Every Tuesday night, we host a small group dinner and Bible discussion at our house for young adults. We usually provide a simple meal, like baked potatoes and salad, homemade pizza, custom omelets, etc. Well, this week, Bryan suggested we serve oatmeal.
At first, I thought this was a little strange. “We’re having company and you want to serve oatmeal?! OoooKay…” So I asked another girl in our group, Ashley, what she thought, and she said she loves oatmeal. So…Oatmeal Extravaganza it is!
I made a big batch of homemade oatmeal (4.5 c. oats, 4 c. water, 3.5 c. milk) and a small batch of quinoa (1 c. red quinoa, 1 c. water, 1 c. milk). Then we had the following options for toppings available:
- fried apples (organic apples pan fried in butter with a bit of brown sugar)
- brown sugar, white sugar, honey, maple syrup, and Stevia
- cinnamon and nutmeg
- Nutella
- pecans, walnuts, flax seed
- blueberries and raspberries
- raisins
- pomegranate arils
Then we also served eggs to order on the side (over easy, over medium, or scrambled) – fresh from the farmer’s market! And Ashley brought Immaculate Baking Co. Cinnamon Rolls, which are fabulous!
All in all, the oatmeal bar was EPIC! And it turned out to be a great dinner and discussion group!