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tert in seattle

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>On Tue, 3 Sep 2019, tert in seattle wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 29 Jul 2019, tert in seattle wrote:
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>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, tert in seattle wrote:
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>>>>>> I've made it twice now - melt butter, sautee a cup or so of chopped
>>>>>> spinach for a minute, pour in 3 whisked eggs to which you've already
>>>>>> added about a quarter cup finely grated parmesan, and cook, stirring,
>>>>>> until done - easy, nutritious and delicious
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>>>>> I have used those 3 ingredients PLUS leftover rice, to make a kinda
>>>>> "frittorta".
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>>>>> Heat some butter in a skillet, mix all the ingredients and
>>>>> pour into the hot skillet. Cook til it sets. You can brown it in the
>>>>> broiler.
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>>>> that makes me think of the savory oatmeal I made yesterday
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>>>> 1. make oatmeal
>>>> 2. fry up some garlic in olive oil
>>>> 3. pour the oatmeal on the garlic and mix together
>>>> 4. mix in grated cheddar right when you take off the heat
>>>> 5. top with fried egg, s & p
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>>> I need to try this. But, what's the texture of this savory oatmeal? I
>>> can't imagine gloppy oatmeal with an egg on top of it....
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>> I use steel cut oats for my oatmeal, wouldn't describe it as gloppy.
>> It's not any gloppier than grits, fwiw. Have not tried it lately in
>> favor of doing the cheese & garlic thing with brown rice instead, no
>> egg on top.
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>> I've started making granola with rolled oats. The basic is just 3 cups
>> oats, 1/2 cup oil (I'm using sunflower), and 1/2 cup brown sugar
>> dissolved in water and cooked down not quite to a syrup. And some salt.
>> Granola is pretty forgiving so none of this needs to be too precise. Mix
>> the oats with the oil & 'syrup' and bake at 325 for about 30 minutes,
>> stirring occasonally. You can add dried fruit or choc chips or whatever
>> after it's cooled.
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>sounds good. You can control the sugar, and the additions.
>Cheap?

hell yeah I'm cheap! especially when doing it myself costs less than
half as much as the store bought stuff