… stir well.
Herman is still a baby, he was quite bubbly when I got home to stir him. He’s feeling quite at home sleeping in our microwave, covered with a tea towel.
I’ve discovered that I actually received Herman on the traditional Day 1, so for me this will be a 9 day process instead of 10.
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Today I tried Overnight Oats for the first time. I mixed equal parts oats, hazelnut almond rice milk, and peach provamel soy yogurt, with a dash of cinnamon then let it sit in the fridge all night. I must say I was very skeptical when the oats went into the fridge looking like a pile of goo and, well, came out not looking much different…
But I cut up some peaches and strawberries and threw on a dollop of almond butter and it tasted pretty good. I still think I’ve got the liquid to oats ratio is a bit high, but it was good enough that I’ll keep trying. I did enjoy the fact that the oats were cold, I’ve never been a fan of hot oatmeal in the morning.
Tonight I finally got to try Indian food in England. Indian food has to be one of my favorite types of food. All those curries, and it has to be super spicy! My flat mate came with me, she had never tried Indian food before (it’s sometimes hard to come by in little American farming towns) so I decided a sampling of all the typical foods was a good idea.
First we had a starter that our waiter recommended, I forget what he called it but it was basically a sampling of many different chutneys on cracker like bread. My favorite was the curried pickles and my flat mate liked the sweet honey colored on the far left:
We then each got a vegetable samosa, very traditional but very tasty.
I then introduced my flat mate to the lassi, a traditional indian yogurt drink. They work wonders for cutting the spice of a main dish. We got the mango flavor.
Then finally the main course. I got Karahi Mash Daal & Chana, a lentil and chickpea dish, “very spicy” and my flat mate got Karahi Prawn and Spinach, “less spicy”.
I absolutely loved mine (I’m a huge chick pea fan) and it was extremely spicy in the best possible way. My flat mate liked hers, but I’m afraid it was a bit too spicy for her, she had to drink a lot of lassi.
We also ordered some Naan, an indian flat bread, to go with our meal, and boy did we get Naan.
This is the largest piece of Naan I have ever seen, and they serve it to you hanging on a metal rack, quite interesting.
What’s your favorite Indian dish?
I’m jealous of the Indian food – it isn’t nearly as good here in chicago!
suggestions for the overnight oats: add chia seeds or ground flax, or cook the oats in water or other liquid in a microwave (this is assuming you have one…) for 1.5 mins, then refrigerate overnight, and mix in your yogurt and other things. in general I’d leave the yogurt until morning. hope this helps make it better for ya!
Thanks Rachel! I’ll try that this weekend!
I love Indian food – anything with chickpeas or eggplant is my fave!
When doing overnight oats, I always add oat bran/wheat bran to the oats, because this way it soaks up the liquid really well. I always pour boiling water over the oats, then let it sit for a couple of minutes on the kitchen counter and when it thicken a bit, I put it into the fridge. Adding well-mashed banana and a spoon of peanut butter before putting to the fridge helps too 🙂