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Hey, I just tried out the thermos. I had a few leftovers. A little bit of canned chili, stewed tomatoes. So I put boiling water in the thermos. Heated the leftovers a bit.

Poured out the boiling water to reheat it. Put some macaroni, salt, pepper, paprika, parsley flakes in the thermos, added the chili and tomato leftovers, poured the boilinb water in on top.

Screwed on the lid, gave it a shake. Wrapped a towel around it to help hold in the heat. Waited about 30 minutes. It was pretty darn good. Hamburger helper move over- this is faster, tastes better, uses less fuel, and I made just the amount I needed.

I really didn’t think it would cook the noodles, but it did.

WOW! Thanks for the thermos recipe alert! That sounds great!

I don’t use the thermos, as previously noted, but every morning I put into my cereal bowl some combination of the following, [with calorie designations]:

1 tbsp. rolled oats 25 cal
1/2 tbsp. chia seeds 30 cal
2 tbsp. rolled barley 20 cal
1 Tbsp. oat or wheat bran 15 cal
1 tsp. bee pollen 20 cal
1 tbsp. ground flax 30 cal
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TOTAL CALORIE COUNT FOR MIX 140 cal

Most days I will add a tbsp. (30cal) of coconut flour for the extra protein and medium chain triglycerides. [http://coconutketones.com/] Also a tsp. of coconut oil (30 cal)for the medium chain triglycerides.

I flavor it up with stevia, a little bit of vegesal, and cinnamon and add a 1/4 of a banana diced (approx. 25 cal).

Over this I will pour boiling water, stir, and cover with a saucer. About 15 minutes later, the chia and other grains have taken in the water and expanded and is hot and ready to eat.

For variety, I will use in addition or substitute the following ingredients:

rolled quinoa 1 tbsp. = 30 cal
rolled spelt 1 tbsp. = 20 cal
rolled rye [I’ve lost my piece of paper with that cal count
I think it is in the 25-30 cal range per tbsp.]

I haven’t done it yet, but recently I was able to obtain a grain flaker and I have plans to try rolling my amaranth seed and see how that works in my cereal mix.

All of this would work fine in a thermos as well, but it also works surprisingly well just in a bowl with the boiling water!

I suspect if I wanted to cook the Scottish/steel cut oat meal, that would require the thermos.

I have been studying your recipe and was hoping you could clarify something for me:

You state, “Hey, I just tried out the thermos. I had a few leftovers. A little bit of canned chili, stewed tomatoes. So I put boiling water in the thermos. Heated the leftovers a bit.

Poured out the boiling water to reheat it.”

What I’m trying to visualize is the sequence of events here. You put your chili,maters into the thermos, and put in a bit of boiling water. Then you “pour out the ‘boiling water’ - the contents(?) to reheat it?” Not understanding why that happens.

Thanks. I’m sure it will be obvious to me after you help me with my “duh” affliction!