Oatmeal ideas please!

Hi! Here's my favorite oatmeal recipe-

1/2 C Oatmeal (uncooked)
Cook oatmeal and add to
2 TBSP Almond butter- plain (32g)
1 TBSP Raw honey (21g)
1 TBSP chia seeds (12g)

It's so good, warm, nutty, sweet, crunchy. Perfection.

460 calories
24 g fat
15 g protein
56 g carbs

I usually have my oats with cocoa powder, a bit of agave and lots of blueberries . My other option is peanut butter and raspberries which is delicious too, even tastier (but sadly not healthier) if you add a few chocolate chips as well :-)

Make a smoothie with it. I do
30 gram oats
150 gram yoghurt
1 cup milk
10 gram pea proteine
100 gram fresh fruit.

gnheller wrote: »

For Breakfast I make a batch of steel cut oats that last all week. In a 2.5 quart saucepan bring 4.5 cups of water to a boil, add 1/2 tsp kosher salt. Rinse oats thoroughly and add to boiling water. Cook for 25 minutes at a slow boil. Skim off scum as you go. After 25 minutes add 1/2 cup of flaxseed meal. Stir and mix well and let cool. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days. Each morning I heat 3/4 cup of the mixture in the microwave for 70 seconds. I add 3/4 cup of frozen wild blueberries and a splash of 1% milk. Delish, no sweetener needed.

Same re: the big batch. I switch it up every morning. Monday was butter, brown sugar and raisins. Yesterday I went sort of tropical and added pineapple and coconut chips topped with some of our raw honey (the hubs and I keep bees ) and a pinch of cinnamon. This morning was a poached egg and parm. Oatmeal is so versatile!

I loathe quick cook oats, so i use rolled/old fashioned or steel cut oats(toasted) instead.

For add-ins, i usually do molasses, and dehydrated apples, with some flax meal. if i have dried blueberries, i'll use those instead. i could do frozen i suppose, but they dont seem to hold up as well. Banana or PB2 works as well.

I don't add any extra sugar, the molasses and fruit is more than enough. I also dont add any butter, tho i know some do.

I make oatmeal for my kids, even though I hate it. Their favorite is when I add brown sugar, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla, half a banana, and a dash of nutmeg. Sometimes I also add a little almond extract. Their second favorite is when I made oatmeal with apple juice, applesauce, and a little apple butter. I also add cinnamon and vanilla to that, too.

Flahavan's Steel Cut Oatmeal, with 6-7 dried apricot halves chopped (or 2-3 Tb of raisins or other dried fruit), put in microwave for 3 minutes, stir, then 2 minutes more (putting the fruit in softens it up). Use a big enough bowl so they don't boil over. Add a couple Tb of chopped walnuts or pecans, an eighth tsp of cinnamon, sweeten with stevia or sugar-free maple syrup.

1/2 C Oatmeal
1/2 C Frozen berries
1/4 C Pecans
1/2 Tsp cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves

I cook mine in the microwave for 3 minutes. Let cool for 10-15 minutes.

The longer you let it set (60 minutes is ideal for flavor), the more the flavor of the spices set in. Then it can end up tasting like a berry muffin. Nom. So I'd suggest preparing your oatmeal first thing in the morning, then let it sit while you get ready.

Edit:

A variation on the recipe is to use banana instead of berries. It tastes like banana nut bread.

Make pancakes with it.... I use Oats, egg whites and protein powder. Whizz it all up in the blender with a bit of water.

I make Trader Joes Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats and mash up a banana in it. At first I thought it wouldn't be sweet enough, but it totally is and I now love it (it took a couple of times to get used to eating oatmeal). Also, a cup of blueberries mashed in is good.

I posted this about a year ago: Brownie Batter Overnight Protein Oatmeal (with a vegan option).

1 cup unsweetened almond milk (or any low-fat milk of your choosing)
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt (I used a container of Danon Light & Fit Greek 2x protein vanilla - the vegan option here is to use 1/2 cup mashed banana or pumpkin puree, which I will try when fall rolls around)
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tbsp of baking stevia or 1/4 cup of sweetener that measures like sugar (I like1/4 cup brown sugar)
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup protein powder (I used two scoops of the Publix stores Greenwise brand)
1/2 tbsp cinnamon (optional)

Mix it all up, divide into 2 bowls/jars/tupperwares/etc and cover. Refrigerate overnight and enjoy in the AM cold or pop it in the microwave for 30-60 seconds.

I doubled the recipe and split it FIVE ways and it came out to 226 calories per serving (4g fat, 33g carbs, 16g protein, 5g fiber, 9g sugars). Obviously, calories and nutrients will vary according to the ingredients you use, but still...it looks good! Since my protein powder is chocolate flavored, I did not increase the cocoa powder and since I used real brown sugar, I just used the one 1/4 cup of that. I'll let you know how it turned out in the morning, but I licked the spoon and I'm totes excited.

Recipe source: Foodie Girl Fitness on Facebook, who sourced it from DashingDish.


The first time I made it, using 1 cup of milk was too much. I cut it down to 2/3 cup and it was super thick, so I'm going to try again at 3/4 cup and hopefully that will be the right balance.

I add 1/2 c uncooked oatmeal
to large container of yogurt with diced apple let sit in fridge overnight and have a quick made snack ready