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By: Sheila Octaviano

Sheila Octaviano — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:05:08 +0000

I love the old-fashioned oats, but cook them in the microwave (too lazy for the stove thing, plus another dish to wash! I add dried or frozen fruits unless fresh fruit is in season. I do sometimes use brown sugar. I don’t follow the recipe and use a half cup, instead I cook 1/3 of a cup. (Just add two waters of whatever measure you use for the oats and the recipe will be right.) I like just a quarter cup or less of 1% or 2% milk on mine and I’m going to start adding a few dashes of cinammon. I like cinnamon but didn’t realize the health benefits, so going to add that every day, now. I also throw in some flax and ground flax seed. It’s yummy!

By: LisaN

LisaN — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:52:52 +0000

Your recipe sounds great, but I’d still probably use some of the lower fat versions of food. I can’t remember the last time I bought whole milk. In fact, when I was growing up, my mother, who was on a very tight budget, used to give up milk made from powder, and I got used to the taste. So used to it in fact, that when I was 10 and in the hospital, they gave me whole milk, and I hated it. Oh, well, the lessons we learn early in life do stil with us………………….:)

By: Dandelion Girl

Dandelion Girl — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:04:12 +0000

Great post. I love your writing style!
We have oatmeal every other day. It’s good with frozen blueberries or raisins/cinnamon. One thing I like to add is freshly ground flax seed. I buy it whole from the health food store and then grind up a couple teaspoons or so in my coffee grinder as I need it. It’s a good source of fiber and omega 3 fatty acids and you can’t really even taste it! Butter is totally a vital addition to oatmeal! It actually helps you absorb the nutrients in the oatmeal! I add butter to just about everything I eat (especially veggies). Yay and yum!

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:05:45 +0000

@Mizfit: For me I’m not a huge fan of protein powder, though I have tried to like it — it always tastes “chalky” to me, so I’ve kind of given up on it.

The trick for me is to a) not use much sugar, b) use whole milk so I get the benefit of the fat combining with the protein, and c) not overload myself on coffee. At the same time, I know exactly what you’re talking about here with the crash sensation. For some reason since I’ve cut back on all things (that is, cutting back on the processed stuff and bumping up eating more whole foods, in particular), I don’t seem to have this problem as much, but I really don’t know why. I think one other factor is I tend to eat this later in the morning, closer to lunch maybe?

This is actually somewhat of a mystery to me – how has changing my habits to eating only real food in moderation reduced this crashing effect? Is my blood sugar more in balance? Thoughts? In fact, I may swing this question over to IowaAvenue and ask our resident Dietician (which I recommend for anyone reading here, actually).

Thanks MizFit! You’ve really got the wheels cranking this morning in my brain!

By: MizFit

MizFit — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:38:48 +0000

Id need a bigbig scoop of protein powder in there or Id CRASH had after from the carbs (complex or not )

you?

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:47 +0000

@Susan: Thanks for the kind words – It’s funny when it comes to these recipes – I’m essentially raiding my wife’s recipe book (which is part written and part virtual storage in her brain). We have been eating them for a quite a while now and enjoy them. Definitely give them a try and let me know how it goes!

@Cynthia: Such great suggestions. Goji berries are one of those foods that I haven’t gotten into yet, but only because I always forget to buy them at the store. Definitely adding them to my shopping list. On the walnut pieces, we do that as well! And the pumpkin idea sounds really interesting too. I typically like my oatmeal now as less of a mash and more like whole oats with milk, but I will definitely give that a try.

And thanks too for the info on portion size for different types oatmeal. Good to know!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:36:29 +0000

Give steel cut oats a try sometime… even better taste and texture! They do take a little longer to cook, but it’s worth it! Or, you can start them the night before, and just warm them in the morning if you need a quick solution.

All kinds of dried fruits can be good in oatmeal, though some may need to be chopped first… I sometimes add Goji Berries for an extra anti-oxidant boost and another fun alternative is frozen blueberries, raspberries or blackberries (unsweetened) or banana slices. Just mix them in towards the end, they defrost just fine! Walnut pieces also make a good addition… and if one is looking to add protein, add a little good quality whey or whey/casein to the milk. Canned pumpkin is surprisingly good in oatmeal with almonds as well!

And don’t forget the cinnamon!

There’s definitely a difference in serving size between the rolled oats and steel cut… I use the recommended quarter cup serving of steel cut (to one cup water) and that is very filling! But I just looked at my container of rolled oats, which I use less often, and a serving is a half cup dry.

On the plus side… I never did fast food breakfasts much and never, ever did instant oatmeals. I rather hated the stuff until I found the steel cut oats. Now I’ve learned to tolerate the rolled oats in a pinch.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:29:30 +0000

Love your recipes! Can’t wait to try a few…I am not an oatmeal fan, although I try to think of ways to make myself one other than oatmeal cookies and granola with oatmeal but this definately sounds good. I am also going to try the stuffed mushrooms which sound yummy. I’ll let you know what I think!