To start off the day, here’s a yummy breakfast recipe for oatmeal muffins! 

• 1 c. rolled oats (you can use quick oats, too)
• 1 c. buttermilk or sour milk (you can add a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of regular milk; I use kefir)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. brown sugar (I’m thinking of trying out agave nectar for this)
• 1/2 c. coconut oil or butter (or shortening or margarine, but you know those aren’t good for you 🙂 )
• 1 c. flour (whole wheat for me, of course!)
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Soak oatmeal in buttermilk 1 hour (I soak it overnight because it helps break down the phytic acid and it’s also convenient – in the morning I can get up and immediately add everything else); add egg and beat well. Add sugar and mix, add cooled shortening. Add flour sifted with salt, baking powder and soda. Bake in greased muffin pans in hot oven (400 degrees) 15 to 20 minutes. This should make about a dozen, and I usually make four dozen for one meal.

You can throw in diced fresh fruit, blueberries, raisins, or whatever other kind of dried fruit strikes your fancy.  This is a new recipe that I’m trying, but it looks like it should be good.  If you make it, let me know how you like it.

Avivah