My first try at making the refrigerator oatmeal with the Mayo Clinic recipe wasn't as good and I found out it was because I used instant oatmeal instead of the old fashioned or rolled oats (my bad). The second time I found a slightly different recipe except the ingredients were 2 tablespoons of almond butter, some unsweetened applesauce, 1/2 cup of rolled or old fashioned oats, topped with whatever milk you like to the top of the oats then add frozen fruit to the top of the jar. The almond butter was OK but reminded me of being a kid again and eating peanut butter and karo syrup by the bowl. It made it kind of gummy and was a little tough to stir up...but it was slightly better than the first try.

Today I think I've got my formula down and probably will know in the morning 😁 I also make some healthy yogurt thanks to @LeeAase and his health blog (https://social-media-university-global.org/2020/05/best-yogurt-ever/). So I thought why not make it part my breakfast instead of my afternoon desert. I put 2 large spoons of yogurt (half of one container) in the jar followed by the same amount of unsweetened applesauce. Then sprinkled 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon powder on top. Add 1/2 cup of old fashioned oats and topped with some home made cranberry sauce that my wife loves to make with fresh or frozen cranberries. The cranberries make it taste sweet which I like. The thing I really like about it is that it is very filling and I'm not hungry for most of the day after I eat the oatmeal. It's enabled me to pretty much get by with two meals a day and helps with my 20 hour fasting program which I try to do 3 to 4 days a week followed by either an 18 or 16 hour fasting window. Another tip Lee provided was how the Zero phone app makes it easy to keep track of your fasting hours - https://www.zerofasting.com/

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