Homemade oatmeal

This morning, I woke up to snow falling outside! It didn't look like it would accumulate much, but it was a very pretty scene. I tried to take some pictures, but they didn't really do it much justice.

I decided to make oatmeal today....my usual wintertime breakfast. Lately I have been eating it every day, alternating between adding raisins or bananas.

Today, I decided to try something different. I started by chopping up a Red Delicious apple that I had sitting in the fridge.

















It probably amounted to about 3/4 cup


















Then I added a cup of skim milk and 1/2 cup of dry regular oats


















Microwave for about 3 minutes, then...


















I added 1/2 packet of Equal (just to sweeten things up a bit), about a tablespoon of chopped walnuts, and a nice dusting of cinnamon...and voila! Homemade apple cinnamon oatmeal.
Who needs the pre-packaged stuff? You can buy a huge package of regular or quick-cooking oats for less than a box of the packets. It doesn't take that much more time (depending on your chopping skills) Plus, this way you can control exactly what goes in it...no added sugars that you don't put in yourself. I think it tastes better this way, too!

After breakfast, it was time to hit the books...


















I'm taking the GRE (Graduate Record Exam) a week from Monday, so my winter break is not really going to be much of a break. Today I'm expanding my vocabulary and learning strategies for excelling in the verbal section of the test. I know, it sounds boring just reading about it.

I'm going to need some more caffeine!