Football Epilogue

One of my favorite all-time morning foods is oatmeal . They have a lot of nutritional benefits  and are just delicious with minimal modification, e.g. a little cinnamon and milk.  Recently, and somewhat on a whim, I bought a Costco-sized bag of steel cut oats. I finally found a quiet morning to try them. For those wondering, a steel cut oat is just where the grain is cut/chopped into pieces. This is different from the typical rolled oat where the grains are moistened and flattened. There's really no difference in nutritional value. The steel cut oats, however, require some actual cooking time on the stove.  I usually prepare my rolled oatmeal in the microwave and get a mush of sorts. The more three dimensional aspect of the steel cut grains require simmering for water penetration and the result is distinctly different. A grittier, more textured oatmeal results. It is something akin to rice and oatmeal mating.  It was a great change from the rolled oats...

Just some chicken breasts, dried rosemary, salt, garlic, a little oil and vinegar, some French-cut green beans and basil.  I'm making this while my daughter and her friend make playdough.

While well intended, I think such lists are non-sustainable and really just amount to dieting with the difference being that instead of learning moderation you just supplement with stuff that frankly doesn't taste very good and is kind of expensive and challenging to get ahold of so it discourages eating. Probably works rather well in the short term, but as the body adjusts and we become creatures of our own habits I might predict a pretty serious whiplash effect. My sister is trying this so we'll see...