of there also. I am going to start posting yummy healthy recipes we've tried on this blog and anyone else share them too! We started this last Sunday, the 1st and since then, I've lost 3 pounds! Woohooo! Pretty amazing what just eating right can do. I did work out a couple of times, but I really owe it all to the food.
The first recipe that I wanted to share is:
Overnight Deluxe Oatmeal
Spray a slow cooker. Then add:
4 1/2 c. water
3 Tbsp. butter (we used coconut oil)
1 apple, peeled and diced
1 tsp. cinnamon
dash of salt
1 c. Steel Cut Oats
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1/4 c. brown sugar (we used 1/8 c. xagave)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Cook on low for 3 1/2 hours. Yields 5-6 cups finished cereal.
I thought this was SO yummy! I made it before we went to bed and then just heated it up in the morning, but it was really yummy freshly done. So if you want to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning and turn on your crock pot, more power to YOU! :)
I'll add more later.....
mmmmmmmmmm!!!! we want to, we're not doing so great lately. we need the motivation. thanks sis!
ReplyDeleteOf course we're here; just a bit late, as usual! We tried a baked oatmeal recipe that Gail got at Beehive; I'll have to find it and post it. The slow cooker recipe sounds too; we'll have to try it! Thanks, Jenni!
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ReplyDeleteThink you can find it at a health food store. Jenni just ordered us some, and i've been using it on my oatmeal, it's really good...but super expensive....but so is honey. Jenni, how can we buy our own, but cheaper like you did?
ReplyDeleteJuli, I'm researching that for you. I looked it up online through this place I get it from, but it says it is unavailable. I don't know if you have to order it from someone like I do or not. I've e-mailed her, but haven't heard back, I'll let you know when I do.
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