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[occasionalrain]

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?

[Desertdi]

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

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

[Icegoddess]

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.

[occasionalrain]

@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.

[beckyb1012]

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. 

[catter70]

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

[Icegoddess]

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@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. 

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@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. 

[Oznell]

@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. 

[occasionalrain]

@Icegoddess 

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

[beckyb1012]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

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@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. 

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@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. 

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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!!