oatmeal...other ways to eat it without butter and sugar

amyrmca
amyrmca Posts: 33
edited September 24 in Food and Nutrition
I love oatmeal but the only good way I know to eat it is with sugar and butter. I know that both of these are unhealthy. So I was wondering if any of you had any healthy suggestions to add to oatmeal to add flavor. I know of people who eat it plain but I like some sort of flavor to it. So if any one has any suggestions I'd appreciate it.
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  • fantm
    fantm Posts: 87 Member
    you could add cinnamon and/or nutmeg for flavor.
  • I like adding splenda, some skim milk, some bananas in it
  • peanut butter <3<3<3
  • fittocycle
    fittocycle Posts: 827 Member
    I have to add a little brown sugar to my oatmeal too! Sometimes I add in some walnuts, raisins or cinnamon too.
  • BobbyDaniel
    BobbyDaniel Posts: 1,459 Member
    I mix in a tbsp of lowfat sweetened condensed milk and 1 tbsp of reduced fat peanut butter with a small banana....very filling!
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    ginger + apple or ginger + pear :laugh: :wink:
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    My wife loves it with syrup, probably not the healthiest either, but I suppose it depends on the kind of syrup you get.
  • I love my with raisins, cinnamon and a little bit of honey!!! YUMMY!!!!
  • mandysjourney
    mandysjourney Posts: 260 Member
    i eat my porrige (sure its the same as oatmeal) with a teaspoon of honey on it. I also make mine with milk rather than water as I reckon i need the calcium
  • frenchfri87
    frenchfri87 Posts: 196 Member
    Oatmeal is super yummy with peanut butter in it. Also berries, apples, or bananas. Cinnamon is yummy. I mix my oatmeal with Lean Dessert Protein in Cinnamon Roll flavor. Best prewrokout meal ever..
    Ah I want some oatmeal now haha. :flowerforyou:
  • honey, a teaspoon of light brown sugar, cinammon, berries, fruits and/or chocolate almond milk. lots of ideas for oatmeal!
  • kinsellae
    kinsellae Posts: 167 Member
    Cinnamon and bananas added.
  • alliecore
    alliecore Posts: 446 Member
    I put a tbsp of raw honey in a cup of steel cut oats. yummy!
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I like mine with either cinnamon and nutmeg or mashed bananas or berries.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    I have to add a little brown sugar to my oatmeal too! Sometimes I add in some walnuts, raisins or cinnamon too.

    i use brown sugar too, but i also like to put fruit in it sometimes, like berries or something. i like the idea of putting nutmeg and cinnamon!
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
    What kind of oatmeal does everyone eat??
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
    What kind of oatmeal does everyone eat?
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
    What kind of oatmeal does everyone eat?
  • 2 spelendas,bananas,raisins,and cinnamon is my fave yum!and make it with water and i make mine like really thick and put just a little skim milk on top like less than 1/4 of a cup
  • knelson422
    knelson422 Posts: 308 Member
    I put it on top of yogurt. I have also ground it up in my blender and used it as flour in pizza dough, usually about 1 cup of the 3 cups of flour I would usually use. I love oatmeal too. Also, you can make homemade granola, very good.
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    I did it with a tbsp of peanut butter and a scoop of chocolate whey the other day. It was sort of ok, sort of weird. I still haven't decided if i really liked it. Usually i have it with a tbsp of peanut butter + a tsp of sugar, and take the whey drink on the side, but the (artificial) sweetener in the whey powder mixed in with the oats made it sweet enough.
  • Trishkit
    Trishkit Posts: 290 Member
    I pop in some frozen fruit after the oatmeal is done cooking. So far I've tried blueberries, sweet cherries, and marionberries. So good! The marionberries taste like I'm eating a cobbler. It's also yummy with some apple, cinnamon, and nutmeg mixed in. I don't even use anything but oats, water, and fruit. I haven't gotten board with things, yet!
  • Juleswithaplan
    Juleswithaplan Posts: 21 Member
    I like adding sugar-free fruit spread or preserves...
  • traceybett
    traceybett Posts: 206 Member
    I do quaker plain in the package with 1 packet of artificial sweetner.. but i eat fruit and sometimes yogurt with it too.
  • sambfox
    sambfox Posts: 12 Member
    I like my oatmeal with a spoon full of applesauce and some cinnamon. A table spoon of jam or almond butter is good too.
  • malabaugh
    malabaugh Posts: 130 Member
    Little bit of peanut butter, honey and banana. I also like to add canned pumpkin, cinnamon and brown sugar. Or, unsweetened apple sauce. I have also switched to steel cut oats, which are so much tastier than rolled oats!
  • I like mine with sliced bananas, blueberries, and a little bit of cinnamon. YUM!
  • jerseyshorenurse
    jerseyshorenurse Posts: 47 Member
    I love oatmeal. I use steel-cut oats, cook with water, egg whites, cinnamon and splenda, chop some apple up and toss it in, and when it's done, sprinkle with a little ground flax seed and chopped nuts like walnuts or pecans. Very well-rounded, filling meal. I've never had it with butter???
  • neyes67
    neyes67 Posts: 161 Member
    Try adding different types of fruit... bananas are my favorite and I also like blueberries.
  • mlloos
    mlloos Posts: 22 Member
    I like to put a tablespoon of craisins and 2 teaspoons of flax seeds in my quaker minute oats with 1/2 water and 1/2 milk substitute. It's yummy and has lots of textures.
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