How do you eat your oatmeal?

I put in a 1/2 tbsp. of natural peanut butter & 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder. Good mix of carbs & protein and tastes so good. Got this from Eating For Life recipes.

Brown sugar and whole milk. Sometimes i add chopped pecans or almonds. Anything else and the texture makes it inedible.

Breakfast bars! I love porridge/oatmeal but here is an alternative if the texture or taste isn't for you. There are lots of recipes online but I like the simple one: mash 2 bananas until almost liquid, then add 2 cups of rolled oats, 1/2 cup of milk, then nuts, dried fruit and spices as desired (recently had sultana and almond with cinnamon). Bake in a medium oven for 30 mins. Slice into portions (approx 4 at approx 300cals depending on your additions)

I always bake my oatmeal in individual ramekins (for portion control!) because I prefer the texture of baked over creamy. This last time I mixed in cinnamon applesauce and pecans. It is so yummy! I am really getting excited for fall, so I think next time I might do some pumpkin!

i alternate old-fashioned rolled oats and steel cut, depending on what i have stocked. as the mood suits, i alternate between skim milk (a "rich" one, like stoneyfield) and almond milk (original, unsweetened). i alternate, also as the mood suits, between microwave (3:00-3:30 min for rolled; 4:00-4:30 for steel cut - but they're still chewy), overnight (soaked in liquid in fridge), and overnight-slow cooker (really the best for steel cut). On overnight oats, i sometimes add raisins or, yes, prunes, and they rehydrate and sweeten in the overnight timespan. when i add fruit fresh, is usually bananas, sometimes berries if i have them on hand. never other sugars/sweeteners or flavors, except for maple syrup on snowed-in type mornings - "just because."

i am also trying various types of oat no-knead breads - mixing oat flour, oat flakes, etc.

funny - in my local cable market - alton brown's "good eats" just last night had an oats episode. sufficed to put oats in the top of my brain for today. i think if we think of oats as a grain, and not as "oatmeal" there might be some creative things to do with them.

Add a tablespoon of soy sauce and a squirt(or many) of Sirachi. Fry an egg and serve with a few cashews.

I really prefer steel cut oats to normal -- texture is better. Takes longer to cook bu keeps well in fridge and reheats nicely in microwave. I usually add a bit of chia seed to increase fiber. I either eat with fruit (had a nice peach this morning) and a bit of brown sugar. Or my other favorite is "almond joy oats". Recipe: 1/2 cup precooked steel cut oats. 1/2 Tablespoon chia seed, 1/2 tablespoon mini choc chips, 1 Tablespoon toasted sweetened coconut, 1/2 tablespoon slivered almonds. I know it's not the same for everyone, but I find I am rarely hungry the mornings I've had oats for breakfast. Ends up being about 240 calories.

I put it uncooked into my breakfast smoothie sometime but before mfp, if i did have it i liked it with a little butter on top & half & half, no sugar. I don't add sugar to anything, unless i'm baking of course

How you cook your oatmeal can make a difference in taste. If you overcook it in the microwave or on the stove it can taste like mush. I like to undercook mine a little bit cause it maintains its oat texture & tastes better to me. I then add almond milk...maybe a sprinkle of stevia.

with PB2

Personally I don't find the fruit works for me, never really gets me the taste I want. A nice combination I've used is to mix it with water, then add peanut butter, a dusting of chocolate diet whey powder, and some honey... it's the absolute nuts in taste and keeps you going all day!

add ins include but are not limited to: egg whites, peanut butter chips, carob chips, chocolate chips, banana, cinnamon, dates, raisins, cashew butter, almond butter, peanut butter, candied pecans, nuts of any kind (not all of this at the same time!) I usually pick a couple and try to keep it under 450 cals, always steel cut oats.

with peanut butter, cut up banana and honey or brown sugar.

Alishia6606 wrote: »

I am blown away at the many different ways to eat oatmeal. I have the 1 minute oats from Quaker. Where would I find steel cut?

You should be able to find steel-cut oats next to the other types of oats in the hot cereals aisle, or possibly in the natural foods section of your grocery store. Amazon also has many different brands of steel-cut oats if your local store happens to not carry them.