1t almond essence (optional) is good if you like an almond flavour.
Mix altogether. Add more water to make it ‘sloppy’ mixture. Grease a dish and cook in the oven for an hour covered tightly with foil. It can be set on a timer to be ready when you get up. 350 degrees or Mark 4.
HOW TO MANAGE THE CHANGES
To start with try with just one breakfast a week, and plan it all the night before. At a weekend make a special breakfast with a wide variety of different things from the above lists on the table. Use attractive pots and containers to suit your style of home and personality Flowers and cheerful colours always make a breakfast table look as if someone is awake! Aim to make the table look attractive. If it is a dark winter morning then light a couple of tea-lights on the table. Change is never easy for anyone, but this makes it feel as if it is something pleasant and good, and worth looking forward to in the morning. In a busy household it does need night before organisation to have everything ready and right on the table to make the changes smoother for everyone in a hurry.
RECIPE BOOKS
Notice which things did appeal to different members of the family and make the same again but with creative variations. You might like to begin a new recipe book or computer file to have your own specialist recipes written down to be easily repeated or to share with others.
A HEALTH CAPSULE.
Here is another use for oats. To relieve the pain of shingles on the body, take 2C porridge oats and add it to a warm bath. Lie and soak in it, then just gently pat dry. Do this as often as needed. If you are more enterprising you can make a muslin bag to put the oats in and run the water over it. Then apply the bag to the painful areas. |
