An Old-Fashioned Girl

Besides for being the title of one of my favorite books by Louisa May Alcott, I love my old-fashioned steel cut oats.

According to this article, we've been making our oatmeal the wrong way.

So I gave it a try. I figured I love steel cut oatmeal as prepared according to the normal package directions.

After making a batch and tossing it into a Mason jar (a minor obsession of mine) with a bit of almond milk and maple syrup, I headed to work. It was a Sunday and those days are my craziest. I ended up basically drinking the gruel and it was a wonderful, warm  comfort to have as I ran through my day.

I just made another double batch. This time I added some spices - cardamon, itsy bit of ground cloves, dash of ginger. I put some maple syrup and brown sugar in too. I was running low on the syrup.

Try the method outlined in the article. Curl up on one of these cold winter days with a good, old-fashioned book, and enjoy a bit of comfort.

P.S. Looking for some good old-fashioned books? Here are a few suggestions:

• An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple
• Masha by Mara Kay (If you ever find a copy of this at a bookstore, I envy you. But many libraries carry it!)

If you have any other ideas, let me know!