Oatmeal ideas please!

linadpetrova

Hi! Please help me with oatmeal ideas, I know it's good to add them to my meals but I can't because I don't like the taste without something sweet in it.

CafeRacer808

I like to keep it simple. Usually just brown sugar, although sometimes I'll throw in some raisins or dried blueberries.

MagneticGanymede

Hi! Here's my favorite oatmeal recipe-

1/2 C Oatmeal (uncooked)
Cook oatmeal and add to
2 TBSP Almond butter- plain (32g)
1 TBSP Raw honey (21g)
1 TBSP chia seeds (12g)

It's so good, warm, nutty, sweet, crunchy. Perfection.

460 calories
24 g fat
15 g protein
56 g carbs

ibcherry

I like my oatmeal with protein. I use the steel cut oats and throw a tablespoon or two of dried goji berries in the water along with the oats. Then I sweeten it with a little agave, honey, or sometimes just use sugar free pancake syrup or stevia. Once it cools down a little, I'll add a scoop of vanilla whey protein powder (the good kind high in protein, low in carbs, fat, and sugar) mixed with a little bit of almond milk.
You can also add cinnamon, nuts, berries, whatever fruits you like as long as you don't go overboard. I usually make 2-3 servings at a time, which comes out to about two cups and then divi it out into 1/2 cup serving for during the week at around 128 calories each. Toss in an egg an a cup of coffee and you got an awesome breakfast. Keeps me full for hours.

ssaarraahhhhjj

I usually have my oats with cocoa powder, a bit of agave and lots of blueberries . My other option is peanut butter and raspberries which is delicious too, even tastier (but sadly not healthier) if you add a few chocolate chips as well :-)

gnheller

For Breakfast I make a batch of steel cut oats that last all week. In a 2.5 quart saucepan bring 4.5 cups of water to a boil, add 1/2 tsp kosher salt. Rinse oats thoroughly and add to boiling water. Cook for 25 minutes at a slow boil. Skim off scum as you go. After 25 minutes add 1/2 cup of flaxseed meal. Stir and mix well and let cool. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days. Each morning I heat 3/4 cup of the mixture in the microwave for 70 seconds. I add 3/4 cup of frozen wild blueberries and a splash of 1% milk. Delish, no sweetener needed.

mjffey

Make a smoothie with it. I do
30 gram oats
150 gram yoghurt
1 cup milk
10 gram pea proteine
100 gram fresh fruit.

__TMac__

Overnight oats!

In a covered bowl or jar:
1c milk
1/2c rolled oats
1/8tspn salt
1/4tspn stevia

Refrigerate overnight. Eat cold. Easy peasy.

I also put in fruit to soak (fresh or dried berries or apples) and add nuts (sliced almonds or chopped pecans) just before eating.

AngryViking1970

gnheller wrote: »

For Breakfast I make a batch of steel cut oats that last all week. In a 2.5 quart saucepan bring 4.5 cups of water to a boil, add 1/2 tsp kosher salt. Rinse oats thoroughly and add to boiling water. Cook for 25 minutes at a slow boil. Skim off scum as you go. After 25 minutes add 1/2 cup of flaxseed meal. Stir and mix well and let cool. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days. Each morning I heat 3/4 cup of the mixture in the microwave for 70 seconds. I add 3/4 cup of frozen wild blueberries and a splash of 1% milk. Delish, no sweetener needed.

Same re: the big batch. I switch it up every morning. Monday was butter, brown sugar and raisins. Yesterday I went sort of tropical and added pineapple and coconut chips topped with some of our raw honey (the hubs and I keep bees ) and a pinch of cinnamon. This morning was a poached egg and parm. Oatmeal is so versatile!

Lizakabibbis

I like egg white oatmeal. Just do a quick google search - I don't like mine sweet so I just make it add 2T of peanut powder and some cinnamon. It's delicious and has lots of protein.

sonic_corset

I loathe quick cook oats, so i use rolled/old fashioned or steel cut oats(toasted) instead.

For add-ins, i usually do molasses, and dehydrated apples, with some flax meal. if i have dried blueberries, i'll use those instead. i could do frozen i suppose, but they dont seem to hold up as well. Banana or PB2 works as well.

I don't add any extra sugar, the molasses and fruit is more than enough. I also dont add any butter, tho i know some do.

mir1104

I like raisins in it but if you have some flavoured protein powder it can be even better...you add the protein and improve the flavour too without adding extra carbs.

jagodfrey08

I make oatmeal for my kids, even though I hate it. Their favorite is when I add brown sugar, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla, half a banana, and a dash of nutmeg. Sometimes I also add a little almond extract. Their second favorite is when I made oatmeal with apple juice, applesauce, and a little apple butter. I also add cinnamon and vanilla to that, too.

AnarchistKitchen

Here's 7 oatmeal options that are not porridge. These are vegan but you could easily add butter, milk or protein powder to any of these.

https://richbitchcooking.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/7-vegan-oatmeal-recipes-more-than-breakfast/

vingogly

Flahavan's Steel Cut Oatmeal, with 6-7 dried apricot halves chopped (or 2-3 Tb of raisins or other dried fruit), put in microwave for 3 minutes, stir, then 2 minutes more (putting the fruit in softens it up). Use a big enough bowl so they don't boil over. Add a couple Tb of chopped walnuts or pecans, an eighth tsp of cinnamon, sweeten with stevia or sugar-free maple syrup.

cross2bear

You know, if you dont like oatmeal, you dont have to eat it. its not magic and it wont help you with weight loss unless its part of an eating plan that has you in a calorie deficit.

Tacklewasher

Chadxx

Oatmeal + peanut butter flavored protein + PB2 + sugar free maple syrup

searchedtobelost

1/2 C Oatmeal
1/2 C Frozen berries
1/4 C Pecans
1/2 Tsp cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves

I cook mine in the microwave for 3 minutes. Let cool for 10-15 minutes.

The longer you let it set (60 minutes is ideal for flavor), the more the flavor of the spices set in. Then it can end up tasting like a berry muffin. Nom. So I'd suggest preparing your oatmeal first thing in the morning, then let it sit while you get ready.

Edit:

A variation on the recipe is to use banana instead of berries. It tastes like banana nut bread.

Uhowl43

Not sweet, but easy to add to other food: use it for meatballs etc. as a binder instead of breading. Run dry oats through blender to make Oat Flour to use as "bread crumbs" on meat/fish, or as thickening agent in soup/sauce.

livingleanlivingclean

Make pancakes with it.... I use Oats, egg whites and protein powder. Whizz it all up in the blender with a bit of water.

saintor1

I use oats for pancakes too; 1 egg, 2 oz of oats, 1 banana, baking powder and salt. Served with low-cal E.D. Smith syrup, strawberries and coolwhip light.

CaliMomTeach

I make Trader Joes Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats and mash up a banana in it. At first I thought it wouldn't be sweet enough, but it totally is and I now love it (it took a couple of times to get used to eating oatmeal). Also, a cup of blueberries mashed in is good.

CaliMomTeach

alilmessedup wrote: »

Why eat something you don't like just because it's "good for you"? Find something healthy that you like instead.

Because I had high enough cholesterol that the doctor wanted to put me on medication, and oatmeal consistently came up in my google searches for foods that help lower cholesterol. I did not like it, but gave it a chance. I have grown to like it so much I have it nearly every morning. Tastes change as you change your lifestyle/eating habits. I now like many things I did not used to like before I changed the way I eat. I did not like plain, brown rice before, and now I like it, and would not touch ricearoni type rice.

MlleKelly

I posted this about a year ago: Brownie Batter Overnight Protein Oatmeal (with a vegan option).

1 cup unsweetened almond milk (or any low-fat milk of your choosing)
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt (I used a container of Danon Light & Fit Greek 2x protein vanilla - the vegan option here is to use 1/2 cup mashed banana or pumpkin puree, which I will try when fall rolls around)
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tbsp of baking stevia or 1/4 cup of sweetener that measures like sugar (I like1/4 cup brown sugar)
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup protein powder (I used two scoops of the Publix stores Greenwise brand)
1/2 tbsp cinnamon (optional)

Mix it all up, divide into 2 bowls/jars/tupperwares/etc and cover. Refrigerate overnight and enjoy in the AM cold or pop it in the microwave for 30-60 seconds.

I doubled the recipe and split it FIVE ways and it came out to 226 calories per serving (4g fat, 33g carbs, 16g protein, 5g fiber, 9g sugars). Obviously, calories and nutrients will vary according to the ingredients you use, but still...it looks good! Since my protein powder is chocolate flavored, I did not increase the cocoa powder and since I used real brown sugar, I just used the one 1/4 cup of that. I'll let you know how it turned out in the morning, but I licked the spoon and I'm totes excited.

Recipe source: Foodie Girl Fitness on Facebook, who sourced it from DashingDish.


The first time I made it, using 1 cup of milk was too much. I cut it down to 2/3 cup and it was super thick, so I'm going to try again at 3/4 cup and hopefully that will be the right balance.

Miilinda

I like to do slices of banana, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Simple but delicious!

jpotter18

I add 1/2 c uncooked oatmeal
to large container of yogurt with diced apple let sit in fridge overnight and have a quick made snack ready

fitlife07

I like to make Meditteranean chicken wraps using oatmeal as the base for the tortilla.

Basically what I do is process the oatmeal til it's fine. Add on a bit of water, a dash of salt, and a drizzle of oil and mix it until it forms a dough. Knead it for a bit and cut them into equal parts before flattening them into a tortilla. Heat the pan and cook the oat tortillas, about a minute on each side. Then I work on the filling, which is some shredded chicken breasts, shredded lettuce, red and green bell peppers, white onions, and cucumbers. I coat the inside of the wraps with some homemade hummus before adding the filling and wrapping it up. I like the extra nutty-like flavor profile from the oat tortilla. Hope you give it a shot!