Nutella has been a favorite of mine for more than a decade since my English buddy, Al (now deceased) introduced me to that yummy goodness while dog sitting for his two mixed breed terrors. (No, not terriers.)

I love it so much I enter the Nutella USA give away every month. It's on my Firefox bookmark toolbar. I sometimes stir it into my coffee in the morning. Okay, that's about as weird as peanut butter on mortadella, but at least I keep my weird dietary proclivities in the category of nut spreads. At least those to which I admit.

Off to start my day with coffee, the newspaper and oatmeal. It doesn't make up for any indulgences since I load it with things I like such as dried fruit and nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. And I can make my own instant oatmeal: easy to do in the food processor and I can leave out the salt. I got started on instant oatmeal at the Castle because there was at least a case of it at the minimum.