oatmeal

As I sat at the kitchen table still fiddling with my oatmeal, I couldn’t get my brother Charlie out of my mind.

When I’m dreaming up new oatmeal combinations, I start where any self-respecting hedonist would: the jam aisle of a fancy little corner store.

Inside the college’s Basic Needs Resource Center on Wednesday afternoon, Crawford filled a black basket with peanut butter, jelly, oatmeal, a can of pozole and hygiene products.

Items like single-serve mac and cheese cups, ramen packs, granola bars, oatmeal, fruit snacks, pretzels, cheese and crackers, clementines and protein bars are great alternatives — or additions — to the traditional candy bowl.

From oatmeal, ice cream, chips, pasta sauce — anything you can imagine — hundreds if not thousands of people on the internet have built followings around protein-focused meals and eating.