Gluten-free, porrigeley...

So, winter being here, and trying to lose some weight...with gluten-free commercial breakfast stuff not being high on the healthy scale...  (white, white, fat, sugar) I've gone to oats.    Thank God for gluten-free oats.   What I've noticed, though, is that g-f oats don't get as creamy as the traditional kind...  but I also want a little more protein in my diet as well as fiber, so I've started adding a small amount of TVP to my breakfast.   I have mixed feelings about TVP as a healthy food, because we get so much soy in our diets, but, at the same time, I don't eat a lot of soy otherwise.   It ends up being maybe a teaspoon or so a day...

I also add flaxseed, nuts, and a little bit of dried fruit...  

I start out doing it almost like Alton Brown, but without the butter...  I toast the nuts and the oats, then add hot water to that.  In a separate container, I have the TVP, which I add hot water to.  I add whatever dried fruit I want to the oats, let 'em cook for a bit.  I add the TVP and the flaxseed, let it cook for a little bit longer, and then voila!  

(you can also add ginger, cinnamon too when you add the flaxseed.  And sometimes I'll top it off with fresh fruit!)