Addicted to oatmeal?

PeachyCarol

I want your pancake recipe! I have oat flour on hand, it's my preferred gluten free flour of choice.

I'm making shortbread with it for Christmas. FTR, original Scottish shortbread was made with oat flour!

soapsandropes

Peachy, I need your shortbread recipe like I need air!

PeachyCarol

Here you go, J!

Use Kerry Gold. I think I'm going to brown the butter when I make it this year for a little extra something.

http://blog.kathrynmcgowan.com/2010/06/07/scottish-shortbread-gluten-free-baking-ahead-of-its-time/

OyGeeBiv

Okay, I couldn't wait! haha! I had dark chocolate oatmeal for lunch. I mixed in sections of clementine for one of my favorite pairings - chocolate and orange. I think I need to tweak it a little (I only used oats, water and dark cocoa powder), but it was still really good. I think adding some diary would have upped the flavor of the chocolate.

jenniator

64crayons wrote: »

Okay, I couldn't wait! haha! I had dark chocolate oatmeal for lunch. I mixed in sections of clementine for one of my favorite pairings - chocolate and orange. I think I need to tweak it a little (I only used oats, water and dark cocoa powder), but it was still really good. I think adding some diary would have upped the flavor of the chocolate.

ha ha awesome !! I'm glad you liked it! Chocolate and orange is a great combination. I always add milk with it and it makes it more creamier and richer I think! I also add a little sugar so it's not as bitter.

azulvioleta6

betuel75 wrote: »

I've eaten oatmeal for so long im tired of it but have found another way to enjoy it and get the nutrition it provides. I grind it to a flour, make a pancake batter with it and whey protein. I make Churro flavored oat flour and whey protein pancakes. Soooo yummy! Just had some. 270 calories, 30 grams protein and a large quantity of pancakes.

Sounds really good, but I am wondering what churro-flavored means. Cinnamon?

betuel75

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

betuel75 wrote: »

I've eaten oatmeal for so long im tired of it but have found another way to enjoy it and get the nutrition it provides. I grind it to a flour, make a pancake batter with it and whey protein. I make Churro flavored oat flour and whey protein pancakes. Soooo yummy! Just had some. 270 calories, 30 grams protein and a large quantity of pancakes.

Sounds really good, but I am wondering what churro-flavored means. Cinnamon?

Yeah, cinnamon, vanilla extract and a little nutmeg

Terri2874

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

ejbronte

terridstankiewicz992 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

I like it less "gloopy" too - here's what I do:

Steel cut instead of old-fashioned.
Use a saute pan instead of a pot.
Use a little less water than in most recipes.
Flavor it up with cinnamon and ginger.
Stir it up. It'll be distinctly less oatmealy

Also:
Grind up the oatmeal to a flour.
Dump it in a bowl and add a little water while mixing at a time till you get a dough.

Now you have a tortilla dough! Break off pieces, roll 'em flat and toss them into a hot, dry pan to cook up on both sides.

kshama2001

terridstankiewicz992 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

I hate the texture too so I add extra water and cook it for a really long time - like two hours on the lowest setting. (For a gas stove you'd probably need a heat defuser.)

justrollme

ejbronte wrote: »

terridstankiewicz992 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

I like it less "gloopy" too - here's what I do:

Steel cut instead of old-fashioned.
Use a saute pan instead of a pot.
Use a little less water than in most recipes.
Flavor it up with cinnamon and ginger.
Stir it up. It'll be distinctly less oatmealy

Also:
Grind up the oatmeal to a flour.
Dump it in a bowl and add a little water while mixing at a time till you get a dough.

Now you have a tortilla dough! Break off pieces, roll 'em flat and toss them into a hot, dry pan to cook up on both sides.

Saving this, sounds so good!

FitPhillygirl

I love Chex Gluten free oatmeal and have it everyday at work in the morning. Too bad I'll have to find another Gluten free brand because GM has stopped making their GF oatmeal.

PeachyCarol

terridstankiewicz992 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

Try looking up baked oatmeal recipes. They're more cake-like.

PeachyCarol

Eileen_S wrote: »

I love Chex Gluten free oatmeal and have it everyday at work in the morning. Too bad I'll have to find another Gluten free brand because GM has stopped making their GF oatmeal.

Bob's Red Mill has gluten free oats in quick, rolled, and steel-cut, and if you like instant packets, I recently saw Quaker had GF oats.

If you're near a Trader Joe's, they also have GF rolled oats.

triddering

I love pecans in maple brown sugar oatmeal! And I have found trivia brown sugar, which is stevia with molasses, so less calories!

RodaRose

terridstankiewicz992 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem! I HATE the texture of oatmeal....but I'm trying to convince myself to keep trying because it's so good for you. There has to be a good recipe somewhere!

Look for "baked oatmeal" recipes -- baked in the same kind of pan you might use for lasagna with rolled oats and milk and eggs and some fruit usually. You keep it in the fridge and cut up bars or slices

amusedmonkey

@betuel75 could you share your pancake recipe?

gothchiq

Long as it is within your goal of nutrition and calories, oatmeal is good for you. Enjoy it!

cindytw

I don't understand this, and never will, but people I work with are the same way! It is like no other breakfast food ever existed! I can't tolerate oats at this point but even when I could, it was not high on my priority list.

amusedmonkey

cindytw wrote: »

I don't understand this, and never will, but people I work with are the same way! It is like no other breakfast food ever existed! I can't tolerate oats at this point but even when I could, it was not high on my priority list.

It's all about preference. I only discovered oats 2 years ago and now can't get enough. I don't associate it with breakfast because I didn't grow up with it, so I have it for any meal whenever I feel like it, and it feels like having dessert for dinner... makes the child in me so happy.

One of our local restaurants has a good breakfast menu that includes oats, so whenever we plan on going I make reservations in advance to let them know that oatmeal will be specially prepared for me outside of breakfast time. Everyone orders various meats and steaks for dinner while I happily indulge in oatmeal.

Artemiris

OP, I am in the same situation. I could eat only oatmeal at every meal.

RodaRose

I used to cook steel cut oats in the crock pot over night. Then I would add raisins and take it to work to eat cold.

JShailen

I love apple baked oatmeal but for some reason it doesn't fill me up as much as stove top or even microwaved oatmeal. It is a nice treat from time to time though. I don't normally add apples to my oats but when it's baked its just delicious.

lemurcat12

I love the texture of oatmeal, especially steel cut. There are so many good options one could eat instead, though, that I wouldn't bother with it if I didn't like it.

PeachyCarol

JShailen wrote: »

I love apple baked oatmeal but for some reason it doesn't fill me up as much as stove top or even microwaved oatmeal. It is a nice treat from time to time though. I don't normally add apples to my oats but when it's baked its just delicious.

I'm the same way. Baked oatmeal just isn't as filling to me.

betuel75

So my pancake recipe is:
1 serving(40g) old fashion oats ground to a flour
1/2 serving/scoop vanilla protein powder which for the kind im using is about 19 grams. I currently am using Body Fortress Whey Isolate(38g=1 scoop)
92 grams egg whites. I use All Whites brand carton kind.
1 tsp of baking powder.
2-3 tbsp Granulated sweetener of choice. I use "Swerve" brand which is zero calories and has baking/browning characteristics of sugar. Use more or less for sweetness preference.
Hard to say how much cinnamon i use i just eyeball it. Maybe 1-2 tsp?
Even less nutmeg, maybe 1/4 of the amount of cinnamon.
Maybe about 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
hard say as the last few i eyeball, add more or less based on taste preference.
a few table spoons of almond or cashew milk. I use a 25cal for 8oz unsweetened cashew milk. Add more to get the consistency the way you like it.
Blend to a batter adding more almond or cashew milk if necessary.
I use a no calorie cooking spray for the pan.
hope you like.

PeachyCarol

Thanks for posting your recipe! I can't wait to make them. I already have oat flour on hand so that saves me a step.

Gisel2015

janejellyroll wrote: »

Is it keeping you from getting other nutrients that you need or is it putting you over your calorie goals?

I was thinking the same thing, and it seems to me that her carb count has to be very high while her protein maybe very low, since there is no much variety. But the OP doesn't log her food (diary is public), so that is just my opinion.
Any way, I don't like oatmeal and the only kind that I eat once or twice a month, at the most, is the instant low sugar variety. And only if I don't feel like making something else. I never developed a taste for it.

MondayJune22nd2015

The oddity with me is, that oatmeal & other "supposedly" (I only use this word, to distinguish; my lack of results but not to, fictionalize a fact; for others) fulling foods; actually don't fill me. I'd have to consume at least 4 packets of oatmeal, as 1 serving; to feel reasonably satiated & that'd be 520 calories.

amusedmonkey

@betuel75 Thank you! I will definitely try this. I entered the ingredients in my diary and the calories are low enough to add real maple syrup! Thank you again.