Bookworm Breakfast

I recently read The Man Cave Cookbook, and it has come within a hairsbreadth of supplanting the 1978 Betty Crocker cookbook in my affections.  All those appetizers!  All those dazzling variations on meatloaf!  The stews!  I want to try it all.  I could fairly eat the pages.

I have to give a shout-out to one breakfast recipe, and it's a winner, although I was skeptical at first:

Peanut Butter Yogurt Oatmeal

3/4 cup of water

1/3 cup of quick cooking oats

1 Tbsp. all natural peanut butter

Single serving cup of yogurt (any kind you like)

Prepare the oatmeal. Let stand for 2 minutes and stir in peanut butter and yogurt. Stir and enjoy. Serves 1.

I used my instant oatmeal that I brought back to Korea last winter, and strawberry yogurt.  I didn't have all natural peanut butter, so I used Peter Pan Peanut Butter (smooth).

Delicious.  Real comfort food.  What I wasn't expecting was the EXTREME staying power of this breakfast.  Usually, if I don't eat every 3-4 hours, I feel like I'm going to pass out.  When I eat PBYO, I can go an amazing 6-7 hours without eating, and I have tons of energy.

Now I'm in crisis mode because I finally ran out of instant oatmeal packs.  Oatmeal in any form is a challenge to find here, but I'm determined to walk the peninsula if I have to.  I've got to have more of this magic food.

Readathon: Hour 16

Two-thirds finished with this Readathon. I've got to make my last 8 hours something stellar. I stopped by 11 blogs during this hour. What a huge list! At first, I thought cheering on participants #225-347 stretched out over a few hours would be a cakewalk. If so, it's the longest cakewalk I've ever been on. More like a cake march. Oh. Cake. I think it's time for some sort of snack.

Readathon: Hour 13

The cheerleading continues... I visited 11 blogs this hour. I also sneaked in some reading (10 pages) on my second book for this event, and what an inspired choice it is, if I do say so myself -- reading about a dance marathon during a readathon.

Snacks: The cereal, banana and milk that I was contemplating last hour, but halfway through the bowl, I realized that I'd forgotten to add the banana. Stop right there. Peel and slice. Actually, it worked out better; I ran out of cereal, milk and banana all at the same time.