Oatmeal Help!

Peanut butter!

Don't forget to add a little salt.

The possibilities otherwise are endless. I'd probably add 5-10g of pb to your honey and banana add ins.

Brown sugar and butter are classic.

I like to grind up into a flour and make tortillas out of it: just add a little water at a time to the flour till you can turn it into a rough dough, then roll it flat between two pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper with a rolling pin. Toss it onto a hot pan, give it a couple of minutes, turn it over, give it a couple of beats more, then onto a plate with it. Just water and flour. No butter, no egg, no baking flour or soda.

I have enclosed a slice of cheese in it before tossing it onto the pan; also some thin-sliced roast turkey. For breakfast, I season up the flour with ground ginger and cinnamon. Sometimes PB2. Sometimes a little maple syrup.

Last weekend, I mixed the flour with a couple of bananas to make a sort of batter, smoothed it out in a small loaf pan, topped it with walnuts, flaked coconuts and raisins and let go in the oven at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. A 2" slice of this comes to around 274 calories, according to the MFP calculator - together with a clementine orange, or an egg, that's a full breakfast for me. I'm going to be able to get 4 2" servings out of this cake/bread concoction.

My go-to is brown sugar and cinnamon. I'll add apples or bananas sometimes.

My boyfriend gets creative. He did Nutella last time. Sometimes he adds vanilla Greek yogurt and berries. Peanut butter is good, too. Oh and nuts!

Why eat it if you don't like it? Why don't you try making healthier versions of food you already like? That way, your more likely to stick to this new way of eating long term.

I hated oatmeal as a kid, I don't care how much brown sugar & butter was coated on it...but I do like it now as an adult. If you don't like it, don't eat it. Eat something else.

Cook in water with a tablespoon of Sirachi and soy sauce. Add an ounce cashews and or top with fried egg. Another drizzle of sirachi if you like.

Currants/Pecans

Here are a couple ways I make my "oats". They're actually "zoats" though--I use grated zucchini to bulk them up because I cannot be bothered with a measly 40grams of oats for that calorie count. Protein powder as well.

I add fruit,nuts,chia seeds,sometimes hemp seed and protein powder to mine. sometimes I leave the protein powder out and put fruits,nuts,peanutbutter,and some spices like cinnamon. the possibilities are endless

Oats are yum. I am certain they will start to gradually grow on you!

My favourite at the moment is: one packet plain oatmeal, 1 tbsp ground almonds (very filling), half a banana (sliced), sprinkle of pomegranate seeds/raisins/whatever's available, some chia seeds (optional-- jury is out on how good they actually are in your diet). Stick in microwave for 1m30.

Another secret if you really don't like them, is to make a smoothie with oats in it and then they are barely noticable. My favourite breakfast smoothie is: 1 banana, 2 tbsp plain yoghurt, 1 cup milk (whichever kind you prefer, soy works nice in a smoothie), 1 packet plain oatmeal.

One common misconception is that you can only do oats with milk. Untrue! They are also really nice mixed with your favourite yoghurt like you would with granola, and like the tips above, you can go wild on fruit, nut, seed combos!

arditarose wrote: »

Here are a couple ways I make my "oats". They're actually "zoats" though--I use grated zucchini to bulk them up because I cannot be bothered with a measly 40grams of oats for that calorie count. Protein powder as well.

This looks so amazing, esp the second picture... I totally love that you added sprinkles as if it wasn't fun enough already!

As I said in another post, I don't know why everyone automatically tries to make oatmeal sweet. I find it gross. Try making it with low sodium chicken broth, garlic powder, and black pepper. Only add as much salt as you absolutely need to. I also add some sliced avocado on top occasionally. It's a million times better than sweet, syrupy, sugary oatmeal.