The eggs , bacon and home fries (you forgot the muffin) is exactly what I am trying to avoid , thus the switch to oatmeal.

I find that since I started the oatmeal , I am less hungry all day long. Even 8 hours or more later at super time I'm not "starving" like I did all the time before the oatmeal.

Unless you're on a really strict diet I don't think there's anything wrong with a few eggs. I find the protien helps satiate your hunger and eggs are a great platform for vegetables and hot sauce :hihi:

I try to avoid bacon almost entirely. I do buy the really good smoked stuff from Sid Wainer and use just a tiny amount to flavor other foods.

I've never had a homefry that I liked, and they're all carbs and fat anyway.

-spence

I have nothing against eggs either but I seldom have them without the bacon or sausage and home fries, toast etc.

The worst food of all IMO that I have almost completely eliminated from my food supply is .....hot dogs. 85 % fat. 85%!!! I couldn't believe it when I read that on the nutritional label. I really like hot dogs on a bun with all the condiments but I cannot justify eating a meat product that is 85% fat.

Ask Nebe - I think Phil's in Wakefield RI is the best I ever had, even compared to down south

Been there once. If I had that place across from work I'd be huge.

-spence

I love Biscuits and Gravy...:drool:

My favorite is this place down in Greensboro, NC. They make their own hams also...it's insanely good food.

-spence

Got hooked on it when I was stationed down in South Carolina.....that and Red Beans and Rice :drool:

The big thing I remember eating in NC was pulled pork sandwiches. Good! I did a lot of business travel down there and the locals always got biscuits and gravy as part of their breakfast.

I added a little more water and just a smidge less oats to my oatmeal today. It came out great. I think I am zeroing in on the perfect bowl of oatmeal! :)When we were kids my mother made thick , like turkey stuffing then we made it more msuhy liquid by adding milk which was her intent. The extra water today made it a little runny like it would have been after adding milk back then. Brown sugar (just a little) , cinnimon, walnuts and fresh Blueberries today.

This morning's bowl...
Bobs Red mill Gluten Free
Big ole spoon full of canned pumpkin
Handful of frozencrnberries and a spoonful of cashew butter


:)

i would wager a guess that at least 15 lbs of my poney keg is from phils.. :rotf2:

for a couple years i had a little corned beef hash addiction until i read the fat content on a can at stop and shop..

My standard breakfast lately is 2 sweet apple chicken sausages, 2 eggs over medium with a few strips of baby swiss on top served up in some toasted whole wheat bread as a sammich.... I butter the bread with a little irish butter that is to die for.. :uhuh::uhuh::uhuh:

some walnuts added is real good...too

a teaspoon of real maple syrup outstanding

try the Manuka raisens they are far superior to
californicated raisens

I got this down to a science now! I bought a 1/2 cup scoop. Now its a beer glass full of water in the pan to boil. I also start the coffee machine. Go take a leak. The water for the oatmeal boils in a minute. One scoop of oatmeal in. Turn the heat down to slow boil. By then the one cup coffee maker is ready. I add some milk to the coffeee and sit down for 17 minutes while I sip the coffee to wake up and look at my emails ,this site, etc. The oatmeal 17 minute boil time goes quickly and I shut the heat off. I add the brown sugar , cinnamon , and nuts. Stir them all in. A handfull of blueberries or craisins on top and I sit down and eat the oatmeal right out of the pan I cooked it in.


I love it when a plan comes together! :)

did you try cashews?

Not yet but I will. Got to eat the blueberries , bananas , walnuts and craisins I bought first. :) The trouble with cashews will be putting a small handful in the oatmeal then eating the whole rest of the can that night watching TV!

haha. yes i know that routine..

on a side note, my favorite nut snack is wasabi coated almonds.. THey are amazing and go well with some good beer.

My first encounter with wasabi was in Japan at a business dinner at a fancy restaurant One of these places where your waitresses were dressed like geishas and kneeled on the floor to pour you each little shot of saki.

Anyway , they bring out some food and on the plate is this pile of green paste. Being a dumbo I think its mashed peas (yes definitely stupid...did I mention the saki? :) ) . So I pick up the whole pile with my chopstix and shovel it into my mouth. Well needless to say , it was an eye opener.

So now the Japanese guys who brought me there start saying...Oh , you like wasabe...you ate so much...bring him more wasabi ! :)

Good to know - I have been paying $6 for the Quaker steel grain at SS. I will look around for that Red Mill.
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I was really surprised at the price difference between the Red Mill and the McCanns (both steel cut) . At Daves Market the Red Mill was only $3 vs $6 for roughly the same amount of McCanns. 2 to 1. The McCanns better give you an orgasm when you eat it to justify a 2 to 1 price difference! :)[/QUOTE]

I bought mine (Red Mill steel cut) at Daves but they say its available at Ocean State so that should be even less expensive.