A squeeze of oatmeal
So
many foods are more “fun” than they used to be. I just consumed oatmeal
without ever having seen it. That sounds weird, but what if you were on
the best hike of your
season and there’s a beautiful view ahead and you want to get a photo
of it just when that cloud should float past…. And you’re hungry?
Just reach in your pack for a peach-chia-vanilla Munk Pack of Oatmeal
Fruit Squeeze and remove lid and squeeze it right into your mouth. You
don’t even have to finish it all at once.
Save some of that just-right, filling0-in-the-good-way flavor for after
you snap that perfect photo. Or maybe that’s when you crave the Maple
Pear Quinoa.
Your “hike” could be a long wait at the department of motor vehicles or
the car pool line. Have some for the kids, too. I’ll bet they’d like
Raspberry Coconut. This brand is all about
whole grain, vegan and gluten-free goodness. So load up.
Field Roast
Here’s some ad copy/poetry from Field Roast: “Our mornings are defined by the nourishing foods we provide for
our bodies when we break the fast of a good night’s sleep!”
Doesn’t
that want to make you whip up something good and good for you? How
about artisan vegan breakfast sausage? What’s that look on your face?
What if Field
Roast threw in Washington apples and real maple syrup? I tried these
little bits of sizzlers and I’d deem them for the more serious non-meat
eaters among us. The numbers are growing every day, really. I offered
some on the side of eggs as an evening meal,
and I was told I that the time to mention that they were vegan was
after everyone had sampled. This Seattle-based company is proud of what
they’ve ground. You can have a field day with Field Roast mixing it into
biscuits and gravy, breakfast burritos, scrambles
and quiches.
“Struck”
Most
of us have begun ordinary days with life-changing twists. The term
“life changing” has a range of interpretations, but you know when
nothing will be “the same” again.
Then there’s the cliché of being prepared because you could get “hit by
a bus.” These things happen.
“Struck:
A Husband’s Memoir of Trauma and Triumph” shares what it was like when
Douglas Segal’s wife got hit by that real-life bus. Her daughter walked
away from the accident
and people watching newscasts could not even believe that Susan could
have survived.
Segal
is a film and television writer, so the emotions are real, and he knows
how to convey them. He shares his family’s struggles a long hospital
stay, rehab and life beyond.
His family and friends and a larger community became involved via
social media postings on her progress and the “takes a village” thought
evolved. Reading this Prospect Park Books offering will have you
emotionally invested along this journey, too.
Susan
could be a difficult patient and couldn’t eat “real food” for a long
time. I want to mention a culinary note. Nearly immobile, she pined
passionately and loudly for
a particular diet soda for weeks. When she finally was allowed a sip…..
meh.
The
writer doesn’t mention exactly how this bus accident happened until way
in. It’s kind of crazy, and within days after finishing a book, I
passed by a situation where
a vehicle ended up in a canal in the same fashion as this book’s story.
Little twists have happened to this couple and readers are sure to be
left enjoying the gift of each day with a little more intensity.
Darragh Doiron is a Port Arthur area foodie who especially loves fall and is totally into that pumpkin thing. Reach her at
darraghcastillo@icloud.com
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