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Oatmeal

occasionalrain — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

I was checking out and the person in front of me had a huge box of Quaker Oats. I hadn't thought of oatmeal in years, but seeing it took me back to my childhood. Back then, my mother served oatmeal with butter and brown sugar on top.

Now I'm wondering how others have their oatmeal, then and now. Anyone care to share?

Re: Oatmeal

Desertdi — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:05:59 GMT

Yeah...I really remember the "oatmeal days".

(I thought it tasted like paste...and YES, of course I have tried paste out of curiosity)...

Re: Oatmeal

Icegoddess — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:07:53 GMT

We generally get steel cut oats. I have mine with butter, brown suger, a little milk, and top with a trail mix I got at Costco I think w/cashews, almonds, pecans, dried cherries, and dark chocolate.

Re: Oatmeal

occasionalrain — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:12:37 GMT

@Desertdi

That takes me back to grade school and the white paste. There were classmates who liked to eat it, so the teacher policed it.

Of course I had to give it a taste, but it was quite a disappointment, not tasty at all.

Re: Oatmeal

beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:12:47 GMT

I buy and eat the Sugar Free Instant oatmeal and I have about one half a pkg with more water than oatmeal in a coffee cup prior to my dinner every single night. It keeps me from over eating along with the salad that I have with my dinner.

Oatmeal is good for cholesterol and Dr. advised me a year and half ago to to eat Cheerios to help lower it before doing meds. It did help so I started doing the oatmeal at night for added benefits. I love oatmeal. I told my Dr. about the pre-dinner item just this past Friday morning and she loved the idea.

Re: Oatmeal

catter70 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:13:47 GMT

I think we did just milk and sugar. Now it's instant brown sugar and no milk.

Re: Oatmeal

Icegoddess — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:16:59 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
I buy and eat the Sugar Free Instant oatmeal and I have about one half a pkg with more water than oatmeal in a coffee cup prior to my dinner every single night. It keeps me from over eating along with the salad that I have with my dinner.

Oatmeal is good for cholesterol and Dr. advised me a year and half ago to to eat Cheerios to help lower it before doing meds. It did help so I started doing the oatmeal at night for added benefits. I love oatmeal. I told my Dr. about the pre-dinner item just this past Friday morning and she loved the idea.

@beckyb1012I'm sure your doctor wouldn't like it the way I used to eat Cheerios. I'd put a ton of sugar on it and when I finished, I'd scrape it off the bottom of the bowl and eat it. Sugar with at little milk, LOL.

Since then, I have eliminated adding sugar to my cereals, but certainly not my diet, and I have no intention of doing so. I do prefer the multigrain cheerios over the original though.

Re: Oatmeal

Oznell — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:17:38 GMT

@occasionalrain , I have oatmeal several times a week, and hubby has it daily-- his preferred type is Bob's Red Mill Scottish oatmeal.

I used to have it with just a tiny swirl of maple syrup, blueberries, ground flax seeds, lots of cinnamon, and milk on top. Lately, I've been skipping the maple syrup, and relying on the cinnamon and fruit for sweetness.

Sometimes I add a little bit of Grape Nuts for crunch. Oatmeal is also super with cut up mango on it, or banana or apple.

Re: Oatmeal

occasionalrain — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:17:52 GMT

@Icegoddess

So you overwhelm the oatmeal with add ons. Mary Poppins?

Re: Oatmeal

beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:19:32 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
I buy and eat the Sugar Free Instant oatmeal and I have about one half a pkg with more water than oatmeal in a coffee cup prior to my dinner every single night. It keeps me from over eating along with the salad that I have with my dinner.

Oatmeal is good for cholesterol and Dr. advised me a year and half ago to to eat Cheerios to help lower it before doing meds. It did help so I started doing the oatmeal at night for added benefits. I love oatmeal. I told my Dr. about the pre-dinner item just this past Friday morning and she loved the idea.
@beckyb1012I'm sure your doctor wouldn't like it the way I used to eat Cheerios. I'd put a ton of sugar on it and when I finished, I'd scrape it off the bottom of the bowl and eat it. Sugar with at little milk, LOL.

Since then, I have eliminated adding sugar to my cereals, but certainly not my diet, and I have no intention of doing so. I do prefer the multigrain cheerios over the original though.

Probably not and I do not like milk so I just get a small mini container (like you get at a fast food restaurant for sauces) and eat that dry at my desk each morning. Do not have it on the weekends. I ate Frosted Flakes dry growing up since I hated milk and that sugar was the best way to start a school day!!

Re: Oatmeal

Icegoddess — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:28:40 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
@Icegoddess
So you overwhelm the oatmeal with add ons. Mary Poppins?

@occasionalrainNo, that list is just what's in the bag. I just put a little on top. I usually skip the chocolate. That mix is heavy on the dried cherries, so that and some nuts. Butter, sugar, & milk are standard add-ins.

Re: Oatmeal

bikerbabe — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:40:38 GMT

Steel cut or old fashioned

Often cold overnight refrigerator

Nearly every day

Blueberries, walnuts, a lot of cinnamon, milk

NO SUGAR except the berries

Re: Oatmeal

meallen616 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:42:23 GMT

I passed on the oatmeal and the farina, no thank you Mom!

Re: Oatmeal

kaydee50 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:48:37 GMT

Love oatmeal either Quaker or the store brand, quick oats. Put it in the microwave for 90 seconds. Add dried cranberries, ground cinnamon and a bit of 1/2 and 1/2. Have it at least twice a week.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:48:46 GMT

I eat oatmeal every other day in the morning. It's relatively inexpensive.

I have applesauce on top with cinnamon, and I add dired cherries and cranberries to the oatmeal. I add a spread and some sugar free maple syrup as well. Sometimes a banana or sugar free jam instead of syrup.

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m0rgan — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:48:56 GMT

I make my own granola with Bob's Red Mill extra thick oats. Love it as cereal and on top of yogurt. Just made a batch.

4 cups oats

1 cup pecans

1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup coconut oil (liquid from microwave)

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 tsp. vanilla

Stir together and put on sheet pan . Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Let cool completely.

I make sure the pecans are not around the edges because they sometimes burn.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:51:30 GMT

I have oatmeal 2-3 times a week, either as breakfast or my evening snack. I get an instant oatmeal from my wellness program. No sugar. No additives. I make mine with water and I add a little cinnamon, a touch of honey. I put fruit on top. Usually berries but sometimes banana slices. I neverijed it when I was a kid. I love it now .

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:01:50 GMT

When I was a kid my mom served it with milk and brown sugar. Now I have it with walnuts and fruit.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:02:08 GMT

DH and I eat steel cut oats we cook every week in the rice cooker. We mix it with sugar free or plain yogurt, wild blueberries and Ceylon cinnamon. I don't eat it every day, but DH does.

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LindaSal — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:02:38 GMT

We like McCann's Irish oatmeal. We used to make it cooking on the stove but have sinced moved onto the instant packages. We eat it a couple times a week, I like to add cinnamon on top and DH adds his dried fruits like raisins or cranberries. It is very good for you.........once we were in Ireland at a hotel having breakfast so I went to get myself a bowl of oatmeal out of the big pot they had at the buffet, next to it was a bowl of whisky with a ladle, LOL! You bet I tried it, was the best oatmeal ever