Need Oatmeal Suggestions

peanut butter, real maple syrup, raisins, frozen blueberries, cinnamon, pecans, almond milk...any combo or all of those together will do!

I like to do savory stuff with it! Cook it up with onion and garlic powder and salt in the milk/water, then top with crumbled bacon, chopped green onion, shredded sharp cheddar, and sour cream (all in moderation of course). You could also do a southwestern style, too, with crumbled veggie sausage, salsa, sour cream, and cheese. Or smoked salmon and cream cheese and capers with chopped tomato and red onion.

I also make egg stratas with cooked oatmeal in them instead of bread. I pack it with roasted veggies, meat, and a little cheese. It makes a delicious, fluffy, chewy "souffle" of sorts. I'll try to dig up the recipe, I think I posted it on here somewhere.

I made a delicious one that was slow-cooked and savory. It had chicken broth, white wine, tomatoes, shallots, tomato paste, parm cheese, and basil. I topped it with a fried egg. It was almost like a risotto.

Kindred spirit! YUMMM.

Found my egg casserole post:

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Made an amazing egg casserole for my mid-morning meal this week and wanted to share. It takes a little time to put together but it makes 6-8 servings so it's worth it to this single gal! It’s a bit unusual as it’ s a savory twist on something my mom used to make, where you whip eggs into oatmeal and make a sweet breakfast “cake” out of it. I did it with ham and cheese instead and it’s amazing!! Good protein and fiber, it’s filling, and low in calories. This is one of those great "basic" recipes that you could twist up any way you like (i.e., swap out whatever meat, cheese, veggies, or spices you like). It’s like a fluffy, savory, chewy, cheesy soufflé and I’ve got 8 thick pieces of it. If I could afford the calories I would have cut bigger slices! Also, it freezes and reheats beautifully.

Ingredients:

1 Cup uncooked steel cut oats
6 C. water
12 large egg whites
1/2 C. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
6 oz. sarah lee honey ham diced fine
3 C. chopped mushrooms
4 chopped scallions
4 cups fresh spinach leaves
1 bag frozen sliced zucchini
1 Tbsp. spicy brown mustard
Spices of your choice (I used 2 tsp. garlic powder, a bunch of sour salt (has citrus in it), a tsp. of penzey’s chip dip blend, and about 2 Tbsp. of Wildtree brand’s powdered Alfredo sauce blend (very cheesy).

Heat oven to 400 degrees and spray a glass 9 x 13 pan w/Pam.

Cook the oats with some garlic powder and sour salt in the water (or whatever spices you like) and cool them.

Steam the zucchini, squeeze out the water, then toss it in some garlic powder

Sautée the ham/onion/mushrooms/zucchini/spinach and cool the mixture. Be sure to drain any liquid.

Whip up the egg whites in a big bowl with the spices and mustard. Whip in the oatmeal. Stir in everything else (including the cheese).

Pour everything into the pan and bake it about 15 mins. Check it and if it's still wet in the middle, bake in about 7 min increments until it's fluffy and slightly pulled away from the sides of the pan, but not hard. Let cool then cut into 6 or 8 slices.

Macros:
6 servings = 245 cals, 26g carbs, 8g fat, 21g protein, 5g fiber
8 servings = 184 cals, 19g carbs, 6g fat, 16g protein, 4g fiber

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My favorite ones are cocoa powder and sugar, and vanilla extract, one egg, and maple syrup.

I call this one Elvis oatmeal

one serving oatmeal 150 calories
one tbl peanut butter 95 calories
one medium banana 105 calories

total 350 calories


I just cook the oatmeal and place in bowl and top with sliced banana and then add the peanut butter

Look up "the oatmeal artist" on google. It's a whole website devoted to oatmeal recipes, including stove top, baked and overnight oats. She has a ton of amazing and easy recipes on there.

Try egg white oatmeal! I just discovered it and I am loving it. I never liked oatmeal, now I eat it every morning. This is the link that I found on how to make it.

http://www.ericadhouse.com/the-magical-egg-white-oatmeal/?utm_content=buffera14c8&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

There are lots of different baked oatmeal recipes as well as overnight oats. I'm not a fan of overnight oats, something about the texture.

I like to chop up an apple and add cinnamon. Also just like throwing in craisins!

I love adding canned pumpkin to my oatmeal, in a 1:1 ratio. I also throw in a teaspoon each of brown sugar and butter or margarine, and some nutmeg and cinnamon.

I cooked frozen dark sweet cherries into my oatmeal this morning. Pretty good!

I like a tablespoon of peanut butter stirred into oatmeal with a teaspoon of grown sugar.

Raisins and maple syrup.

add applesauce

I'm gonna steal those savory ideas. Thanks.

I recently made a baked oatmeal from the Oh She Glows cookbook. It has apples and pears baked in. I made it in muffin pans, so it's portable, too. It tastes like a cross between oatmeal and apple pie. So good.

My favorite is oatmeal, peanut butter and banana. I eat it a couple times a week.