Hiatus August 31, 2008
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2nd day in California!
Will not be having any OATMEAL [therefore no updates] for the next 3 days! And I haven’t had any since Friday –not sure how I’m going to survive 
Oatmeal #100 August 28, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Recipes, Snack.Tags: almonds, beans, chocolate, mochi, smoothies, tea
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Heheh.
Birthday card for my friend, Tina–happy birthday dude!
[I like rats 
]
Yesterday!
Oatmeal #100
I basically threw in the dessert mom made from the night before into my oats. So combining two of my favorite things seemed fitting for the 100th oatmeal experiment!
- 0.33 cup oats
- 0.25 cup water
- 0.5 cup adzuki bean & lotus seed dessert
- 9 glutinous rice balls
- 0.25 cup milk
- 6 almonds
For some reason, the almonds make me think of squirrels 
It looks so forest-y with the green bowl!
Post-run snack
Oatmeal #101: Chocolate Matcha Smoothie
The partay continues after my 49 minute run [couldn't quite make it to 50 after going up a huge hill ]
This smoothie was the only reason I only had 0.33 cup of oatmeal this morning–didn’t want no overdosin’! 
- 1 cup boiled water
- 1 tsp matcha powder
- 0.25 cup soy milk
- 2 tbsp quick oats
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips
I dissolved the matcha powder in boiled water and let that sit for about…half an hour? And then I blended everything else together–it was a great way to make drinking tea fun! [I'm not really a tea person ]
I actually ended up with a bigger cup than I was expecting–oh well!
Needed either some sugar or more chocolate~not quite sweet enough, but it was pleasantly mild with a very prominent green tea taste–so no complaints there!
2 more days til I leave for California! [I think after this trip, I'm going to have to stop spending $$$ for the next 5 years...]
Reminding you all of my updating skills August 26, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Snack.Tags: almonds, apples, smoothies, strawberries, tea, walnuts
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Vacationing has lazied me! [so much that I can't be bothered to use proper verbs] Haven’t been blogging, haven’t been catching up with other blogs–roar.
Saturday
Oatmeal #98: Peppermint Tea
In yet another digging-through-the-pantry quest–I discovered a box of peppermint tea. Of course, I immediately thought: oatmeal + blogging = EATING ADVENTURES
Not much stuff in this one–I think we were out of fruits:
- oats
- water
- 2% milk
- brown sugar [sprinkled on top 'cause it was a last minute addition]
- walnuts
- ground almonds
- cinnamon
- 1 peppermint tea bag
Oats + peppermint tea + toast + margarine
I think this tea the only kind [that I've tried so far] where I can actually taste the flavor. Don’t remember if the peppermint came through in the oats–but I could tell there was tea in there
Post-something snack:
Could have been just a FEED ME snack for all I know Don’t remember if I yoga-ed in the morning or in the evening~
Digest crackers dipped to sogginess in milk = favorite snack from since…at least high school?! This is the first time I’ve had this since I came home, so naturally I had to go back for another cracker and more milk
Sunday
Oatmeal #99: Smoothies – Part IV
Am going to use the blender as many times as I can before I leave for school!
This is possibly the simplest ingredients list you’re ever going to see on this blog:
- 0.5 cup quick oats
- 0.5 cup milk
- 0.5 cup water
- 0.5 Fiji apple
- 5 strawberries
Largest cup of smoothie I’ve made so far! Fruits really fills up space
Oh oh so I ran on the treadmill instead of going outside since it was raining. So after a 45 minute run and I was walking to cool down, the machine said I was close to 1000 calories, but I saw that there were only three digit slots for the calorie counting slot! So I got curious and decided to walk a little longer to reach 1000 just to see if the machine would explode or something
As you can see, nothing happened:
Not even a happy triumphant ditty or alarm bells or scientific notations or anything! What a cheap piece of crap!
Yesterday
Pile of mush
Cereal for breakfast!!!
Bran flakes, digest cracker, raw brownie, strawberries, milk & soy milk.
With raspberry mocha.
Post-yoga snack
Toast with blueberry yogurt spread on top I have such a huge sweet tooth, it’s ridiculous.
Dessert
!!!!!!
Home-made glutinous rice balls! Courtesy of mom, of course I stayed up just for this!
The other stuff: red beans + lotus seeds. I think I can die happy now~
Off to run in about half an hour!
Oatmeal #97: Apple Pie – Part III August 25, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Lunch, Snack.Tags: almonds, apples, cereal, chocolate, muesli, walnuts, yogurt
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Friday:
Haven’t had muesli in a while–so I decided to have it! I was planning to have pancakes–but I got lazy
Contents:
- 1 container Silhouette 0% Peach yogurt
- oats
- 0.5 cup water
- ground almonds
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- bran flakes
- chocolate chips
- walnuts
- 0.5 huge Fiji apple
I soaked the first 6 ingredients overnight–the other stuff I added in the morning. Didn’t want any soggyness!
It was like apple cream pie–yum! This is a little sweeter than is normal for me–but the 0.5 cup water balanced out the yogurt, so it wasn’t sweet enough to rot my teeth or anything I still like plain yogurt better though~
Oh, and check out this awesome coffee mom bought:
COOLEST COFFEE FILTER EVER, YEAH?! Japanese people have the craziest ideas~
It was after drinking this that I realize how much I dislike Colombian coffee…
Post-run snack:
Leftover fruits & a raw brownie.
Lunch:
A&W! Haven’t had this in ages!
Was a small burger, but my stomach was still full of fruits, so I ended up fine
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SUMMER’S ALMOST OVER?! If you’re in college/university, midterms are in less than 2 months!
Oatmeal #96: Smoothies – Part III August 22, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Lunch, Snack.Tags: almonds, banana, orange, smoothies
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Yesterday’s breakfast:
Orange-banana smoothie I only threw in half an orange ’cause I wasn’t sure how orange I wanted the thing to be! I think that was the right choice, otherwise my cup would have overflowed!
Despite the amount of fruits I added this time–the drink wasn’t too sweet–which is, frankly, a-OK with me ’cause I dislike excessively sweet stuff anyway. More important was that I could actually taste and smell all the ingredients–which I could [except for the vanilla--but I didn't add that much so that's most likely why], so that was good
Other things: vanilla extract, soy milk, milk, oats, almonds
With a piece of bread and leftover fruits! Was pretty filling for a breakfast that didn’t have much chewing involved. [Liquids just doesn't hold me over that well--maybe 'cause I like eating more than drinking ]
Lunch:
DUMPLINGS! I’m so touched
Imagine this but multiplied by 3
Post-yoga snack:
Yogurt + 3 or 4 more dumplings
Rhythmic gymnastics is on right now! So exciting!
Oatmeal #95: Strawberry-Banana Cheesecake August 21, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snack.Tags: banana, cake, corn, egg, strawberries
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Heheh.
Tuesday’s breakfast:
WE FINALLY HAD BANANAS IN THE HOUSE! [they're all gone now--hence past tense and sad face: ] You can imagine how exciting that is
Mom also baked some cheesecake the night before, so combine that thought + breakfast and you get another oatmeal experiment!
I think I had about half a slice in there–but that’s plenty once you break it up and mash it into the oatmeal while they’re cooking. And since I already had the cake to flavor the oats, I chopped the banana instead of mashing it like I usually do.
This picture makes it look gross, but it isn’t! I blame the bad weather, which also meant poor lighting!
The cheesecake flavor wasn’t that strong–I had to actively search for its taste–I guess maybe I’ll use the cake as a topping next time?
Other things I added: vanilla extract, almonds, soy milk, cinnamon, mixed grains
Lunch
When I’m home, it’s very rare that I ever have sandwiches for lunch [I know--I'm spoiled rotten!] But that day I guess no one felt like cooking so my brother went to buy McDonalds [for my parents] and Subway [for himself]. I didn’t feel like waiting ’cause I was hungry–so I made a sandwich!
I sliced one piece of thick white bread in half since I had another piece earlier and didn’t feel up to eating three thick slices of bread x_X
Contents: honey ham, roasted turkey, lettuce, apple slices.
Awesome sweet + savory combo! Am definitely recreating this when I go back to school in September!
Wednesday
Eggs!
Only one picture ’cause all the other ones were ugly!
Contents: oats, grains, small egg, corn, banana, soy milk
Plus a cup of raspberry mocha! [the cocoa blend I added was raspberry flavored--but I think a mocha smoothie is definitely in my future!]
Post-run snack:
Milk, cheerios, bran flakes, raw brownie.
The brownies turned the milk into chocolate milk! Awesome
Dinner:
SUSHIIII! ZOMFGWTFLOLBBQSAURUS.
Ignore my brother’s ugly hand.
My plate:
I went back for another piece of sashimi, california roll, california roll + sashimi, and a tuna sushi. The rolls are huge!
ZOMFG It’s my birthday soon–WHAT DO I DO?! -cue mid-life crisis-
Oatmeal #94: Smoothies – Part II August 20, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Lunch, Snack.Tags: carrots, corn, goji berries, smoothies, strawberries
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Monday’s breakfast: More smoothie adventures!
This time:
- 0.25 cup oats
- 0.25 cup mixed grains
- 0.25 cup soy milk
- 0.25 cup 2% milk
- 0.25 cup water
- last of my goji berries [1.5 tbsp?]
- 0.5 small carrot [yeah...I was looking for things to bulk up my smoothie with]
- 0.25 cup corn
- 2 medium strawberries
I’m not sure but I think I might have gotten a bigger cup this time? If not, well…I felt much more full after drinking, so…?
But yeah I was really impressed with the strawberries ’cause I could smell and taste them even though I only threw two random ones in! Awesome And I couldn’t taste the carrot & corn at all–even though I definitely chewed on some carrot pieces.
Tasted good though! Not too sweet, doughy, crunchy, chewy Kinda like last time!
Got hungry a while later, so had some soup:
Winter melon…? And shitake mushrooms.
Another snack…may have been after running…? I think that was the day I went running with my dad…? [oh no--early onset Alzheimer's?!]
My raw brownies!!! Turned out actually brownie-like this time! ZOMFG. I used almonds and raisins [I threw in 2 pieces of apricot in 'cause I didn't want to use up all the raisins], and I think I overdid the raisins ’cause it was too sweet–but that problem was solved by throwing in the peanut butter!
The stuff in the bowl is just soup with a scoop of congree [rice + water] mixed in.
Lunch–take-out.
I had like…3 bowls ’cause I was starving! I don’t understand why I’m always hungry…?
But anyway–the red stuff is something called Honeymoon fried rice? Or something? It comes with tomato sauce & chicken & onions on one side, alfredo & shrimp on the other side. And the rice + egg is underneath the sauce. It’s very yum
The noodles’ just rice noodles + shrimp + egg. <3
Nooo I can’t believe it’s almost the end of August–this has got to be the fastest summer ever!
Yammy & Fruity August 19, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Snack.Tags: blueberries, cherries, plum, sweet potato
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Saturday
Oatmeal #93: Yammy
If I didn’t incorporate the yam dessert from the previous night into my breakfast, I would have ended up chugging down a ton of it anyway, so I decided to have that stuff with my oats
Disappointingly, the yams didn’t really bulk up the oats too much–but it could have been due to the fact that I had 0.25 cup oats and 0.25 cup mixed grains&other stuff [wheat berries, spelt berries [?], oats, wild&white&brown rice, millet, pearl barley, red&green beans..possibly some other stuff as well] instead of the usual 0.5 cup oats..
But it tasted so good! I mashed some yams into the oatmeal, and left some chunks on top for all-around yamminess
Sunday
Fruity
Had some random leftover fruits lying around in the fridge, so I took it upon myself to finish them!
A huge plum [mashed], cherries, and blueberries. Topped with sliced almonds and walnuts. Nice and normal I also mixed in two tablespoons of the cooked grains in with 0.5 cup oats that time–much better!
Post…something snack
Can’t remember if I ran or yoga-ed that day…or I might not have done anything…
Blueberries and a surprise raisin bun! [It's a surprise 'cause the raisins were hidden inside the bun! So I didn't even know til I bit into it!]
Am off to read about the whole tie breaker dealio with the women’s gymnastics last night! [I'm still happy for China though!]
Oatmeal #92: Smoothie August 17, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch.Tags: blueberries, corn, raisins, smoothies, walnuts
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Friday’s breakfast:
Smoothie with toast [margarine with cinnamon sprinkled on top]!
I know lots of people have done oatmeal smoothies before–but I haven’t! Therefore it’s obligatory that I give it a try–as we have a blender and everything! Damn, how did I live without this miraculous apparatus before?!
- 0.5 cup oats
- 0.5 cup soy milk
- 0.25 cup milk
- 0.25 cup water [i think??]
- 0.25 cup blueberries
- 0.25 cup corn [yeah...]
- 0.25 cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp raisins
Um yeah it’s a very random list of ingredients–but that’s ’cause we didn’t exactly have a ton of fruits and stuff around the house at the moment, I suppose I could have added more blueberries–but I didn’t want to use up the whole thing by myself And I was originally planning to make a green walnut smoothie…but I was too lazy to wash the veggies, so I used corn and blueberries!
It was pretty good though! I ate the smoothie with a spoon since it seemed easier than sipping. Unfortunately, this breakfast wasn’t very filling I miss the flax!
For some reason I was feeling tired that day [jet lag?], so I ended up going back to bed…to wake up at 3: 30…so I had to make my own lunch:
I hate washing vegetables So there were only two types of veggies and three pieces of dumplings [<3] with shrimp egg noodles [basically just shrimp and wheat--not sure why they called it egg noodles...]
Dessert–MY VERY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD [aside from oatmeal, of course]–yamssssss!
My favorite is the purple ones–so chewy and soft! Yams are amazing
The soup the yams are cooked in is basically just water, rock sugar, and ginger. SO. GOOD. I can chug this stuff down like oatmeal!
We’re having steak for dinner tonight–so excited! Haven’t had this stuff in so long! [Oh man, I never want this vacation to end!]
Oatmeal #91: Apple Pie – Part II August 16, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Snack.Tags: almonds, apples, cashews, cereal, chocolate, walnuts
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Canada finally won a gold medal! I was getting worried!
Thursday’s breakfast:
I upgraded my apple pie oatmeal with chocolate [because chocolate always ups the awesome factor ] and actual almonds! The only thing that kept this from reaching pure perfection were the apples–not sweet enough!
I also cooked the apples this time [added with the milk after the oat-water mixture boils] so the pieces are a little softer, but not too soft–I definitely like it better this way!
Things I added: oats, water, soy milk, cinnamon, chocolate chips, almonds, walnuts, cashews, bran flakes, vanilla extract and half of a huge apple.
Must experiment with this some more!
Post-yoga snack:
The rest of my apple with PB! Unfortunately, we don’t have the all-natural kind in the house–so the PB was completely tasteless! I don’t even know how I could have liked this stuff before–guess I didn’t know how processed this stuff really was until I’ve tried the real stuff!
More gymnastics tonight! [I didn't realize there was no event scheduled for last night ] GO CHINA!
