These last few weeks I’ve been experimenting in the kitchen, making fresh and tasty meals that are healthy.  Instead of cooking with butter and oils I’m finding alternatives or sometimes I find things to cook that don’t involve that element completely and I feel even better about that.  The other day I made myself a bowl of oatmeal with blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries.  Did you know instant oatmeal isn’t good for you?  Your body can’t absorb the nutrients from the oats versus the old fashion oatmeal that you cook over the stove.  It’s really not as bad as it sounds… let’s say it together “cook over the stove”.  Seriously takes no longer then 10 minutes!  While the water is boiling and the oats are added it takes care of itself on the stove while rinsing (and slicing) the berries.  By the time I’m done with the fruit the oats are ready.  If healthy tastes like cardboard to you just add a tiny bit of brown sugar directly stirred into the oats once its removed from the stove.