Announcing New Category: The Hot Tip

I am making no promises about what kinds of hot tips you'll find here, but I do love things that streamline my day, even ever so slightly: such as this.

Another variation on this is to say that whatever kind of rice you may be using, whatever shape of pot you've got, and regardless of how much you want to cook, you can simply pour your rice in the pot, touch it lightly with your index finger, and add water until it reaches your first knuckle. Aside from the fact that you're sticking your finger in your food, isn't that elegant?

And what about you? Got any hot tips for me?

Breakfast

I found out once again, about twenty minutes before breakfast this morning, how passionately non-positive most of my people are about oatmeal. Add what I will to it--apples, cherries, almonds, fresh pears--it only makes it worse.  Buttercup loves it. Everyone else would rather start out Monday with a sock in the nose.

We made these instead and had an immediate consensus: They were delicious. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Orange-Oatmeal-Muffins/Detail.aspx?prop31=1