by Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé.
For most of the year, I m a savory breakfast gal. I like a couple of eggs in the morning, maybe with a little black pepper and cheese. But every year, when the mornings start to get really frigid, I crave a bowl of oatmeal really, really good oatmeal. There s one simple trick that I use to take my oats to the next level: toasting.
That s right. I don t use fancy oats that have to be cooked for hours, and I don t drench them in butter and cream (although, yum). I simply toast the oats lightly in the bottom of a saucepan before adding my cooking liquid.
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