Calling All Oatmeal Lovers!

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  • hezemakiah
    hezemakiah Posts: 157 Member
    I add a teaspoon of honey and a tablespoon of chunky peanut butter.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I'm going to be the crazy one with: granulated, white sugar. 8 grams per 30 grams of oatmeal and I'm happy.
  • scottacular
    scottacular Posts: 597 Member
    Peanut butter cups.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    leomom72 wrote: »
    http://www.recipebyphoto.com/2-ingredient-cookies/ oatmeal and bananas and i top each "cookie" with 3 chocolate chips

    You just spoon the batter out on a cookie sheet and bake for how long and what degrees?

    Thanks I keep seeing the recipe but no baking time :)

  • Phillytron
    Phillytron Posts: 1 Member
    Plain Oatmeal with chia seed, slivered almonds and honey. This is so easy and easy on the stomach. The honey adds a touch of sweetness and the almonds add a great texture.
  • NaurielR
    NaurielR Posts: 426 Member
    I cook my oatmeal with flavored, sweetened liquids for extra flavor

    Sugarfree cranberry flavored juice is my favorite. I add cinnamon, orange essence, cubed baked apples, craisins, and walnuts.

    I'll also make it with diet cream soda, with raisins, banana, and nuts.

    I also use other diet sodas; orange, cherry 7up, strawberry, etc, but not as often and the first two.
  • markja
    markja Posts: 270 Member
    OK, this post is not for the orthodox oatmeal-and-something-sweet folks.

    I'm an oatmeal lover, too. But, sometimes savory is better than sweet! (Collective gasp from the audience!)

    I prefer rolled oats to oatmeal; I like the coarse texture.

    Try:

    Cottage cheese and seasoned salt
    Baked potato style - bacon bits, butter, sour cream or yogurt and shredded cheddar cheese
    Use as a filler for meatloaf
  • GreenMantle
    GreenMantle Posts: 13 Member
    Overnight oats! I do 1/4 cup quick oats, 1/2 cup plain kefir (it's a kind of pourable yogurt if you're not familiar- you can get it anywhere,) 2 tablespoons of sugar free jelly (any kind) and a tablespoon of almond butter. :)
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    leomom72 wrote: »
    http://www.recipebyphoto.com/2-ingredient-cookies/ oatmeal and bananas and i top each "cookie" with 3 chocolate chips

    awww, thanks so much for following up :) Can't wait to try them. I was laughing as I read some of the comments on that site for the cookies. One of the comments shared "We just made and ate our 8th batch...." lol

    Hearts <3
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Basic Raw Oats Recipe
    raw-oats.jpg

    —Soak overnight: equal parts LIQUID and OATS. Put them in the fridge if there’s dairy or something that says to keep cold once opened, like soy milk.

    Liquid options: Milk, almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, hemp milk, water, apple juice, and many more I’m sure!

    Oat options: Old-fashioned oats, quick oats, and steel cut oats. (although steel cut oats are a little chewy. Maybe if you soak them 24 hours instead of 12 hours they’d get softer)

    Mix-in options    : ENDLESS! honey, cinnamon, & pecans are some of our favorites. You could add ground flax seed, chia seeds, bananas, peaches, raisins, spices, brown sugar, coconut… and more and more.
    We add in our mix-ins the night before – we’ve been adding honey and it soaks into the oats and tastes amazing.

    If you find that in the morning, it’s too “not wet” enough, you can add in more liquid right then!
    We put 1/4 cup of regular oats & 1/4 cup of some milkish thing in a mason jar and it’s perfect for us.

    http://www.theburlapbag.com/2013/02/basic-raw-oats-recipe/

  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    GreenMantle wrote: »
    Overnight oats! I do 1/4 cup quick oats, 1/2 cup plain kefir (it's a kind of pourable yogurt if you're not familiar- you can get it anywhere,) 2 tablespoons of sugar free jelly (any kind) and a tablespoon of almond butter. :)

    Awesome, never thought about Kefir added to it. :) Sounds tasty!
  • angellak
    angellak Posts: 68 Member
    I love, love, love oatmeal too. I like to put cinnamon, nuts and berries in mine.
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    Check out Hungry Girls blog...has some good ideas (Growing oatmeal is one I've been making a lot of) & this week she put out a blog with a bunch of add in ideas. Search her site under Oatmeal.

    I also use Torani/DaVinci coffee syrups, love the banana in my oats. Small (mini) box of raisins is my new add in , and just started adding some canned pumpkin (HG blog idea).
  • mom2kenna
    mom2kenna Posts: 2 Member
    Plain oatmeal, PB2 powder and sugar free Hershey's chocolate syrup...tastes just like a peanut butter cup!
  • bio_fit
    bio_fit Posts: 307 Member
    Carrot cake oatmeal!

    I made some carrot cake bites last night, and thought hey, why not have something similar for breakfast?!

    Oats, grated carrot, walnuts, raisins (though I didn't have any, so used dried figs instead) and mixed spice... so delicious.
  • steeheart
    steeheart Posts: 56 Member
    When I get on an oatmeal kick I make a big batch of my own steel cut oatmeal, and then i separate it into single servings using a muffin pan and plastic wrap. I put the whole muffin pan in the freezer, and then take them out and put all the individual servings into a big ziplock bag. In the morning i microwave it, removing the plastic wrap after like 45 seconds and continuing to microwave. I put a little bit of peanut butter, brown sugar and raisins. Its super delicious and you can control how sweet you make it.
  • jadior
    jadior Posts: 191 Member
    Steel cut oats, with a teaspoon of brown sugar and some cinnamon
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/15-delicious-new-ways-to-make-oatmeal/
    Found this on the MFP blog
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Sweetened almond milk, mashed banana, a little brown sugar, pecans, blueberries
  • gymnaststb
    gymnaststb Posts: 1 Member
    Ooh I love oatmeal. It's my favorite breakfast. So yummy and keeps me full for hours.

    My favorite is to cook oats on the stove with 1/2 milk and 1/2 water. When it's starts to thicken, add in half of a mashed banana and some cinnamon. Pour into a bowl and drizzle with honey and top with the other half of the banana sliced and a few chopped walnuts.

    Also, check out theoatmealartist.com. She has a bunch of oatmeal recipes. Everything from stovetop to overnight oats to baked oatmeal.
  • troytroy11
    troytroy11 Posts: 180 Member
    Nutritionally, oatmeal is very sound depending on how it is made, they type and so forth. Does anyone have experience with it as a pre-work out carb?
  • into_fitness
    into_fitness Posts: 91 Member
    mixed with a mashed banana and almond butter.... YUM
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    troytroy11 wrote: »
    Nutritionally, oatmeal is very sound depending on how it is made, they type and so forth. Does anyone have experience with it as a pre-work out carb?

    I can't eat oatmeal before a workout or very bad things happen. It's too heavy I guess.
  • stetasonic
    stetasonic Posts: 1
    Butterscotch Zero syrup (no calories)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    alaskanbliss wrote: »
    Cake Batter overnight oatmeal from Dashing Dish. Legit tastes like licking a bowl of cake batter.
    If you like the ooy gooey texture just start researching overnight oat options...youll get the taste/texture you love.
    But seriously...make the cake batter one NOW. It'll change your life!

    I did. We must not make our cake the same way because it didn't taste at all like cake batter.

    Although to be fair I didn't use butter extract, but vanilla extract, as I have yet to find any butter extract.
  • Janice4945
    Janice4945 Posts: 39 Member
    Julesbait wrote: »
    I added a scoop of vanilla protein powder to mine this morning, along with some blueberries. Reminded me a lot of the sugary stuff.

    I tried it this way this morning also. Question...Did you cook your oatmeal first? The protein powder seemed to thicken it up too much. Thinking I should just eat oats raw with pp and blueberries?!
  • shellyb17
    shellyb17 Posts: 144 Member
    Old Fashioned Quaker Oats (or sometimes Bob's Red Mill), 1 tbsp natural peanut butter, maybe a few walnuts, some chia seeds and always a banana. :)
  • kpw818
    kpw818 Posts: 113 Member
    I make plain oatmeal and add banana and peanut butter or almond butter. No added sugar. No added spices. I do use almond milk, but only unsweetened.

    Banana + Maple Almond butter is really good added in. Plenty of sugar in those toppings.
  • Eliz_99
    Eliz_99 Posts: 85 Member
    I use plain oats with milk and cook for about 3 mins in the microwave. Then once cooked I stir in a squeeze of golden syrup. It doesn't add that many extra calories and is yummy!
  • lilred_gld
    lilred_gld Posts: 51 Member
    Mmmmm! Sometimes cinnamon and raisins, or cinnamon and apple. Banana and nuts and shredded coconut.
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