Breakfast Cookies

Super easy grain to start with- oats!
Oats can provide an easy, accessible way to get whole grains and all the benefits into your diet. Oatmeal for breakfast is standard in our house, but these oatmeal cookies make it more fun and a great grab-and-go breakfast or super healthy snack!

I present Oatmeal Pumpkin breakfast cookies*!
*For kids, call these cookies. For Adults? They are homemade Breakfast bars.

1 Can Pumpkin (not pie filling!)
1 Can Full of oats (approx 2 Cups) (I use quick- you can use old fashioned, just let it sit longer)
1/4 Cup brown sugar or, You can use maple syrup for sugar, but will need to up the dry ingredients
1/8 Cup Wheat germ
1/8 Cup flax seeds
1/4 Cup raisins

Mix together. Let sit at least 15 minuets, or toss it in the fridge overnight. Make balls and flatten them into cookie shapes (or bar shapes!). Bake at 350 for about 15 minuets.

Voila!

40 days of wait, what?

This is my mission: once a week for 40 weeks get some grain in my meals. Not hard. We eat the stuff every day. All day. The hard part is thinking about it, getting creative with it, and posting about it. I hope to broaden my grain horizons if you will.
So, what is grain, exactly? We can all name a few, but how is it defined? We'll refer to wikipedia often on this one. Will wheat count? Sure. Corn? Yup. (lets be realistic) But im hopig we are heavy in the Amaranth, quinoa... Other healthy not-wheat-and-corn grains... I'm looking forward to the adventures of finding, cooking and eating new grains.
All this will pale in comparison to the adventure involved with getting my toddler to eat said grains. But that's the drama that will just keep you coming back for more.