Incorporating oatmeal ... Hate the texture

acpgee

Does anyone think you could put it in meatloaf?

This is exactly how I use rolled oats. I blitz them fine in the food processor and use as breadcrumbs. I like them for coating chicken pieces before baking (marinate in buttermilk then dip in the pulverized oats, maybe mixed with garlic salt, herbs and some optional parmesan), For results to most resemble fried chicken, give a light spray with oil before roasting at 200C until juices run clear when pricked. About 25 minutes for breasts and a few minutes longer for thighs.

You can use the pulverized oats instead of breadcrumbs in meatballs or meatloaf.

Mygsds

Like the oatmeal... I put 1 T peanut butter in and 1 T cocoa. Sometimes slice in a banana and small amount of chopped pecans. Holds me till lunch that's for sure..

PinkCupcakes84

Or, if you don't like it, don't eat it .......

Best advice here ????

purplebohemian

Another vote for steel cut oats! I like regular oatmeal too, but I actually prefer steel cut oats more.

hollylosingit

Absolutely you can add it meatloaf. My mom did when I was growing up and I didn't know people used breadcrumbs until I was an adult. Just sub the oats for the crumbs. It comes out great!

paulawatkins1974

Another vote for steel cut oats! I like regular oatmeal too, but I actually prefer steel cut oats more.

Does anyone know if you can use the steel cut oats for overnight oats? and would the ratio to milk be the same?

fitphoenix

I second the overnight oats option, as well as baked oatmeal. Both take basically the same ingredients as "stovetop/microwave" oats, but change the texture. It's still creamy in the overnight oats, but not gluey in the same way at all. (Though I like that kind of oatmeal too, lol.) Baked oatmeal turns into a (very) dense, almost cake-like entity that has no resemblance to glue.

I also make oatcakes (the cracker-like kind) by food-processor-ing the oats (3c) into coarse oat flour, adding a tablespoon of oil, a teeny bit of salt, and water until it forms a dough, then rolling it out and cutting out circles and baking them. They're a bland as crackers just like that, but work great as vehicles for peanut butter, etc., and you could always add in other flavourings to mix them up.

Also like granola (but haven't got around to making my own version yet), and you could do muesli or something (raw oats mixed in with dried berries and nuts that you add milk to near when you're going to eat it). Tons of options!

Good luck in finding a version that works for you.

tinkbaby101

I use them in recipes after running them through a blender or food processor. Not sure how that would fly if they're plain. But if you're looking to use them in, say, oatmeal/banana pancakes, it's perfect.

zyxst

Or, if you don't like it, don't eat it .......

I'll never understand why people eat food they hate.

CoachMLJ

Try cooking oatmeal in milk. Put it in the milk at the beginning of the process before it starts to boil. Alternatively, you can cook it in water the same way. It will come out creamier.

daisyduke40

I take the pre packed oatmeal plain add 60g of egg whites about 1/4 cup and about 1/2 water mix and put in microwave for 1 min stir and put again for another min do this until its cooked let it cool a bit and sprinkle some sweetener on it and enjoy. It tastes like rice pudding. I eat this for breakfast in the morning.

tedrickp

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/02/healthy-cookies.html

Basically nothing more than bananas mashed with oats and baked. (I throw in protein powder and choco chips)

keepongoingnmw

I am the same. I sometimes eat old fashioned oats raw with fruits and nuts and milk like a normal cereal. I really like that or I mix it wit yogurt, but I don't believe on forcing yourself to eat things you just don't like.

marcejac

Have you tried savory oatmeal?
1/2 cooked steel cut oats
1 T soy sauce
1 T scallions
1 t sriracha
All topped with a over easy or poached egg. The egg yolk makes a creamy sauce, while the whites give a different texture to the oats.