How do you eat your oatmeal?

Mixed with butter, brown sugar, flour on top of blueberries and baked into a Crisp

Full fat milk and honey

Alishia6606 wrote: »

seska422 wrote: »

Why eat oatmeal if you don't like it?

One of the changes that I've made is that I don't waste my calories eating things that I don't like.

Is there some food that will fill the roll that oatmeal does in your diet that you would rather eat instead?

I haven't eaten much oatmeal in my life. I read that I was good for you and thought I would give it a try. But wanted to see if there were other ways of making it before I gave up on the whole idea of it.

Today was my first attempt. I do feel quite full, despite only eating half of the serving.

As far as other foods, I'm not big on eggs, they smell bad to me, and cereal never tasted good, except the apple cinnamon Cheerios. I don't know what else I can do for breakfast. Usually I just have a cup of coffee and call it good.

You don't have to eat breakfast if you don't want to.

I didn't start liking oatmeal until I started using the steel cut oat. I cook a big batch, add whatever fruit you want to it. Let it cool and then refrigerate. The next morning I spoon some into a bowl heat it and the add a few scoops of Vanilla Greek yogurt!!! Mmmmmm so good!!

I take mine with some banana chopped up on top and a tablespoon of almond butter. Other times I add a 2-3 teaspoons of brown sugar. Strawberries and banana are another good combination of toppings to me. For whatever reason I was disappointed in blueberries on oatmeal, though I love them.

Perhaps it will grow on you. There are some variations in oatmeal so perhaps try different types.

Quite watery with honey. It's basically like a thick, hot honey drink. Unsurprisingly, I "eat" it from a mug.

I like it with Maple Syrup and/or Brown Sugar.

With my mouth.

Seriously though, I have to put one TBLSP of PB2, sliced banana and 5 chocolate chips. Any more chocolate than that, it becomes a blobby mess, but just a small amount, stirred until melted, literally make it taste like I'm eating a gooey cookie in the morning.

rstebner wrote: »

I eat a few variations. Maple Syrup is a great sweetener with flaked coconut and black berries on top. Or I'll do banana on top and mix in some PB2. You can also make it more like dessert and add chocolate chips and strawberries on top (not as healthy though). Adding cinnamon or vanilla while they are cooking is really the key though. It soaks into the oats so they taste less plain compared to the toppings.

Agreed on cooking. I was going to ask what kind of oats are you using, and how are you making it? Stovetop or overnight are gads better, and using steel cut or scottish yields a nice texture. I cook mine with almond milk and always add in different spices (ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, etc) while it cooks. Top with fav fruits and drizzle of honey if you like it sweet!

I use one packet of Quaker Weight Control oatmeal (less sugar) and one packet of Quaker plain oatmeal together with water. Throw in some dried cranberries (Great Value brand) that I keep in the freezer. Sometimes I'll throw in some walnuts for crunch. No fancy ingredients.

I like it with just blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries and maybe some milk (or coconut/cashew/almond milk), so we just may have different tastes, but what I like (beyond that): vanilla protein powder (with the berries or banana), or (new discovery) that powdered peanut stuff -- PB2 or one of the other similar brands. Hemp hearts or flax seeds add a bit of additional texture, as do walnuts or chopped almonds. Dried cherries are great, but kind of high sugar if that's an issue (they usually add some if you don't make them yourself -- then again, if you want it sweeter anyway!). Finally, I greatly prefer the texture of steel cut and find it tastes as good sweet, savory, or just as plain as possible (oatmeal + milk).