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lukewarm
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Aw Lena I’m sorry I wasn’t here to help when you were feeling down. I wanted to say thank you for your kind and empathetic words in my diary. It really has helped me. Also congratulations on your boyfriend’s job! I’m so happy for you guys! Wonderful job on your diet and exercise Lena, you have reminded me that exercise is GOOD and that I should look forward to it tonight, so thank you very much! Also yes, you are supposed to boil the oats. I have my oatmeal with berries and some cinnamon. I sometimes use natural applesauce/thin sliced apples as well. It’s very yummy and really good for you! I hope you’re having a nice night/or day! 
aw that is so sweet of you i'm glad if i could help
oh and about the oatmeal...how do you cook it by the way? i really have no idea how much water to put in, how long it cooks etc etc. i've never done it lol. we don't have much of culture of eating it hehe. i saw lot of people here eat it and saw it in a store hehe. explain it to me like you would to a child lol
i'm glad if i could help oh and about the oatmeal...how do you cook it by the way? i really have no idea how much water to put in, how long it cooks etc etc. i've never done it lol. we don't have much of culture of eating it hehe. i saw lot of people here eat it and saw it in a store hehe. explain it to me like you would to a child lol
aww thanx
you inspire many little miss
all we have to do is go back and reread your essay - or just any entry you put in your diary
lukewarm
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Cooked Oatmeal
Yield: 2 cups • Serving: 1 cup
2 cups water
1 cup oats
Stove Top
Stir In’s For Cooked Oatmeal
Yield: 2 cups • Serving: 1 cup
2 cups water
1 cup oats
Stove Top
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add oats and cook over low heat. For Old Fashioned oats cook 3 to 5 minutes. For Quick Cooking oats cook 1 to 2 minutes
- Place water and oats in a large microwave safe bowl. It is important that the bowl is large otherwise the oatmeal will overflow.
- Cook on HIGH. For Old Fashioned oats cook 3 to 5 minutes. For Quick Cooking oats cook 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir In’s For Cooked Oatmeal
- Milk
- Applesauce
- Bananas
- Peaches
- Raisins/Dried Fruit
- Sugar or Brown Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Honey, Molasses or Maple Syrup
lukewarm
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Absolutely, and I love what you said about explaining as though you were a child. I am the SAME way! I really didn't understand why I had to put water in the dish to steam broccoli when I was reading some recipe. I thought that maybe I should submerge the broccoli for it to actually cook, and then I realized that STEAM cooks the broccoli!!! lol you are not alone-in fact you're probably not nearly as bad as I am!
One of the instant oatmeals that was available this winter had granola as a mix in - now that was really nice - some crunch mixed in with the mushiness of the oatmeal
I have a buddy who was trying to impress his girlfriend with a home cooked meal - that he was going to cook himself. So he asked for some recipes that he could handle -I don't remember what what I gave him, but somethings that were obvious to me (I have been cooking since I was tall enough to reach the knobs on the stove) went completely over his head and there was a crisis about the difference between mincing and chopping and a few other things
Like anything, cooking is easy when you understand the basics - but when you don't, it's really challenging - kinda like me and going to the gym
that's cute
I have a buddy who was trying to impress his girlfriend with a home cooked meal - that he was going to cook himself. So he asked for some recipes that he could handle -I don't remember what what I gave him, but somethings that were obvious to me (I have been cooking since I was tall enough to reach the knobs on the stove) went completely over his head and there was a crisis about the difference between mincing and chopping and a few other things Like anything, cooking is easy when you understand the basics - but when you don't, it's really challenging - kinda like me and going to the gym
lukewarm
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One of the instant oatmeals that was available this winter had granola as a mix in - now that was really nice - some crunch mixed in with the mushiness of the oatmeal
I had granola in mine the other day too, I agree, it was really perfect!
Like anything, cooking is easy when you understand the basics - but when you don't, it's really challenging - kinda like me and going to the gym
LOL yes! But what about if both of those are challenging? haha I'm pretty much good at eating!
everyone has to have a skilkl
saw someone with a tshirt on last night -
Tri-athlete..
and there were pictures of a bottle of wine, food and i think music that was my kind of triathlon
saw someone with a tshirt on last night -
Tri-athlete..
and there were pictures of a bottle of wine, food and i think music
that was my kind of triathlon lol i usually don't have a problem with cooking, but when you cook sth you never eaten in your life you really have no idea how is should taste so its better to go with the very basics hehehe
plus its the language thing. being a foreigner i really need some explaining as a child hehe
plus its the language thing. being a foreigner i really need some explaining as a child hehe
everyone has to have a skilkl
saw someone with a tshirt on last night -
Tri-athlete..
and there were pictures of a bottle of wine, food and i think music
i believe 90% of people would love to participate in this type of triathlon. hell they should put it as olympic discipline
i always have to remind myself that english isn't your first language - you have a better command of it than some of us who it's our only language
lukewarm
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oz and ounce are the same thing, I can definitely see why that doesn't make sense! I tried watching a foreign film the other day that didn't have subtitles and so I was reading the film transcript and it was really difficult, obviously! I just wish my parents made me study other languages as a child so that it would be easier as an adult.
1 ounce = 28 grams (if we're dealing with solid measures)
1 ounce = 30 ml (if we're dealing with liquid measures)
1 cup = 240 ml
Years ago,I bought a great cookbook in the UK, I spent hours converting all the recipes from metric to something I could understand
then there's the abbreviations ounce = oz, pound = lb
1 ounce = 30 ml (if we're dealing with liquid measures)
1 cup = 240 ml
Years ago,I bought a great cookbook in the UK, I spent hours converting all the recipes from metric to something I could understand
then there's the abbreviations
ounce = oz, pound = lb The other day on teh Spanish language television station, I was watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a movie I've seen 100s of times -I was about 45 minute into the movie when I realized I wasn't watching it in english
I don't speak a lick of spanish other than to be able to order in a restaurant.. Just watch foreign movies you know well