Oatmeal Muffin Day

Oatmeal muffins. Webvilla / Pixabay.com / 2014 / CC0 1.0

The 19th December is Oatmeal Muffin Day.

Celebrate today with an oatmeal muffin. Would you like yours warmed, and with butter and / or jam? What do you prefer to drink with an oatmeal muffin? A tea, a coffee, a cocoa, or something like, like orange juice?

Oatmeal is indeed a very healthy grain, but just remember, most muffins are actually “cake” full of fat and sugar, so that may negate any health benefits of the oatmeal.

There are some healthier oatmeal muffin options, though usually you have to make them yourself using low-fat and low-sugar recipes — some people complain, though, that these recipes are bland and uninteresting and that they’d never try them again. To jazz them up, though, it’s easy to add blueberries, cranberries, assorted pieces of fresh or dried fruits, nuts such as walnuts or pecans. Heck, even chocolate chips or butterscotch chips.

You can also buy an oatmeal muffin just about anywhere these days, so it’s easy to celebrate the day!

#OatmealMuffinDay

History

The first print occurrence of Oatmeal Muffin Day mentioned as universally occurring on the 19th December that CooksInfo is aware of is in a list of “silly food holidays” compiled in 2004 by Emily Nunn of the Chicago Tribune. “December…. Gazpacho Day (6), Cotton Candy Day (7), Pastry Day (9), Noodle Ring Day (11), BouillabaisseDay (14), Lemon Cupcake Day (15), Chocolate Covered Anything Day (16), Maple Syrup Day (17), Suckling Pig Day (18), Oatmeal Muffin Day, (19), French Fried Shrimp Day (21) …” ^[1]Nunn, Emily. Surrender to never-ending glut of silly food holidays. Chicago Tribune. Reprinted in: Kerrville Daily Times. Kerrville, Texas. 22 Sep 2004. Page 3C. Col 1.

Sources

December Food Calendar. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Service. https://food.unl.edu/december-food-calendar#oatmealmuffinday

It’s National Oatmeal Muffin Day. Home Care Assistance. 19 December 2016. Accessed November 2020 at https://homecareassistance.com/blog/its-national-oatmeal-muffin-day

Lehrer, Dave. The Bottom Line: December 19th is Oatmeal Muffin Day! KCJB910 Radio. 19 December 2017. Accessed November 2020 at https://kcjb910.iheart.com/content/2017-12-19-dec-19-geezers-blog-national-oatmeal-muffin-day/