How Do You Make Your Oats Taste Better?

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    If you don't like it, why do you eat it?

    I cook mine in milk, and I typically add stuff on it - protein powder, nuts, nut butter. I need over 100 calories of toppings to make it edible, pretty much. But I need some fat and/or protein added or it doesn't fill me up at all.
    RodaRose wrote: »
    Oatmeal has no magic. Eat bread with the same amount of calories and a similar amount of protein.

    Whole grains vs refined grains though. It definitely doesn't do the same to me. Bread will spike my blood sugar, steel cut oats don't (but quick oats will too).
  • indiacaitlin
    indiacaitlin Posts: 691 Member
    I love oats!

    I usually have a scoop of protein powder in them (using chocolate orange or maple syrup pancake flavour at the moment), and then I add some nut butter (I've tried loads but using snickerdoodle almond butter right now). I also pop a chocolate in there if I have the calories for the day and I've got some 0 calorie butterscotch sauce too I occasionally throw on there :smile:

    Aside from that there's fruit, honey, nuts and seeds work well too!
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I use a packet of Better Stevia and Pb2 in mine for added flavor.
  • alittlelife14
    alittlelife14 Posts: 339 Member
    Almond milk, frozen berries, SF maple syrup, SF chocolate syrup.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    There's no reason you have to eat oats.
  • nixxthirteen
    nixxthirteen Posts: 280 Member
    My boyfriend is the king of oatmeal. He makes the most delicious sweet and savoury kinds.

    1.) He toasts the oats in unrefined coconut oil until they get fragrant. This makes a HUGE difference, because they retain their shape and fluffy texture during the boiling process.

    2.) If making sweet oats, he boils them in water mixed with cinnamon, vanilla extract, and sometimes brown sugar. We make a bibimbap-inspired oatmeal for dinner, and he boils those oats in water with soy sauce and sriracha.

    3.) Toss in fresh blueberries right at the end, and they get so hot and plump and tender. Then finish with a drizzle of real maple syrup. (We also love apricots, raspberries, or caramelized banana on top :).)

    Dinner oats = diced avocado, crunchy spicy seaweed, and a fried egg on top. INSANELY delicious.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I found my key to oatmeal was to not over cook it. I do not like mush, I like it kind for chewy. I add less water than it says and only cook for about a minute. Enough to absorb the small amount of water but eat oat keeps its shape and nothing gets mushy!
  • jbee27
    jbee27 Posts: 356 Member
    In the winter, I make a batch of steel cut oats on Sunday nights (make sure to add salt to the water), portion them out for each day. Each morning I add 1/3 cup of almond milk, cinnamon and dried cranberries. Once I get to work, I heat it up in the microwave.

    I really enjoy them and they are easy and cheap, but if you don't enjoy eating the oats, find something else!
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I don't even like oatmeal much, but my mom brought this over for Easter brunch several years ago, and it was delicious.
    Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    Full Fat cream, brown sugar, cinnoman and cook some apples in with the oats. Also, enough salt to make it taste right.
    Its pretty awful unsalted yo?
  • gettingreallyfedupnow
    gettingreallyfedupnow Posts: 79 Member
    I like it made with hazelnut milk, with dried fruit stirred in. Or a bit of cocoa powder to make it a bit Nutella-ish.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    nixxthirteen wrote: »
    Dinner oats = diced avocado, crunchy spicy seaweed, and a fried egg on top. INSANELY delicious.

    I have to try this.
  • jonthemusse
    jonthemusse Posts: 106 Member
    edited May 2016
    Only way to eat your oats is raw with whole milk and a shitload of sugar, measured in bowls. I have to buy multigrain porridge mix because of this looming risk. The rye is _nearly_ impossible to eat raw.

    Mixed dry with nut butter; raw in a smoothie, cooked; dollop of butter, any cultured dairy, berries. Switch to barley, rye, what have you.
  • nixxthirteen
    nixxthirteen Posts: 280 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    nixxthirteen wrote: »
    Dinner oats = diced avocado, crunchy spicy seaweed, and a fried egg on top. INSANELY delicious.

    I have to try this.

    :)

    I ask him to make it all the time. Here's a photo for reference, hahah:

    https://instagram.com/p/BFF7Hl9D0Qg/embed/
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    gettingreallyfedupnow wrote: »
    I like it made with hazelnut milk, with dried fruit stirred in. Or a bit of cocoa powder to make it a bit Nutella-ish.

    Oh I wish I could find hazelnut milk. I mostly use unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
  • David_2015
    David_2015 Posts: 231 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I mix in a scoop of choc peanut butter protein powder. Make them with milk, not water!

    Oooh, me too! Do you use the MyProtein powder too? I also add chia and flax seeds - can't beat 9g of fibre for a 25g serving!
  • ScreeField
    ScreeField Posts: 180 Member
    2 more ideas:

    oatmeal cookies
    granola
  • 12Sarah2015
    12Sarah2015 Posts: 1,117 Member
    Stewed pears or honey
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    There are like a million istnedl recipes on the web!! What flavors do you like? Add that. I add cinnamon, nutmeg, cardomom, walnuts, crasins. Sometimes I cookas banana with the oats, sometimes slice on top afterwards. Often add berries too.

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