How do you like your oatmeal?

It's hot here in Texas and I don't like hot cereal in hot weather. I found you don't even have to cook oatmeal! Measure out 1/2 c. oats, 1 tsp. vanilla and scant 1/2 c. water in a bowl the night before. Depending on what fruit I'm using, I add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 2 tsp. brown sugar or honey. Next morning, add 1/2 c. fresh fruit and nuts. My favorites: cranberries, apples and almonds. Blueberries and bananas. Apples and pecans of walnuts. Blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Strawberries and bananas. Apricots. Peaches. It's delicious cold. Yopu can add milk if you want but I usually don't since I have a nonfat decaf latte with it.

I found a recipe for a slow cooker oatmeal. It involves steel cut oats, some spices and apples. Its supposed to make your morning oatmeal taste like apple pie. Now that HAS to be good!!! I am going to test it soon!

I'm going to try some of these! Sounds delicious!

I put my steel cut oats in the crock pot at night and wake up to a hot, healthy breakfast.

Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal

1 cup steel cut oats
4 cups water
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
dried fruit (I used golden raisins, but you can add apples, figs, whatever you like)
cinnamon to taste

Add all ingredients to crockpot. Stir well. Cook on low overnight

I typically eat my oatmeal heated up with two teaspoons of granola on top for the more natural sugars instead of bumping a bag of white or brown sugar on top. I feel like the granola adds more texture and a little more flavor that just the plain oats.

If I'm feeling a little creative I may add half a banana sliced on top.

Love oatmeal, bumping for later

I love quaker homecooked oatmeal. I like mine smooth as opposed to tasting the flakes of oaks. To obtain the smoothness just allow oaks to soak in the water for few minutes prior to turning on the stovetop burner. If you like them oaty then heat the water then stir them in. Super easy to cook. use twice as much water as oats. so for a single bowl just put 1/2 c oats in pot and add 1 c water. I enjoy mine with a bit of brown sugar,raisins, and a little milk (all added after removal from burner). Since joining myfitnesspal I've learned to cut out the butter & raisins (the raisins added over 100cals) I could do without. The oatmeal is 300cals and over 50carbs all by itself. I find it to be one of the best fuels to start my day if I intend to start with exercise. I secretly love oven-buttered toast added to my oatmeal for the joy of tasting the butter lumps. However since fitnesspal I have learned to do without my lil lumps as well. Enjoy!

I put 1/2 cup of almond milk, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 c. old fashioned oats (or 2 TBSP steel cut), and 1 c frozen blueberries in a dish and mix. Cover and put in the fridge overnight. In the morning, I pull it out, barely nuke it (just to take off the really cold chill), add a scoop of vanilla protein powder and mix it up. SO GOOD and filling! Sometimes I add a TBSP of crushed raw almonds to it too.

I found a recipe for a slow cooker oatmeal. It involves steel cut oats, some spices and apples. Its supposed to make your morning oatmeal taste like apple pie. Now that HAS to be good!!! I am going to test it soon!

I used a similar (or maybe the same one) recipe and, yes, like having apple pie for breakfast! Yum!

Blueberries, Flax seed, and agave nectar! Mmmmmmmm.

I use the 5 minute oatmeal, 1/2 cup oatmeal to 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup milk (almond, evap or low fat), I add more water is it gets too thick as I like it more creamy than thick. When done, I sweeten with sweetened condensed milk ( I now if full of fat but I try to allow for it on days when I crave it), top with grated nutmeg. Or somedays, just sweten wtih splenda, cinnamon, maybe a chopped up granny smith apple. But definitely prefer it with the condensed milk-very creamy and smooth.

Oldfashioned quaker oats, 0.5cup oatmeal, 1 cup water in microwave 2 minutes, after 2 minutes I add 4 to5 dried plums and let cook in microwave for 30 more seconds. When cooked I add 0.5cup frozen blueberries and stir. (frozen to get perfect temperature for the oatmeal to eat immediately, since I'm always in a hurry in the mornings). I usually eat it wih some milk.

I love my oatmeal! Old Fashioned Rolled Oats. No cooking required. I put 1/2 cup oats in a tupperware. Pour on 1/2c of Whole Milk (good dairy fat and protein.) Add 1/2 to 1 c frzn berries. Cover it and let it all soak in on the way to work or dropping kids off at school. Within 5 to 10 minutes its all creamy and delicious. Its a great way to get that energy and belly filling carbs with great fiber for your body to burn in the AM.