Jah Makin' Me Oatmeal
The Seattle Snowpocalypse has had me hibernating in my burrow. Rustam does not like playing in the snow (unless spending lots of money on riding chairlifts up a mountain and then hurtling down it at speeds just-this-side-of-"safe" is involved). Instead of going to the store, which would require leaving my apartment, I've embraced the dry goods in my pantry. In short, I've been eating lots of rice and beans, and oatmeal. I have an on again, off again relationship with the latter... delicious one minute, painfully boring the next.
Fearing cereal fatigue, I decided to sex up my bowl o' oats. My experimentation led me to draw inspiration from the Caribbean isle of Jamaica, with it's rich tradition of jerk pork (all spice and chilis), rum, and sun (raisins?).
Without further ado, the recipe of your oatmeal dreams, Jah Makin' Me Oatmeal.
- 2/3 cups Quaker oats (none of that instant nonsense)
- 1 cup water (I like my oatmeal thick, like my... bacon)
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 dash salt
- 1/4 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp ground all spice
- 1 spritz Jamaican rum (adjust to taste)
- 1 tbsp molasses
- 1/3 cup milk
- some raisins
Combine the oats and spices in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 3 minutes/until the bowl overflows, whichever comes first. Clean up the oatmeal that inevitably exploded all over the inside of your microwave. Add the rum and molasses. Mix that shit up. Add the milk and raisins. Stir vigorously.
Om nom nom.
