01/08/2011

I have just spent my day scrubbing at my uncles. Ouch! I cut my fingers twice cleaning & I think I need a gallon of lotion to repair the damage I did to my poor hands, but it was worth it to spend time with my family. I love them so, but boy am I tired.

I tried to wake Clay up three times & each time he asked me for 5 more mins. just 5 min mins. LOL! Poor thing did not sleep well last night & neither did I.  I have been having an issue with staying asleep once I get to sleep. I have tried everything to stay asleep & nothing has worked so far. I think I might just have to go back on the sleeping pills, but I hate them. I don't dream when I talk them & I am so dead to the world the next morning I over sleep. Maybe I can find a remedy that non chemical some where, (going to have to research that).

Oh! Before I slip off to sleep I found this great recipe & I thought I would share it.

Banana Bread Oatmeal

Ingredients

• 3  cups fat-free milk
• 3  tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4  teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/4  teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2  cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 1  cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
• 2  tablespoons coarsely chopped toasted pecans
•   Plain or vanilla nonfat yogurt (optional)
•   Banana slices (optional)
•   Pecan halves (optional)

 Preparation

In medium saucepan, bring milk, sugar, salt and spices to gentle boil (watch carefully); stir in oats. Return to boil; reduce heat to medium. Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Remove oatmeal from heat. Stir in mashed bananas and pecans. Spoon oatmeal into six cereal bowls. Top with yogurt, sliced bananas and pecan halves, if desired.

• Prep Time: 10 min
• Cook Time Time: 01 hours 05 min

Cook’s Notes

To toast pecans, spread evenly in shallow baking pan. Bake at 350°F 5 to 7 minutes or until light golden brown. Or, spread nuts evenly on microwave-safe plate. Microwave on HIGH 1 minute; stir. Continue to microwave on HIGH, checking every 30 seconds, until nuts are fragrant and brown.

Yield 6

Nutrition Information

1/6 recipe

• Serving Size: 1/6 recipe
• Calories: 220  11% 
• Calories from Fat: 30 
• Total Fat: 3.5  6% 
• Saturated Fat: 0.5  3% 
• Trans Fat: 0 
• Cholesterol: 5  1% 
• Sodium: 55  2% 
• Total Carbohydrate: 40  13% 
• Dietary Fiber: 4  16% 
• Sugars: 18 
• Protein: 8  17% 
• Vitamin A: 277  6% 
• Vitamin C: 4  6% 
• Calcium: 179  20% 
• Iron: 2  10% 

Dietary Exchange

• starchbread:1 1/2
• milk:1/2 non-fat
• fruit:1
• fat:1/2