August - Sore Mouth or Throat

Applesauce Oatmeal

“Great way to start off your day as this recipe takes oatmeal to a new level. Instead of applesauce, try stirring in a mashed banana for banana oatmeal and, if your mouth isn't sore, add some raisins.” – Holly Clegg, coauthor of Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment

Ingredients

* 1 cup skim milk
* 3/4 cup old fashioned oatmeal
* 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
* 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
* 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. In small saucepan, bring milk to boil. Add oatmeal and reduce heat. 2. Cook about five minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Add applesauce, brown sugar, and cinnamon stirring until well mixed. Serve immediately.
Makes two (3/4-cup) servings

Nutritional information per serving

* Calories - 212
* Protein (g) - 9
* Carbohydrate (g) - 40
* Fat (g) - 2
* Calories from Fat (%) - 9
* Saturated Fat (g) - 1
* Dietary Fiber (g) - 4
* Cholesterol (mg) - 2
* Sodium (mg) - 68
* Diabetic Exchanges: 1.5 starch, 0.5 fruit, 0.5 skim milk, 0.5 other carbohydrate

Doc's Notes
The oatmeal provides fiber while the apple sauce provides vitamin C and beta-carotene.

Holly coauthors the bestselling cookbook, Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment with oncologist, Gerald Miletello, MD. This book focuses on the foods best tolerated and those that ease the symptoms during cancer treatment. The chapters are divided into the side effects a person experiences during treatment. This book proves to be one of Holly's most rewarding endeavors; making a difference in someone's life.

Holly's message, which comes through in her Trim & Terrific™ cookbook series is simple: food that is good for you can be delicious and easy to prepare. Holly's reputation for her healthier approach continually garners national media coverage through television appearances and columns in national food magazines and Internet food sites. A Fort Worth, TX native, Holly personally tests all of her recipes in her Baton Rouge, Louisiana home. She is a wife and mother of three children.

http://www.hollyclegg.com