So, what do you all put in your oatmeal to make it pleasing to your tastebuds? Before I started core I used butter and sugar.....that won't work now. Please share.
I love oatmeal and it keeps me satisfied for a while....
I usually add some splenda and cinnamon. I also add raisins or some granola. On a thread last week someone recommended I add egg whites for additional protein...
I also use the old fashioned oats. They puff up more! So it seems like I am eating a full bowl when it's really only a 1/2 cup of dry.
My favorite way to eat any hot cereal is with a bit of skim milk, some Splenda, and a sliced banana. It is sweet and creamy, and adds a fruit serving too.
Lynn, just so you know, raisins and granola are not Core so you'd have to count points for them. I love raisins so I buy the teeny tiny boxes and occasionally use them in my oatmeal and charge myself 1/2 point. I also sometimes add one tablespoon of raw walnut pieces for some protein and charge 1 point.
My most favorite is to cut up a whole banana into the oatmeal while it is cooking. I always use the old fashioned oats and I make it with skim milk instead of water. Then I add splenda or equal and pretend that it is a banana muffin.
During summer I add about a quarter cup of fresh blueberries after the oatmeal is cooked. Otherwise you'll have purple mush.
Another favorite is peaches. I mash the peaches and then add it to the oatmeal and milk to cook. It's like the peaches and cream instant packages that I used to love and are not Core.
I've heard some people add a packet of SF hot chocolate for a chocolate oatmeal. That doesn't do it for me but it might for you.
My favorite is blueberries, cinnamon and splenda. I keep frozen berries on hand and add them into the oatmeal at the end then microwave for a bit to melt them. YUMMY!
Susan, this sounds great! I'm always looking for new ways to get veggie (is pumpkin a veggie?) and get my oatmeal down. I'll have to beat the dog off since she loves canned pumpkin.
I use maple flavored extract and splenda. tastes just like the pre-packaged maple varieties, only it's core!
Another variety I posted in the breakfast recipes area:
use cinnamon, vanilla extract, molly mcbutter, splenda. Tastes like a buttery cinnamon bun
I'm not really an oatmeal eater, but couldn't you add extract to it, such as raspberry extract to make it taste like raspberry oatmeal? I believe that extracts are core. Vanilla extract is, so I imagine the rest of them would be.
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