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Oatmeal

Anonymous032819 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:37:41 GMT

Yesterday and today I had a big bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.

I had forgotten how good it can taste.

The brand that I am using is Flahavan's Irish Steel Cut 100% Whole Grain.

Yes, it does take more time to prepare than your standard oatmeal, but it is worth it.

The directions are stir 1 cup of oatmeal into 4 cups of cold water or milk.

I suppose you could use a milk subsititute such as oat milk, soy milk, almond milk.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for five minutes. Cover, and when cool, place in the refigerator overnight.

Next day, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.

I use an oatmeal cooker that I got off of Amazon for the last part.

It is good!

My dad always had oatmeal for breakfast, which probably is what contributed to him living to be 92. (Miss him!)

I am going to try to eat it more often.

Re: Oatmeal

suzyQ3 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:41:00 GMT

We've been eating a quick-cooking (5 minutes) steel cut oatmeal lately. We top it with a few walnuts, sliced banana, and real maple syrup. My husband also adds some blueberries.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:47:04 GMT

Too much trouble. I make the quick (not instant) oats in the micro with almond milk then slice a. banana on it.

My dad hated oatmeal...called it "the S & S" for slick and slimy. He was a cream of wheat man or any hot cereal. Miss him too.

Re: Oatmeal

QueenDanceALot — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:50:15 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
We've been eating a quick-cooking (5 minutes) steel cut oatmeal lately. We top it with a few walnuts, sliced banana, and real maple syrup. My husband also adds some blueberries.

@suzyQ3

I've been eating the long cooking steel cut with the exact same additions you and your husband have been having.

Oh, I also add some hemp seed hearts and cashew milk.

Re: Oatmeal

QueenDanceALot — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:53:12 GMT

I will make a double batch of the slow cooking steel cut and then just have to heat some up the second day.

I think it actually ends up being 4 servings, but I eat 2 servings at a time. I'm a growing girl. hahahaha

Re: Oatmeal

queendiva — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:54:12 GMT

I eat oatmeal for breakfast at least 5 days/ week.

2 parts regular oats to 1 part steel cut oats. Add some freeze dried strawberries and mix a batch in the food processor; enough for about a week. Eash morning scoop 1/2 cup into a bowl and add 1 cup of milk and nuke for 2 minutes and let stand for another minute or two. Stir, and I add about 1TBS crushed almonds and strawberry flavored protein powder. Mix all and add fresh, sliced strawberries. Takes just minutes and is tasty and satisfying.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:58:10 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
We've been eating a quick-cooking (5 minutes) steel cut oatmeal lately. We top it with a few walnuts, sliced banana, and real maple syrup. My husband also adds some blueberries.

@suzyQ3 That’s what I do. I buy the McCann Irish quick cooking oats. I use walnuts and any fruit I have. @AuntG Yes, eta, always buy the steel cut.

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AuntG — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:56:13 GMT

I'll use a slow cooker to prepare my steel cut oats, adding a chopped apple, craisins and walnuts. Then I put it in separate serving sized containers.

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Laura14 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:57:16 GMT

I don't eat grains so I've found a grain free dairy version I like. Mix hot almond milk with flaxseeds, chia seeds, walnuts, pecans and then I add peanut butter and cinnamon to flavor it. Other versions use coconut flakes, fruit or chocolate chips or sauces as add ins.

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gramgrandkids1 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:57:57 GMT

I was a slow eater as a child (especially if it was something I didn't like). My mom never let me put much sugar on my oatmeal and I let it get cold thinking I wouldn't have to eat it - wrong! When I visited my grandparents my grandma cooked oatmeal (used to have little glasses, cups and saucers) inside with the oatmeal. She let me put as much sugar on it and I loved it! I eat it now when it is cold outside, put as much sugar on it and think of her. I like plain Quaker oatmeal not instant oatmeal.

Re: Oatmeal

Annabellethecat66 — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:04:54 GMT

@Anonymous032819 OMG! For about the past month and a half I've had a 'thing' for oatmeal...oatmeal (say it again!) oatmeal!

I can't get enough of it. Lately, I've slowed down with it.

Boy! It sure must stick to the ribs because when I leave a little in the bowl, well, I really have to scrub that @@$ bowl like crazy to clean it!

So, I am back to reading the labels on everything. I almost went crazy reading the labels and I had to stop (hours in the store put an end to label reading).

But I saw that the oatmeal in the little packages had a lot of sodium in it...so I bought the one in the 'tub'.

I haven't cooked it yet (it's still supposed to be 'quick').

I left a tiny bit in the bowl, not in milk just a few pieces and my cat licked it. My daughter had a fit and said I should not do that.

I didn't 'give' the cat oatmeal..he came upon it.

I'm trying to eat more. My Drs keep telling me I don't eat enough and that's why I'm fat. They say when I go all day and not eat, when I do eat my body stores what I eat.

I understand all of that because a friend used to be a personal trainer. He'd eat 6 or more meals a day before he'd go to the beach with us. This was to speed up his metabolism.

My Drs keep saying my metabolism is zip..nothing. Ha!

Anyway, oatmeal eaters of the world unite..! We know what's a' happen'!

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Misplaced Parisian — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:25:11 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 I just have to say I adore your spirit! Thank you for sharing it!

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alicedee — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:42:49 GMT

I had steel cut instant oatmeal and toast for dinner tonight. Very good and satisfying.

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Sooner — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:52:03 GMT

We have a Zojirushi rice maker that makes it on delay over night. And does rice and quinoa as well!

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Misplaced Parisian — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:12:33 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
We have a Zojirushi rice maker that makes it on delay over night. And does rice and quinoa as well!

@Sooner

What model of rice maker do you have? I've seen people rave about these, went out on the website and don't know which model to look at. Thank you!

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cuddles — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:14:43 GMT

I eat oatmel five days a week. I mix it with All-Bran, cinnamon and almonds. It sure does keep me regular and I'm 79. Wednesday is pancakes and sausges and Sunday is bacon and eggs.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:25:50 GMT

I buy whole grain oats (rolled extra thick), rinse them then soak a batch in water overnight in the fridge. In the morning I drain them and scoop out a portion, add fruit and sweeten with stevia....sometimes add yogurt.

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lovesrecess — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:58:52 GMT

Crystal Oats ...I remember that brand from my Grandmas house...she had little juice glasses from the oatmeal package. I buy regular Quaker Oats...not the quick cooking. DH loves oatmeal....I eat it just once in a while. For DH, I mix the oats with water and 1 tsp dark brown sugar, nuke for four minutes. I cook mine the same way minus the brown sugar; I add banana slices or a tiny bit of brown sugar.

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Sooner — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:06:59 GMT

@Misplaced Parisian wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
We have a Zojirushi rice maker that makes it on delay over night. And does rice and quinoa as well!
@Sooner
What model of rice maker do you have? I've seen people rave about these, went out on the website and don't know which model to look at. Thank you!

@Misplaced Parisian We have an expensive one (light brown) that we have had for a long time, then bought this smaller black one because it was small, less expensive, and had settings for steel cut oats and quinoa and some other things. Can't remember the model number, but it is small and black and I think we paid about $114 for it from Amazon.

Some of their rice cookers are made in Japan, but the little black one is from China as I remember and it works fine for us! Hope that help! We have had a rice cooker for ages and use it a lot.

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pattypeep — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:11:25 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I love oatmeal NOW. I hated it as a kid when my mom made it for us for kids. It was runny. After I got married my mother in law made it and ~ OMG ~ what a difference. Thick and hearty. That's how I've made it for over 40 years and eat oats to this day.