Recipe Review: Amish Baked Oatmeal

Even though I haven't posted any lately, I've actually tried many new recipes in the last few weeks. I'm very excited about it. I'm also getting back into planning my menus ahead of time. It's all part of my "get your crap together" initiative. It seems I have a lot of crap to get together and I'm failing miserably. If you're looking for a good planner, I love this one. It has 2 pages... one for the weekly menu and one for other scheduling things.

Now for the recipe!

For breakfast this morning, we tried this Amish Baked Oatmeal recipe. You actually mix all of the ingredients the night before and let it chill out in the fridge overnight. I tend to serve a lot of cold cereal and toast for breakfast since I'm usually still half asleep so I liked the idea of doing the prep work the night before. Throw it in the oven in the morning and you get this...



I knew if I mentioned the word "oatmeal", Big One wouldn't bite. So I may have fibbed a little and told him I was making a special breakfast cake. I should know better. I placed the bowl of "special breakfast cake" in front of him and walked away.

"Oh. So this is cake."

You had to hear it. It was sort of muttered under his breath, dripping with disappointment. I imagine he was thinking something along the lines of "I should have known Mom wouldn't really give me cake for breakfast". He didn't eat his special breakfast cake although he did try one bite.

And me? I liked the flavor. I just have issues with the texture of oatmeal in general. I want to like it so I keep trying. I had hoped the baked version would be more appealing but there was still something about it that I didn't quite like. Flavor? Great. Texture? Not for me. If you like oatmeal, I would definitely recommend trying it.