Not “goat milk”, OAT milk…

If I got a free coffee every time I have had to clarify my OAT milk request… Oat milk is Fun Food.

We Canadians are lucky with So Fresh Earth’s Own – what I believe to be the best tasting & easy to find brand of oat milk! The price is right and it is made in Canada, no surprise given all the oats we grow. So Fresh is soooo plant based it has a Plantifesto. Fun Foods could all aim to get Plantifestos!!

One of the earliest brands – maybe the first – is Oatly from Sweden. This LIVEKINDLY article reviews the recent history and huge success of the brand – the company is about to proceed with an IPO (Initial Public Offering).

The world is discovering oat milk and this handy PureWow article ranks 6, unfortunately they are mostly available in the US. While I prefer So Fresh, I want to try the Oatly Chocolate Oat Milk!

This #earthdayweek, I highly suggest having your morning coffee AND oatmeal with oat milk as your April 22 Earth Day celebration! And if you are not sold on giving oat milk a try, give this One Green Planet article a read and see if there is another non-dairy milk/mylk that convinces you to help our planet.

The revival of the pancake – if it needs it…!

I love IHOP! I like pancakes but I love the pancakes at IHOP – at any time of the day. Some, if not most, Fun Foods can be eaten morning, noon or night.

This article on the Great Pancakes Revival from ManRepeller in the early months of Covid – April 2020 – is about pancakes, working from home dynamics, social media and even references The International House of Pancakes IHOP!

And we are in the 9th month of the Islamic Calendar which means the commencement of Ramadan. This Al Jazeera article outlines key elements of the starting day which is likely to be April 13th or today’s sundown. Suhoor is the predawn period before daylight fasting commences and a pancake feast at IHOP is the perfect way to start a day of fasting – this great Thrillist article explains how IHOP became a Ramadan tradition for many. Pancakes can be an Important Fun Food.

But since we are still in this Time of Corona, we can only dream of our next breakfast or early breakfast outing with family or friends. This leaves people to experiment with new recipes for their comfort foods. Taste of Home put together this useful article of 17 healthy pancake recipes! Healthy or not, pancakes are Fun Food.

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All things lemon

Lemons have Vitamin C which is a noteworthy & helpful quality but most importantly their taste goes in MANY Fun Foods – lemon cheesecake, lemon loaf, lemon meringue pie as well as various liquid lemon concoctions.

Who knew there was a wrong way to make lemon water – there is. This great PureWow article not only lays out the 3 steps to correctly make it, it also outlines the 5 health benefits of lemon water which I plan to try out now.

AND I love lemonade but I have never had Lynchburg Lemonade and intend to order one! This handy Thrillist article includes the history of the drink & recipe variations so I can make it myself and expand my fruity cocktail repertoire.