Yummy Yummy CO-CO-Oats (Breakfast Mash-Up)

A new breakfast-mashup brought to you by multi-talented food composer DJ Joe. Growing up our breakfasts would often consist of CoCoWheats or Oatmeal prepared by our mom. There would be 2-3-4 kids sitting around the table scarfing down these lovingly prepared breakfasts. We all would spoon up some oatmeal or CoCoWheats and drop it onto a piece of toast and take a bite. I remember none of us kids ever eating it directly from the spoon. If there was no toast to grab from the plate at the center of the table we would wait while mom made more. Thinking back that toaster must of really gotten a workout! I bet my brothers and I each when through 2-4 slices of toast at every breakfast. To this day this is the way all the Dombek siblings still consume our hot cereal at breakfast. Now we are all a bit older and need to be a bit more health conscious… so the other day I came up with the idea of combining my two favorite hot cereals. Now I can get the healthy goodness of the oats along with the creamy chocolate deliciousness of the CoCoWheats at every breakfast! When prepared correctly this has a thick consistency that goes great on top of hot buttered toast.

CoCoOats

1/3 Cup Old Fashioned Oats

2 T. CoCo Wheats

1 cup water.

Combine into a bowl and microwave uncovered 2-3 minutes. Watch closely to make sure it doesn’t boil over and make a horrendous mess. When it starts to boil up the edge of bowl open the microwave and stir, the start cooking again… continue until it’s all cooked about 3 minutes. The time may vary with different microwave wattages. After cooking add just a tiny bit of milk (this probably doesn’t do anything… it just an old habit I picked up from my mom). Sweeten to taste with a tablespoon or two of sugar.

Fire up the toaster and dig in!

Chocolate Eclair Dessert

1 cup water.
1 cup flour.
1/2 cup butter.
4 eggs.
Dash salt.
2 cups powdered sugar.
1 T. vanilla.
2 pkg. instant vanilla pudding.
2 cups milk.
1 tsp. vanilla.
8 oz. Cool Whip
2 sqs. unsweetened chocolate.
2 T. butter.
CRUST:  Boil water, butter and salt.  Stir i the flour.  Stir with a fork until it sticks together.  Set aside to cool slightly.  Beat in eggs on at a time.  Spread batter onto greased jelly roll pan.  Bake in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn off oven and leave pan in oven for another 15 minutes.  Remove from oven and let cool.
TOPPING:  Mix 2 packages pudding, 2 cups milk, 1 tsp. vanilla and Cool Whip.  Pour over cooled crust.  Melt 2 squares chocolate and  2 T. butter.  Add to powdered sugar, 1 T. vanilla and 2 to 4 T. milk.  Mix well and drizzle over pudding layer. 

This is one luscious and yummy dessert!  I took it work last week and everyone liked it.  So much for our offices' new years resolution to eat better and lose weight ;)  Oh well... what'cha'gonna'do?  And another plus for this dessert… it is a good for inspiring the youth of today in the completion of their scholarly duties.