oatmeal with real oats!

I don't know why i hadn't thought of this before. for some reason i thought you wren't supposed to eat raw oats, or i thought that oats weren't really raw, like they'd been steamed or something. which could be the case for rolled oats, but i guess steel cut oats are just cut and dried. and then of course you can get oat groatts which are intact except with the seed coat removed.

anyway, i'd been having "raw oatmeal", which i talked about here. now it is good in it's own way, but it is an approximation of oatmeal made with apple, banana, and flax.
while browsing my new cookbook, the "Complete Book of Raw food" i found this recipe:



It was so good that i made it again the next day. i add in a banana just for some added creaminess and more nutrients, and i don't bother grinding up the flax ( and maybe i cheat and add a dash of soymilk). i don't have any berries, but if you like the idea, go ahead. but this oatmeal is very good! it's delicious! just like normal oatmeal, but room temperature.