I’m not a breakfast person. I’ve nothing against it and under the right circumstances it can be nice. I love the Rise & Shine platter at the Brookside Cafe just up the road. But mostly I completely skip the most important meal of the day.

In my quest for better eating, that’s not the best way to start the day. It has to be quick, easy and not filling enough to put me back to bed. The answer is… you got it, cold oats.

While I can tolerate hot oatmeal, the texture is just bad for me, something about it feels reconstituted and not in a good way if one exists.

Cold oats still feel whole enough that they don’t remind me of something mama bird feeds the chicks. The brown sugar is the right sweet and you can’t go wrong with blueberry’s.

Cold Oats a la Aron

• 6 tablespoons whole milk
• 2 or 3 teaspoons brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons oats
• Frozen blueberry’s

Add milk and sugar to a jar, shake vigorously to dissolve sugar in milk. Add in oats and blueberry’s and shake and let sit overnight to 4 days or up until the milk is out of date I would think.