oatmeal

Fry it. I am seriously addicted to this. Make ordinary oatmeal in microwave, fry it as a patty in a pan (I use minimal oil). Fried/poached egg on top (~200kcal) <--lazy way.

The ordinary, non-lazy way is to make oatmeal ahead of time, refrigerate it in a form so it becomes solid. Cut up slices in the morning and fry it in a pan.

I add granola and mixed berries - maybe drizzle honey if in the mood.

I use gluten-free steel cut oatmeal. The steel cut has a really nice nutty crunch to it. I put blueberries in it for the last couple of minutes while it's simmering, and they pop open and flavor it nicely. I put a teaspoon or two of brown sugar in it when it's done and a dash of cinnamon and that's it!

I add blueberries.

I eat foods I enjoy. If you don't enjoy the texture and flavor of oatmeal, perhaps find something else that does please your palate. I add yogurt and currants to mine.

If you enjoy salt/milk/butter, perhaps you would prefer toast, an English muffin, or scrambled eggs.

Overnight Oatmeal taken from Good Housekeeping: 3/4 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup oatmeal (old fashioned), 1/2 tsp chia seeds, 1/2 ripe banana sliced, 1/4 tsp vanilla extract to a container with a lid. Close and shake well to mix. Refrigerate overnight and enjoy in the a.m.

Cinnamon, blueberries!!

Things I add (not all at once, but some combination of):

• Banana
• cinnamon
• Apple
• Brown Sugar
• Pear
• granola

Peanut butter.

Sweetener
Nut butter or PB2
Fruit (such as blueberries, banana, or raisins)
Sugar-free or Walden Farms pancake syrup
Cinnamon
Honey

Why can't you add milk and butter? You can save calories by using reduced fat or almond/cashew milk, but still get the creaminess. I add butter to my oats because I have a hard time reaching my fat goal and adding a bit of butter is an easy way to get more fat in. Nothing wrong with butter.

A dash or two of milk, and a pinch or two of salt are essentials for me, but aside from those I've enjoyed grated apple, mashed ripe banana, dried cranberries, cinnamon, peanut butter and flaked almonds in mine (not all at once of course). A bit of coconut oil I also like a lot these days too, as well as a bit of brown sugar/ maple syrup. Treacle is supposed to be a nice alternative sweetener too, but never tried it in my porridge yet.

Overnight oats/ bircher muesli, with a tbsp of chia seeds, oats, yoghurt, fruit (berrries/ grated apple) and flaked almonds works well too. Want to try to (successfully) make steel-cut/ pinhead oatmeal one of these days too, but my previous efforts have been disastrous, and I haven't been inclined to persevere, as I can make my current oatmeal/ porridge on autopilot in 5- 10 mins on the hob as things stand.

Cinnamon, walnuts, bananas, and thawed frozen berries. My breakfast every morning.

I add 1/4 blueberries and 1 tbls walnuts to mine its great

I love oatmeal and peanut butter!!

Not much that hasn't been said before, but the wife & I do chia seed, PB2, and berries.