oats or grits?

SueD66

Which do you prefer oatmeal or grits and how do you eat them for the maximum nutrition?
I just tried grits yesterday and loved them. It was a nice change up from the oatmeal

cherrybomb_77

I love steel cut oats. I soak 1/2 cup of oats overnight with a cup of water and a tablespoon of kefir (supposedly this helps makes the oats more digestible...idk if that's been proven, but I like the tangy taste so I figure it can't hurt). Heat them up in the morning and eat them with some pasture butter and and a little real maple syrup. Yum!

ahmommy

I like both but tend to want a lot of salt in my grits, so that's the less healthy option for me.

I eat old fashioned oatmeal with a packet of truvia and a bunch of cinnamon. Sometimes I'll add some raisins for a little extra sweetness.

beckajw

Which do you prefer oatmeal or grits and how do you eat them for the maximum nutrition?
I just tried grits yesterday and loved them. It was a nice change up from the oatmeal

Depends on my mood. If I'm eating grits, it has to be cheese grits. Oatmeal, I make in a number of different ways. I like it plain, I like it with berries, I like it with cinnamon, sometimes cinnamon and berries, sometimes with milk...

TrimAnew

Grits. If you cook them right, you don't need cheese. Of course, cooking them "right" does involve butter and milk--the fuller fat the creamier. Of course, when we eat them, nutrition is the last thing on the mind...

serve with any of the below, or combine for more yumminess:

hot sauce
shrimp
a fried egg
garlic
cheese
bacon
jalapeno peppers
etc

SueD66

So i'm headed south, wonder how the grits are cooked. Do they even have oats in the south? Can't wait!

ahmommy

LOL I'm in the south, yes we have oatmeal.

Grits are typically made with butter, salt, and pepper.

TrimAnew

As for the question of how to cook them, grits are basically just another type of porridge, right along side cream of wheat, oatmeal, polenta (which are basically the same thing as grits--aka. both are ground corn), rice porridge, etc.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofJ3v_a6UUE for Good Eats part 1 of an episode on that)

You just cook them low and slow in a pot on the stove with a bit pf salt, pepper, a little butter and milk (or, I'm told that cream works really well too, but I don't go that far). The lower and slower you can cook them, the creamy they are. Stir frequently.

laserturkey

I love grits, especially with hot sauce and maybe some cheese.

MissLuana

Okay I know this is fitness and weight loss site but...OMG, why has no one mentioned putting sugar in their grits!!! Sugar and butter is the ticket for me!!!

mommyrox05

Oats all the way

lbmore33

this is too funny but most people do not eat both...I found that it is one or the other...but I prefer grits...do not like oatmeal

Sherilynn1966

I am transplanted northerner...so I eat my grits with butter and sugar, like Cream of Wheat.

CorinthiaB

I love grits. I cook mine in water with a salt substitute. They are yummy! I have had them with milk/cream not good to me.

PayneAS

I love my butter grits with extra butter! It's terrible I know so I don't indulge too often. I ate oatmeal when I was a kid but just haven't developed a taste for it as an adult.

TisMeEggin

Creamy, smooth, buttery, grits with a nice over-easy runny egg and some nice country sausage all mixed in on a piece of good toast... AHHHH... YUMM!!!!!!!! (Yes, I have actually lost 69.4 lbs.) LOL! :laugh:

sandhillsmom

I'm equal, I love both! and so do my hips so I don't have either very often LOL

TrimAnew

My family is from the mid west, so our hot porridge of choice was always cream of wheat with a little sugar. Oatmeal is ok, but I prefer cream of wheat to oatmeal.

I've grown up in the Southeast and grown to like grits as I've gotten older. Now they are one of my favorites. I think I didn't care for them as a kid because instant grits are nasty and well, gritty. Real slow cooked grits, however are yummy.

Hubby thinks cream of wheat is icky, so grits are the main porridge in my home now, and those we try not to cook too often--just for a splurge. We almost always make them savory instead of sweet.

Hubby has also seen me make porridge out of left over brown rice once or twice, a quirk I picked up from my dad (who grew up with that too, having come from a large family with lots of kids and a small budget). Rice porridge for Dad or I, was usually with a little milk and sugar like cream of wheat. Hubby thinks this is an abomination of rice and won't touch the "gruel."

SueD66

My family is from the mid west, so our hot porridge of choice was always cream of wheat with a little sugar. Oatmeal is ok, but I prefer cream of wheat to oatmeal.

I've grown up in the Southeast and grown to like grits as I've gotten older. Now they are one of my favorites. I think I didn't care for them as a kid because instant grits are nasty and well, gritty. Real slow cooked grits, however are yummy.

Hubby thinks cream of wheat is icky, so grits are the main porridge in my home now, and those we try not to cook too often--just for a splurge. We almost always make them savory instead of sweet.

Hubby has also seen me make porridge out of left over brown rice once or twice, a quirk I picked up from my dad (who grew up with that too, having come from a large family with lots of kids and a small budget). Rice porridge for Dad or I, was usually with a little milk and sugar like cream of wheat. Hubby thinks this is an abomination of rice and won't touch the "gruel."

Oh i have grown up with the cold rice and warm milk, butter and brown sugar for breakfast. Love it..

gregpack

Okay I know this is fitness and weight loss site but...OMG, why has no one mentioned putting sugar in their grits!!! Sugar and butter is the ticket for me!!!

Sugar in grits is an abomination. In the south adding sugar to grits would akin to putting ketchup on prime rib.

Being southern, I can tell you there are two, AND ONLY TWO, proper toppings for grits: Butter, or milk based gravy. OK, cheese wouldn't be frowned upon. But if you put sugar in your grits you will be immediately recognized as a non-native

I find quick grits are fine, but instant grits would be much like comparing the taste of instant rice to regular rice.

Having said that, unfortunately oatmeal wins the healthy food contest, hands down.

daisydog101

What are grits?

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

sugar and butter in grits = bomb.com

oatmeal w/ brown sugar and butter = bomb.com

both are DELICIOUS with butter and something sweet /thread. LOL

schustc

umm.. OATMEAL all the way. Take some unsweetened applesauce, add to the cooked oatmeal along with a touch of brown sugar - APPLE PIE OATMEAL!!

Grits????? ICK! Tried Them. The gritty texture made me feel like I was eating sand, or a bowl of cornmeal. I couldn't handle the gritty texture. Sounds dumb I know - Grits are Gritty - who'd have thunk it? :ohwell:

Jolene8992

I love them both, but I just can't afford the high carbs and calories in my calorie budget. Same way I that I won't eat brown rice. Been trying to substitute w/quinoa, but just haven't developed a taste for it.

TyFit08

My husband is Canadian and it irks me when I make grits and he puts milk and sugar in it. I keep telling him this isn't cream of wheat. My family is from South Carolina, so grits usually has salt, butter and cheese, better yet crumble up sausage and mix your eggs in, that's how you eat grits. I never thought of grits as a healthy meal so I don't eat it that often. I don't love oatmeal, would much rather have cream of wheat. Sometimes I add a scoop of whey to it for an extra protein boost.

armadillolabrat

While lots of butter sounds yummy in grits I've learned to eat them cooked in water with a slight pinch of salt and an over easy egg on top.

ssbarfarkle

I eat oatmeal w/peanut butter & cinnamon every morning. Unless I am on vacation down south then it's grits and butter baby! Oh yeah!!!

fishermanmatt

Southerner here.

Grits with butter or sausage or eggs or cheese or any combination of the above. I've tried eating oatmill a few times but never liked it. For me, oatmill is only good with raisins or chocolate in cookie form.

wewon

My husband is Canadian and it irks me when I make grits and he puts milk and sugar in it. I keep telling him this isn't cream of wheat. My family is from South Carolina, so grits usually has salt, butter and cheese, better yet crumble up sausage and mix your eggs in, that's how you eat grits. I never thought of grits as a healthy meal so I don't eat it that often. I don't love oatmeal, would much rather have cream of wheat. Sometimes I add a scoop of whey to it for an extra protein boost.

I'm sorry, but sugar in grits is plain weird.

TyFit08

My husband is Canadian and it irks me when I make grits and he puts milk and sugar in it. I keep telling him this isn't cream of wheat. My family is from South Carolina, so grits usually has salt, butter and cheese, better yet crumble up sausage and mix your eggs in, that's how you eat grits. I never thought of grits as a healthy meal so I don't eat it that often. I don't love oatmeal, would much rather have cream of wheat. Sometimes I add a scoop of whey to it for an extra protein boost.

I'm sorry, but sugar in grits is plain weird.

Agreed, but he keeps eating it that way. Which is really weird since I put cheese in it when I cook it, so that's sugary cheese grits YUCK

Redladystl

I love my Steel Cut Oats mix or match various berries, raisins, dried cranberries, real maple syrup, cinnamon, honey.
I also love my grits. Basic cook: water pinch salt pinch sugar butter butter and yep. Breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner. No limit to what can be added to them.