Oatmeal is definitely one of my favorite breakfast foods, and fabulous on these winter mornings!
besides being delicious and comforting, its also nutritious!
Besides being a Whole Grain its chock-full of soluble fiber, which may decrease your "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and increase the "good stuff" (HDL), decreasing your risk of heart disease, as well moderate blood sugar levels.
I love all types of oats-from steel-cut to irish style, to just plain rolled oats. But, be careful of those Quaker Instant Oat Packets-they're loaded with extra sugar. Make yours at home, to make it more nutritious and cheaper!!
I buy mine in bulk, organic, and make it on the stove-top, (2-3 parts water to 1 part oats). Then I sweeten it with stevia, and mix in all sorts of things, such as:
Rhubarb-POM oats
Chia + Amazing Grass Oats
Pumpkin Oats with Cinnamon
Marathon Oats
Cacao-nib Oatmeal
Not pictured, but also loved:
- Overnight Oats
- Oats with Nut-butter
- Fresh Fruit
- Raisins
- Flax seed (ground to make sure you get all the o-3s!)
- Cocoa Powder
and my new addition to the breakfast grain family-Kamut! Thanks to Chocolate Covered Katie's Blended grain inspiration, I picked this little guy up from Whole Foods! (also check out her amazing oatmeal recipes!! )
Do you like oatmeal? Have any favorite recipes you'd like to share??
4 comments:
Your oats look yummy!! I use to love oatmeal with some almond stirred in with cinnamon, but tummy no longer likes oats : (
Hope your staying warm up in Boston!!
I had no idea it was Oats Month, but I will be celebrating several mornings this month! I love steel cut oats.
what an exciting revelation from one oatmeal fanatic to another! one of my favorite combos is pb+j oats :)
I just wrote about oatmeal on my blog too, but I had no idea it was national oatmeal month. Awesome!! Currently I'm loving dried tart cherries with walnuts. Thanks for sharing your eats, the POM and rhubarb sounds great!
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