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Opeynopes: Cold Oatmeal Cereal

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October 14, 2013 by Homestead Lady 7 Comments

Cold Oatmeal Cereal l Quick, healthy breakfast l Homestead Lady.comHere’s a wholesome, healthy, cold oatmeal cereal everyone has time for in the morning.

This recipe comes right out of my family tree. For more of my family’s favorite recipes and tips, along with over 400 pages of homesteading information and advice, we invite you to check out our book, The Do It Yourself Homestead. Written on four different levels of homesteading experience, there’s sure to be something here for you!

The Breakfast Ritual

I came into the kitchen recently and saw my mom eating something other than hot, hand rolled, cook oatmeal with cayenne and salt for breakfast. That was weird.

She religiously eats hot, hand-rolled, cooked oatmeal with cayenne and salt for breakfast every morning. I asked her what she was eating, eyeing what suspiciously looked like box cereal in her bowl. She does NOT eat box cereal.

She eats hot, hand-rolled, cooked oatmeal with cayenne and salt. Every morning.

“Opeynopes,” she said, slurping milk off her chin.

“Opey…wha?” I paused and then added, “Have you been talking to Aunt Chris again?!”

Family Recipes Always Come with a Story

My Aunt Chris is a caution, in the best sense of the word. The recipe for Opeynopes, it turns out, is really not rocket science but I like the explanation and presentation of said recipe as relayed by my aunt.

I share it with you with the understanding that you can tweak this to suit your dietary needs:

  • pre soak the oats
  • use raw honey
  • use dark maple syrup
  • whatever

I hope that you appreciate the great honor it is to be privy to such an important family treasure. I give you the evolution of Opeynopes…

Opeynopes – the Cold Oatmeal Cereal

“8 am Monday morning after a hectic weekend, including any number of church assignments, birthday parties, little league games, and so on ad infinitum.

Four hungry children, all late getting up, finding shoes, and putting on dirty socks because the clean ones were still wet in the dryer. Then the proverbial straw:  “Mom, there’s no cereal.”

It was thus that opeynopes were born, not of necessity but of desperation, disorganization and chaos. “I am going to give you a special treat that all your friends will be jealous of. You all will love it!!” I poured uncooked rolled oats in a bowl, poured milk over, dumped sugar on, and voila! Opeynopes.

Some of them took more convincing (and sugar) than others, but soon everyone, including my husband, was chewing this concoction every morning, like a row of obedient horses. Our three-year-old first used the word “opeynopes,” probably her version of “oatmeal,” but who were we to argue with her?

Future possible editions could include the history of plup-plups, bologna and peanut butter spinners, and other notable contributions of the Cunningham family.”

I told my aunt that I was on tenterhooks waiting to know what plup-plups were…unless they involved the bathroom.

The best part about this breakfast is that the kids can prepare it themselves. In only minutes! For more oatmeal ideas, try this Tropical Baked Oatmeal.

What about you? Any favorite family recipes born of desperation? Especially breakfast!

Aren’t you just so tired of figuring out what to have for breakfast?!

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  1. Sue says

    October 15, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    I like to eat left overs for breakfast. You may know the saying eat like a king in the morning, a prince at noon and a pauper at supper 🙂

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      October 15, 2013 at 6:09 pm

      I end up saving mine for lunch because, in my opinion, the only thing more annoying that deciding what to have for breakfast is deciding what to have for lunch! What a first world problem that is – someone call the waaaaambulance.

      Reply
  2. Jacqueline @ deeprootsathome.com says

    October 16, 2013 at 9:39 pm

    What fun!! I have enjoyed my visit and WILL be back 🙂 I also love the comment at DRAH! Many blessings to you and lots of opeynopes…
    PS. I would love to see you link=up some of your wonderful posts on Wednesdays.

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      October 16, 2013 at 11:14 pm

      Will be happy to have you return! I love your site and it’s mission and I’m happy to participate.

      Reply
  3. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    October 18, 2013 at 11:55 am

    I love it! I clicked over immediately when I saw the word Opeynopes, curious to find out what this could be.

    Thanks for sharing your recipe and story at Fabulously Frugal Thursday.

    Reply
  4. Summers Acres says

    October 22, 2013 at 7:51 pm

    LOL I’ve never heard of this much less the name. I have never thought to eat oatmeal in milk uncooked. Hmmmm

    Thanks for sharing with us at The HomeAcre Hop!

    Please join us again Thursday for our special harvest themed hop at:
    https://summersacres.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-homeacre-harvest-hop.html
    ~Ann

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      October 25, 2013 at 9:46 am

      Harvest themed hop – sounds like loads of fun!

      Reply

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