Oatmeal Ideas?

Emmadennewitz

Steel cut oats with half a banana mashed , a 1/4 cup pumpkin and a 1/4 cup of plain greek yogurt and pumpkin pie spice

SarabellPlus3

I like steal cut oats, & (after a suggestion here!)I stir in a tbsp of PB, then I toss on about 8 ghiradelli dark chocolate chips. Yum!

I'm going to try it a little pumpkin spicey tomorrow! Love that idea!

Lisa__Michelle

I like steal cut oats, & (after a suggestion here!)I stir in a tbsp of PB, then I toss on about 8 ghiradelli dark chocolate chips. Yum!

I'm going to try it a little pumpkin spicey tomorrow! Love that idea!

MMMMMMMM!!! That sounds delish! I should have bought pumpkin spice when I went to the store today!

RMinVA

Made this last night...turned out pretty good. I missed the step about sprinkling on powdered sugar at the end. But it's still pretty good and I like the fact that it doesn't have a lot of added sugar. I also used lite coconut milk to make it (since that's what I had on hand) and it turned out nice and rich.

Baked Banana Oatmeal

1) Bananas

Slice 2 bananas. You can add these however you like – in with the wet ingredients or arranged in a pattern on the top (and/or bottom!) of the dish. (You’ll need an additional mashed banana for the wet ingredients below)

2) Combine the dry ingredients:

2 cups rolled oats
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp kosher salt

3) Combine the wet ingredients:

1 egg, beat
1 mashed banana
1.5 cups skim milk
1 tsp vanilla

4) Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix well.

5) Line an 8″ pan (square or round) with parchment paper (for easy removal and cutting!).

6) Layer some banana slices on the bottom. Pour batter into pan. Top with remaining banana slices. OR just use cooking spray – or a pie dish (which is harder to get out in one piece but saves having to use parchment)

7) Pop into a 375* oven for about 26 minutes.

After 26 minutes, increase heat to broil, sprinkle oatmeal with 1 heaping tbsp brown sugar and broil for 3-4 minutes.

lq022

On the topic of oatmeal ... I eat Quaker lower sugar maple & brown sugar INSTANT oatmeal everyday for breakfast .... is it bad to eat instant oatmeal?? I know we are suppose to have the "rolled, whole oats" but is there really a huge difference???

RMinVA

On the topic of oatmeal ... I eat Quaker lower sugar maple & brown sugar INSTANT oatmeal everyday for breakfast .... is it bad to eat instant oatmeal?? I know we are suppose to have the "rolled, whole oats" but is there really a huge difference???

Instant oatmeal is better than a lot of other options. But you can still do better. The problem I have with it is often the ingredient list: but I am someone that tries to avoid processed foods as much as possible. Here is an example.

WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, GUAR GUM, OAT FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN A PALMITATE.

This is from Bob's Red Mill Rolled Oats: organic whole grain oats . There are a lot of "overnight" recipes and baked oatmeal recipes, like several that I have just posted, that make oatmeal preparation a snap.

lq022

Thanks for the tip ... I do have steelcut oats at my house, but i always find that I go back to the instant kind just because it already has the "mix-ins" already in it ... but I think I will try the original ones!

Lisa__Michelle

A man suggested this here earlier today. Sorry, I didn't take his name, just his oatmeal recipe! :blushing:
Oatmeal With Cinnamon Apples
1/3Cup Oatmeal (Old Fashioned) --- @ 100 Calories
1/3 Cup Non Fat Milk -- @ 30 Calories
A little less than 1/3 Cup Water
1 small/medium Gala Apple (Cut into small squares) -- @ 80 Calories
2-3 Tbsp of Splenda Sweetner (to taste)
1-2 tsp of Cinnamon

Cook your Oatmeal per the directions. While it is cooking cut up your apple and place the cubes in a bowl and microwave for 2.5 minutes on high - this will cook them and make them tender. Then add your Splenda and Cinnamon to the apples mix well and cook in the microwave for another 20-30 seconds on high. This should result in a nice tender apple in a tasty cinnamon sauce.

I just tried your idea of an apple! I cooked a small Mcintosh apple how you said and put it in my oatmeal. It was SOOOOO good! I thought it was better than my banana in oatmeal that I usually do. I still had to add honey for sweetness though.

j_courter

for everyone who likes the instant oats because they are quicker... i just pour boiling water over my old fashioned oats and it works well... not quite as mushy as the instant, but still very good. i even do this with my steel cut oats. they're a little harder that way (not too hard and i actually enjoy the texture more), but it only takes a couple minutes instead of 20 to cook them! you can easily add whatever you want to them after that... brown sugar, fresh fruit, cocoa powder, peanut butter, chocolate chips, maple syrup, whatever you want!

fairygirl716

I use Old Fashioned oats and Almond Milk. Sprinkle with cinnamon, tsp of honey, and 1/2 to 1 cup fruit. Every morning for a long time now! Love it!

I'm going to have to try the pumpkin though....sounds yummy! Any excuse to use pumpkin is a good one to me!

elizabethblake

for everyone who likes the instant oats because they are quicker... i just pour boiling water over my old fashioned oats and it works well... not quite as mushy as the instant, but still very good. i even do this with my steel cut oats. they're a little harder that way (not too hard and i actually enjoy the texture more), but it only takes a couple minutes instead of 20 to cook them! you can easily add whatever you want to them after that... brown sugar, fresh fruit, cocoa powder, peanut butter, chocolate chips, maple syrup, whatever you want!

I do this too - every week day morning. I use the hot water from the coffee machine, don't even have to boil it.

Bumping for future reference!

RMinVA

Thanks for the tip ... I do have steelcut oats at my house, but i always find that I go back to the instant kind just because it already has the "mix-ins" already in it ... but I think I will try the original ones!

You are welcome. And most of the recipes I posted freeze really well too. So you bake once, and you are set for a week or two, depending on the batch size you make.

brendalyne

Bump!

Mallory0418

Comment for later. I really need to find a way to like oatmeal...

dlaplume2

I add 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1T ground flax seed and 1 T sweetend coconut flakes.

I have also done it with slivered almonds.

j_courter

i did try the pumpkin with my oatmeal this morning. it was yummy! i used 1/2 C old fashioned oats, 1/4 C pumpkin (canned), a sprinkle of cinnamon, and about 1 t. brown sugar. i'll bet pumpkin pie spice would be a great alternative for the plain cinnamon.

jkuhn71

Bumping to come back for baked oatmeal recipes - YUM!