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[Icegoddess]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

@Icegoddess 

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

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@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. 

[bikerbabe]

Steel cut or old fashioned

Often cold overnight refrigerator

Nearly every day

Blueberries, walnuts, a lot of cinnamon, milk

NO SUGAR except the berries

[meallen616]

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

[kaydee50]

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.

[Puzzle Piece]

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.  

[m0rgan]

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.

[chrystaltree]

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 .

[QVCkitty1]

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

[PA Mom-mom]

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.

[LindaSal]

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