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What do you eat with oatmeal?

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  • neveragain84
    neveragain84 Posts: 534 Member
    Fruit, cinnamon, a little honey or maple syrup is good too. You could also add some to some Greek yogurt for a little texture.
  • Kitship
    Kitship Posts: 579 Member
    Mix a little bit of dry pudding mix (I like pistachio) into cooked oatmeal. You'll thank me later. :love:
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    butter and brown sugar...that's it...and only that.
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Cinnamon protein powder. Sometimes more things like greek yougurt along with the protein powder if I want to make overnight oats and eat them cold the next day.
  • teabee17587
    teabee17587 Posts: 22
    peanut butter mixed through it xxxxxx
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I put Greek yogurt vanilla and chocolate protein powder in mine and I love it.
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    The best oatmeal you have ever had, is dessert oatmeal. It's just oatmeal, peanut butter, and a square of dark chocolate with sea salt.

    I also add cranberries, apples and almonds to oatmeal and I've done apple cinnamon too.

    I'm not a big fan of the way oatmeal heats up a lot of fruits, especially berries, so I stay away from those ideas. You could also google "overnight oats" people make them all the time and there's tons of awesome recipes out there.
  • katrinadulce
    katrinadulce Posts: 61 Member
    Summer Porridge:
    http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal
    For sweet, I just alternate layers of oats, plain Greek yogurt, and berries, with maybe a scoop of vanilla protein powder and then pour in almond milk to cover.
    For savory, I layer oats, yogurt, shredded cheese, spices, and maybe a scoop of ground flax or chia seed and cover with milk.

    Speaking of savory oats, treat it as you would rice, and be creative with your additions:
    http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/meal-ideas/16-savory-oatmeal-recipes

    Also, someone already said this, but it bears repeating: you don't need oatmeal AND toast - especially if you are ALSO adding fruit and/or honey/sugar/syrup to the mix. That is just a carb crash waiting to happen. Add protein and you will be fine.
  • Sabrina0826
    Sabrina0826 Posts: 6
    Splenda, a pinch of salt, and coca powder(only 10 cals per table spoon and you need like half of one) I use dark.. Maybe half water half unsweetand almond milk?
    I've started adding teaspoon or two of flax (tasteless) maybe a teaspoon of chia
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Just ordered some custom oatmeal from myoatmeal.com Getting some german chocolate cake and some creme brulet oatmeals!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I like a savory oatmeal. I love to cook up fresh chicken sausage with onions and kale and eat that with oatmeal. Yum!

    I will have to try this. Sounds great.
  • laurie62ann
    laurie62ann Posts: 433 Member
    I add PB2 to increase the protein and give it the peanut butter taste. I use Weight Control Oatmeal that is maple flavored. So between the oatmeal and the PB2 it taste like a Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie! 205 calories and 11 grams protein.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    I make oatmeal raisin cookies with mine.

    Otherwise, any fruit added is good.


    I think I'll try the pumpkin puree this fall! That sounds really good!
  • icrushit
    icrushit Posts: 773 Member
    My most recent oatmeal favourite was oatmeal cooked with a pinch of salt, a little dash of milk with the water, and also a small dash of cinnamon. When cooked I would add a dollop of homemade apple sauce, a grated apple, a small handful of chopped dried cranberries, and a tiny bit of maple syrup just to sweeten it to my taste.

    Previous favourite toppings/ flavours were blueberries and chopped/ flaked almonds, with a little maple syrup for sweetness.

    Peanut butter also works very well, as weird as that sounds.

    Chopped/ ground seeds can be a good addition too, and I used to make my own mix by adding sunflower, pumpkin, flax and hemp seed together, and pulsing in a food processor until ground up. A very easy way to make your own seed porridge, and when doing so, why not add some ground almond in there also :)

    These days I just eat yoghurt, berries, nuts and seeds for breakfast, due to low-carbing it, but when I add back oats to my diet, I will probably add them to my current breakfast as mentioned, as well as to start exploring with bircher muesli/ overnight oats variations :)
  • melissaw78
    melissaw78 Posts: 214 Member
    I like to microwave 1/2 cup applesauce with 1/2 cup water for 1 minute, then add 1/2 cup lite cinnamon applesauce.

    Canned pumpkin with a tablespoon of light cream cheese sounds like I need to go grocery shopping and pick some up!

    I put banana or blueberries in sometimes, but only after I have finished cooking it.
  • eels4peels
    eels4peels Posts: 229 Member
    butter and brown sugar...that's it...and only that.

    I second this! Or Peanut butter. There's always room for peanut butter in everything!
  • LAT1963
    LAT1963 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Everything else that goes into cookies...?
  • MMarvelous
    MMarvelous Posts: 1,067 Member
    I use steel cut oats and will cook it in just water in my slow cooker. I add walnuts/brown sugar or blueberries/brown sugar. If I can find peaches I will do that too.
  • Zerodette
    Zerodette Posts: 200 Member
    Swiss oatmeal- I stir uncooked oats into yogurt and keep it in the fridge overnight. In the morning I stir in nuts, berries, fruit or eat it as-is.
  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
    A huge glob of cookie butter. mmmm
  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    This morning I had oatmeal with some sunflower seed kernels and a pear that I caramelized in some butter, brown sugar, and lemon juice. So yummy!
  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    Have you tried making chai tea oatmeal? (you don't even need to buy expensive teabags, it's just tea, milk, honey and some spices - google it)

    I cook the oatmeal in it then add a bit of crushed walnuts and a dusting of cinnamon on top. Heaven on earth.

    Yum! Must do this this week.
  • arozeisarozie
    arozeisarozie Posts: 5 Member
    This may sound weird, but I'll just add salt and pepper. It makes it more savory.
  • sueconvery7
    sueconvery7 Posts: 9 Member
    I put some sort of sweetner in mine, with about 1/4 cup milk, and some rasins. Sorry for misspelling the last word.
  • kikityme
    kikityme Posts: 472 Member
    Random but...If you run it through the magic bullet or blender it turns into colloidal oatmeal which is amazing for your skin when added to bathwater. No calories!
  • wannakimmy
    wannakimmy Posts: 488 Member
    Glad I stopped in, some great ideas here.

    I've used peanut butter and jelly, any number of fruits, or just a bit of maple syrup. It can be quite filling without toast or egg or anything else.
  • ChildrenCryinNCoffee
    ChildrenCryinNCoffee Posts: 477 Member
    My Favorite Oatmeal Recipe I created; Pina Colada Oatmeal

    1/4 cup Steel Oats OR 1/2 cup Old Fashion Oats
    My boil liquid is 1/2 100% pure Pineapple Juice and 1/2 Vanilla Coconut Milk (you'd use 1/4 cup each for Steel Oats OR 1/2 cup each for Old Fashion Oats)
    Once it's ALMOST done, I stir in 1/2 to 1 whole scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder (depending on what I'm craving/needing), I also stir in 1/2 cup of diced (or crushed Pineapple in 100% juice if you're using canned) and 1/4 tsp cinnamon
    I top it with 2 Tbsp of golden toasted Coconut Shreds and 2 Tbsp of crushed Walnuts OR sliced Almonds

    My Kids and husband LOVE this meal!!

    I've also done this recipe as an OOIAJ (Overnight Oats in a Jar)

    In a tupperware Or Mason jar (or even a recently emptied PB jar, woohoo for recycling!) add the following:

    1/4 cup Old Fashioned Oats
    1/4 cup Vanilla Coconut Milk
    1/4 cup (or 4 Tbsp) of Pineapple or Pina Colada flavored 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
    1/4 cup diced Pineapple

    Shake it up to mix and let it sit in the fridge overnight

    When you're ready to eat; top with a Tbsp of toasted Coconut Shreds and chopped nuts

    If you don't like this idea, add me if you'd like, I have a TON more Oatmeal/OOIAJ recipes (I write recipes for a living)

    Tricia :)
  • SquidVonBob
    SquidVonBob Posts: 290 Member
    If they're plain, unflavored oats you can also use them for baking cookies, brownies, cakes, etc.
  • Angee_B
    Angee_B Posts: 21 Member
    I use them in my turkey meatloaf nd meatballs...
  • Mariachicat
    Mariachicat Posts: 311 Member
    blueberries

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