?how do you eat your oatmeal?

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  • KayRisTee
    KayRisTee Posts: 31 Member
    I make a fruit smoothie in the morning and add 1/2c of oats. It makes me feel fuller longer. Totally works for me. All the benefits none of the flavor.
  • shayleac
    shayleac Posts: 76 Member
    I put a scoop of peanut butter in it.
    Also, cook banana slices or peaches in a frying pan with coconut oil and put it on top.
    Then pumpkin pie spice. So good.
  • gpizzy
    gpizzy Posts: 171
    could be a repeat, but you can add:
    dark chocolate chips & peanut butter
    any flavor of jam
    bananas, brown sugar, cinnamon
    just brown sugar, or just cinnamon
    apples, brown sugar, cinnamon *yum*
    blueberries, strawberries, raspberries etc! These are great because they're still in season although ending soon
  • luckynky
    luckynky Posts: 123 Member
    Steel cut oats plus one tablespoon unsweetened coconut. 5-6 mornings out of 7.
  • blgerig
    blgerig Posts: 174 Member
    I usually make 1 cup steel cut oats on the stove at the beginning of the week. Makes 4 servings.

    Some combos I like:

    Blueberry + coconut
    Peanut butter + banana
    Maple syrup (stirred granola in after reheating for some crunch)
    Also have heard of people mixing cold oatmeal with yogurt and fruit!
  • Happy_10yr
    Happy_10yr Posts: 287 Member
    My oatmeal is instant organic

    I add a bit of sugar :)
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,469 Member
    This morning I added dark chocolate chips, walnut pieces, chopped nuts, dried cherries and salt. I topped with almond butter, quark and butterscotch syrup. Delicious!

    I usually use some combination of nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, spices and fruit. Always have it with quark and almond butter (a teaspoonful), and top with something sweet like jam, syrup, honey, etc. I used to always have it plain (cooked with water and salt), but I've developed a sweet tooth while dieting!

    All these ingredients are easy to go overboard with so I have to be careful with portion sizes (4 or 5 chocolate chips, a nut or two, a few seeds, etc.)
  • pchesnut
    pchesnut Posts: 347 Member
    I chop up some walnuts and add those and a handful of blueberries. That way you are getting a whole lot of good nutrition. I also do a sprinkle of cinnamon.
  • The_GingerBeard_Man
    The_GingerBeard_Man Posts: 197 Member
    Oats cooked in water then mixed with vanilla protein. After that I usually mix in some dried berries.
  • lorenzovonmatterhorn7549
    lorenzovonmatterhorn7549 Posts: 495 Member
    Steel cut oats
    1/4 cup of almonds
    10 -15 blue berries
    banana
    agave syrup
    cinnamon


    It's so good. I never tire of it
  • rsalty
    rsalty Posts: 68 Member
    When I get bored of oats with whatever fruit I have on hand, I have been known to make it a little different to mix it up: 1/2 c oats, tablespoon cornmeal for texture, one egg (stirred in while cooking), one tablespoon butter, black pepper to taste. Sometimes dandelion greens, generally only in the spring when they taste best though.
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    1/4 cup oats cooked in water
    a dash of milk
    cinnamon
    raisins
  • staryful7
    staryful7 Posts: 33 Member
    I add peanut butter to mine and love it. Sometimes I also add nuts, cinnamon, raisins sometimes. I eat oatmeal everyday at work. Mainly with the peanut butter really. Keeps me full. I just Natural Peter Pan.
  • pchesnut
    pchesnut Posts: 347 Member
    I recently switched to eating the oats dry, mixed with a Greek yogurt. I'm never going back, its my favorite snack.

    oh that sounds interesting. I think I might try that. Yum thanks for the idea
  • Frances_C17
    Frances_C17 Posts: 64 Member
    I always eat my oats cold in the summer.
    I mix them with a splash of water or a freshly squeezed orange and a load of low fat greek yogurt, top with frozen fruit and leave to soak overnight in the fridge. In the morning I'll add some pumpkin seeds or toasted almonds. It takes 2 minutes to prepare the night before and keeps fresh for a couple of days.
    I eat it nearly every day and don't get bored because I change the type of fruit and nuts. I sometimes add a scoop of vanilla protein powder if I need the extra protein.
  • mrslcoop
    mrslcoop Posts: 317 Member
    ½ cup steel cut oats
    ½ cup almond milk (unsweetened)
    ¼ cup blueberries (or any frozen fruit would be good)
    1 oz honey or sorghum
    2 oz greek honey


    I like overnight oats personally so I’ll mix up 4-5 mason jars at a time and throw in the fridge for at least overnight.
  • Moonblood
    Moonblood Posts: 199 Member
    I have oatmeal every morning. I prepare it as the directions say, on the stop top.My go-to is hemp hearts and a banana. Other variations: raisins, hemp hearts and cinnamon, hemp hearts and apples with cinnamon. Mmm!
  • leahgoldgirl
    leahgoldgirl Posts: 61 Member
    I usually add berries or dried cherries, cinnamon and almonds, but there are also baked oatmeal cup recipes online that are pretty awesome.
  • teddabod
    teddabod Posts: 222 Member
    Every morning, I take a scoop of my protein powder, one packet of Quaker original oatmeal, and just mix it all up in hot hot water.

    I go NOM NOM NOM and make a lot of mouth noises when I eat it.
  • karaheys
    karaheys Posts: 1
    I use instant oats, prepared with water...then add in a little brown sugar, golden raisins and dried cranberries. That's it. Delicious!
  • amandamae61288
    amandamae61288 Posts: 39 Member
    Just about every morning:
    1/2 Cup old fashioned oats
    1/2 Cup Vanillla almond milk
    microwaved for about 1 minute
    toss in 1/2-1 cup of frozen mixed berries, thawed (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries)

    If I have fresh berries of any kind I will use those too, usually strawberries. I have also used peaches- delicious!

    If I dont have fresh fruit, or forgot to thaw the frozen I will use a tsp of brown sugar and a tsp of honey to sweeten.
  • Sunshine_Kubes
    Sunshine_Kubes Posts: 37 Member
    I cook my oatmeal with soy milk.. then use unsweetened applesauce with cinnamon and usually a sliced banana.. I use blueberries sometimes as well or both. In the fall I like to incorporate pumpkin into my oatmeal. So I use 1/4 cup canned pumpkin with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, vanilla extract and top it with pecans.
  • MrsB123111
    MrsB123111 Posts: 535 Member
    1/3 cup oats
    9 tbsp egg whites
    1/3 cup almond milk
    1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup
    1 tsp brown sugar
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract

    Cook for 2-3 minutes in the microwave and top with cinnamon and fresh berries!!!! :love:
  • nehushtan
    nehushtan Posts: 566 Member
    Sky's the limit because oatmeal is a bland base, a blank canvas (like rice or pasta or quinoa) for a thousand works of art.

    For a sweet version I usually go for PB&J with appropriate berries (blueberries if I'm using blueberry preserves, for example). (But the peanut butter has to be super-crunchy to make me happy with it haha!)

    For a savory version, I've done it with turkey sausage crumbles, diced onion, a slice of american cheese, and an egg fried over easy so the yolk is runny & oozes out over the oatmeal.

    Take this blog for a spin: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    We cook ours with half milk and half water if making it stovetop. Our oatmeal yesterday had peaches, local blueberries and real maple syrup. :)

    In the office I use the packets and make it with water. I tend to stick to the organic instant oatmeal from either Trader Joe's or Whole Foods.
  • DonnaLeeCattes
    DonnaLeeCattes Posts: 492 Member
    This last time I mixed a pound of oatmeal with a pound of granola and 22 tablespoons of flex seeds and 6 oz of dried cherries..it makes 27 servings @ a half a cup...yummy yum

    I also always add cinnamon.. But NO butter or sugar is needed.
  • nena49659
    nena49659 Posts: 260 Member
    I was given some oatmeal that has the cinnamon already added in it. This morning, I cooked it with water and just ate it that way. It wasn't bad but I know I'll get sick of it fast that way.

    Therefore, tomorrow I'm going to add some unsweetened applesauce to it. And, possibly, a little more cinnamon as there wasn't much cinnamon flavor to it.
  • scottrfraser
    scottrfraser Posts: 13 Member
    1/3 c Quaker Oat meal, 1 Tbsp Chica seeds, 1 Tbsp Flaxseed meal, 1 Tbsp Steel cut oats, 25 Blueberries, Morton's Lite Salt. 244 Calories.
  • Cordy1228
    Cordy1228 Posts: 245 Member
    I do 1:1 oats and vanilla almond/soy milk, mixed up and left overnight in the fridge. I eat them cold.
  • evoke45
    evoke45 Posts: 22 Member
    I've always thought of my oatmeal as something close to rice or pasta and like to eat it the way I eat those... sometimes I add soy sauce, spices, or even cheese. Delicious and feels like a full meal!

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