Plus, how shes using oats in her Thanksgiving dinner spread.
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Shes Carla Hall, the chef and cooking show host recently making a buzz over her love for oatmeal.
Read on for the scoop.
Can you share about GENYOUths ongoing mission to fight food insecurity?
During the Superbowl, Quaker is donating $250,000 to GENYOUth.
That’s going to go to all of the equipment and programs with flag football and carts in schools.
What people don’t realize is: Students don’t really have the time to go into the cafeteria.
By having these carts, they can grab something and then go to class nourished.
That’s why this $250,000 is so important.
EatingWell: How does the Quaker Pregrain Tour play a role in helping GENYOUth advance food security?
I do sweet, savory, breakfast, lunch, dinner.
And eating oatmeal is like a connection to my grandmother because she ate oatmeal every single day.
She said, Well, I’m gonna have my rolled oats.
EatingWell:How do you plan to use the recipes from the Pregrain Tour cookbook?
Hall: Well, there was the chili with steel-cut oats.
I’m always trying to get my whole grains.
I’m also a fan ofovernight oats.
That one is delicious.
You make a really quick and simple crunchy crumble like a granola with butter and oats.
If you like it porridge-y, you bake it less.
If you’d like a bar where you grab and go, you bake it more.
The versatility is alreadyno pun intendedbaked into the recipe.
EatingWell: How do you best like to enjoy your oats?
Hall: Are you ready?
One of the things that I love to do with oatmeal is use half fruit juice and half water.
It can be tart cherry, apple or blueberry.
I put everything in there, portion it out into cups and do a little parfait.
I have it in the fridge, so I can grab it and go.
Whatever fruit juice I use, that is the fruit that I also use on top.
I may use apple juice and raw apples.
If I use blueberry juice, I use blueberries and almonds.
That’s always with almond milk and slivered toasted almonds.
When I tell you I love oatmeal, I love oatmeal.
And my grandmother made the bestoatmeal cookies.
They’re crunchy on the outside, a little chewy with raisins [and] a buttercream filling.
My mother loves those, too, so I tend to make those for her.
EatingWell: Are you planning on using oats in your Thanksgiving spread?
Hall: I am.
I just developed this recipe.
I know it sounds crazy, but it is a rustic glazed carrot tart.
Its like a bourbon glaze.
That’s certainly my new thing for Thanksgiving.
Have you always been a football fan?
Hall: I gave the tickets to my husband.
EatingWell: You don’t like football, but you have a lot of football lovers around you.
What’s your go-to game day appetizer that reminds you of home?
It’s funny because home is Tennessee.
I live in DC.
And I am playing with a couple of different products to fold in.
It can be barbecued chicken, and it can be cheesy.
I just have the base and can fold in whatever I want.
EatingWell: Whats your favorite physical activity?
Hall: Im a big walker, and do a bit of strength training just as I age.
EatingWell: What does eating well mean to you?
Hall: It means nourishing my body so that I feel good [and] energized.
I feel not heavy and lethargic.
It means taking care of myself.
