The dreary weather nixed Sadie’s evening walk. She’s not content to just hang around the apartment after work, so I loaded her into my car and took her on a little adventure to Pookie’s, a local pet store that sells her dog food. 
With the help of my rain boots, we braved the weather and nabbed Sadie’s dry food before heading home.
For those of you who have asked in the past, we feed Sadie Innova dry puppy dog food. (I’m sorry for not answering you sooner, but we transfer her food to a big bin when we get home and I never remember the name of the food, only what the bag looks like!) I
Also, I know Sadie just turned three, but she still eats puppy food because our vet recommended it to possibly help her gain some weight since she’s so darn skinny. We love our little string bean!
Onto dinn-ah!
Dinner
Trout oatmeal hash?
Okay, okay, bare with me on this one…
Though combining oats with fish may seem totally crazy, I officially fell in love with the combo tonight. I’m not lying when I say this may be my favorite dinner I’ve made all year.
I owe major thanks to Clean Eating magazine for coming up with this gem. 
Since salmon wasn’t on sale at the grocery store this weekend and I’m not a huge fan of canned salmon (which is what the recipe calls for), I picked up trout that was on sale to use in its place in the recipe.
The swap turned out to work perfectly!
While I let steel cut oats and a chopped onion simmer on the stove top in boiling water, I broiled the trout until it flaked with a fork and was fully cooked. 
Then it was time to throw everything into the pot and stir it up!
Dip it into a big bowl and dig in!
Seriously so good!
Trout Oatmeal Hash (original recipe from Clean Eating magazine)
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. trout filet
- 1/4 c. raw steel cut oats
- 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 c. boiling water
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Dried dill, to taste
- Salt, to taste
- 1/2 Granny Smith apple, chopped
Directions:
- Cook trout and fork the fish so it’s flaky. (I placed a large filet on a cookie sheet lined with foil that I sprayed with cooking spray. After also spraying the top of the fish with cooking spray, I broiled it for about 12 minutes, until the fish was fully cooked.)
- Spray large saucepan with cooking spray and cook onion and raw oats for approximately two minutes on medium-low heat, stirring repeatedly.
- Pour boiling water into the oat and onion mix and simmer for approximately 15 minutes, until mixture has thickened a bit and oats are chewy and no longer hard.
- Remove oats from heat and let stand for about two minutes to thicken.
- Stir remaining ingredients and divide into two servings. Enjoy!
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I LOVE little in-town pet shops! Adorable! I know Sadie loves it too 😉
That actually looks and sounds amazing. Savory oats are always a winner for dinner. That rhymes haha!
Enjoy your night and thanks for the recipe 😀
I just made a savory dish with oatmeal last night. It’s so unexpected but good, right?
I have those Hunter boots in navy. Best. Rainboots. Ever.
Sometimes when it’s super cold out we take Happy to PetSmart just so she can get a change in scenery. People loooove her there, they even know her by name! (But this also might be because we frequent it at least 1x/week now since she’s currently in obedience school … she is so my child!)
Hey there! I stumbled upon your blog while blog hopping & love it. Great workouts and FABULOUS recipes that I am eager to try out. Very excited to keep following and see what comes next 🙂
Hmmm I’m going to have to try this hash. I never thought of mixing fish and oats together.
Wow, I would have never thought to put fish in oatmeal. I had a few bites of fish in grits a while back and that was really good. I’m intrigued by this. Maybe I need a subscription to Clean Eating.
Pet places are so much more fun when your pet is allowed! 🙂
UHM
I am seriously going to check out the clean eating for more recipes because this one sounds good, AND it’s healthy! Win Win!
That looks oddly delicious!
I’m gonna send this recipe to my dad to cook this summer cause he’s a fisher & always cooks us fresh trout. Sounds good!
That sounds really good, actually! I’m good with anything fishy and oatmealy. Not always at once..but you get the idea. 😛
okay okay, i was skeptical at this one, but I have to say it is quite an interesting recipe! (I am not a huge fan of canned salmon either!)
Wow, that’s a combintion I never would have thought to try. It looks super easy though, gotta love those!
Is Clean Eating a good magazine? I’m thinking about trying out a subscription for a year. 🙂
innnteresting! i’ll probably try it since I have canned salmon in my pantry!
looks awesome and i love finding recipes in magazines. it’s so..fulfilling? i guess when i stumble across a lil gem 🙂
hmmmm…i dont think i’m quite adventurous enough for fish and oatmeal. i’m up for a trip to the pet store, though(always–especially on training day at pet smart). : )
I love your exercises and recipes, and I love love love fish…but I am not gonna lie this recipe scares me a tiny bit…..but I have a rule that I never say I dont (or do) like something unless I try it so it is on my to cook list 🙂
my puppy ollie eats that dog food too!…well, that and a bunch of other ones. i know i’m not supposed to change foods so often but ollie is so picky one day he’ll like it the next day he wont.
love your hunter rainboots! 🙂
Cute boots!
That sounds like one of the weirdest combinations I’ve heard, but those are two of my favorite things so I am determined to try it! ps I always love your Hunter boots!
I like that your doggie likes to go on car adventures!!!
I have a hard time keeping weight on one of my Labs, Duchess–she’s super active like Sadie! I’ve had the best luck with a high-protein/high-fat food plus a whole raw egg (shell and all–they LOVE it!) and splitting her food into two meals. I had her on Solid Gold’s Barking at the Moon, but my other lab, Maverick, didn’t like it and went on a hunger strike, so we’ve switched to the Wellness CORE Original, and she’s FINALLY starting to gain a little weight at 4 cups/day. When she was on puppy food, she had to eat SIX CUPS just to barely maintain weight in the summertime, and we tried several: started on Purina Pro Plan, then tried Blue Buffalo, and finally Wellness Puppy. Anyhow–just a thought from a fellow high-energy pup owner!
It seems like everyone in the blog world is posting savory oats recipes – it’s crazy! This one looks really interesting – I like the idea of an apple in a savory dish.
I wish I liked fish, but I just can’t get over the fishy-ness of it.
i have never had trout…. i heard it smells funky? hahhaa but oatmeal hash is where its attt!
wow, amazing! i love trout, we used to go fishing for it when i lived in Australia. never thought of it with oatmeal, though!
Sorry, that combo doesn’t sound very appealing to me. I do want to try savory oats though since ive only had sweet.
LOL I misread it and thought you said “the swamp turned out perfectly”! I was like…why is she calling her meal a swamp?
huh
That’s an interesting combo…..I’d try it if anyone in my family besides me like oats! =D
I’ve tried savory oats and didn’t really like them, but I think I made them wrong 🙁 But I’m not sure I’d like fish + oats? Worth a try though!
What an interesting pairing! I might just have to try it before I knock it! 🙂
This looks really intriguing! The combination of flavors sounds like something that I HAVE to try!
I must admit, the naming of said recipe sounds ridiculously not appealing AT ALL but the picture and ingredient list does..i’ll try it.