As much as I love going places, nothing is better than being home.

This morning I greeted our neighborhood with a walk with Pepsi and we were treated to a fabulous ocean view.

Please remind me of this when it is super foggy in June and I have to wear a North face down jacket

And then we came home and I enjoyed a big bowl of steel-cut oats topped with almond butter and jam.

And my beloved Nespresso espresso.

And now I am ready to head out with my bike gang for a ride up the coast.

Can’t wait!

Hope you have a great day planned as well.

Do you love where you live?

Since we have been sans kitchen we have tried many variations of oats.

• Overnight oats-not bad but yogurt is just okay in my book and it upsets Bill’s stomach
• Vegan overnight oats-does not warm me up enough for a winter breakfast
• Quick cooking oats-mushy
• Microwaved steel-cut oats-not quite right
• Old fashioned oats-will do but we so prefer some crunch

And yet they all had some problems until we found this gem at TJ’s:

Oh thank goodness Bill found this the other day.  The convenience of a quick cooking oat but without the mush factor.

What we do is we warm up the water with this guy:

While that is heating up, I add the oats, cinnamon, pinch of sea salt, and raisins to the Tupperware (we looked long and hard for approximately the same size as Starbucks Perfect Oats container):

And then we add the water and enjoy with mixins.  My favs lately are these babies:

Sometimes I do have to pop the whole mix in the microwave for about a minute and then it is perfection.

I wonder once the kitchen is done if I will remember how to really cook