Its Sunday Morning and I just scanned the Walgreens Ads and there are lots of great foodso buys this week, and so it will be a fun, easy and healthy week, cooking and eating from a convenience store! Atleast once a month oats are on sale, and I ALWAYS stock up. Oats are another food that many nutritionist deam as a super food, if not top 10, top 20. A study published in the archives of internal medicine confirms eating high fiber foods, such as oats, helps prevent heart disease. I think the "heart smart" on the label is the first indication when looking at the packaging. Oats are packed with fiber, and fiber keeps our digestive system moving and that inturn is good for our cardiovascular system. Eating 3 grams of oats a day, can significantly lower cholesteral in bodies by 8-24%. This helps to reduce heart issues and strokes. In the website www.whfoods.com, many benefits of oats are discussed along with controlling heart disease, consuming oats is benificial in controlling type II diabetes, controlling weight gain, it is also an antioxident, known to help prevent breast cancer when consumed along side fruit.
Oatmeal is an easy, nourishing way to start anyday, and along with the calcium and vitmin provided with milk and the vitamins provided with dried fruit, almost all the good groups are consumed in this meal. Oatmeal can be eaten anytime of the day however, it doesnt have to be just for breakfast.
ingredients and directions
serves 4
3 1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups oats $1.10
1 cup milk.20
1/2 cup cranberries .50
1/2 cup raisins .50
1 tablespoon honey .15
total $2.45 .62 per serving
boil water, add oats when water comes to a rolling boil, lower heat to medium and stir constantly until water is completely disolved and the oats are cooked and creamy
remove from heat and portion into 4 servings
devode milk and honey in each, add dried fruit
if more milk is desired, add to your liking
cinnamon optional, or dried cherries, blueberries, nuts
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