Who has some good ones. I know it is good for you, keeps me full for a long time, etc. I have a box of the flavored Quaker instant stuff but I doubt the sugars in the flavoring are too good for you.
Anybody have any suggestions? Fruit isn’t so much of an option as I am eating at work. Maybe just some plain instant stuff with natural maple syrup? What else do you do to spice it up? Are the little bags of plain instant stuff alright or should I get the cannister stuff?
I use the non-flavored Quaker stuff in the big box from Sams, put some cinnamon in it and then use half water half apple juice and throw it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. Comes out great and any sugars are coming from the fruit so a bit better for you. I have it every morning. Good way to warm up from morning runs/swim.
Oh and it’s 1 cup of oats, 1.5 cups of liquid. I just guesstimate 3/4 cup in the 1 cup…cup.
That sounds really good, apple cinnamon but healthy. Time to fill the fridge at work with Apple Juice.
Just look at the apple juice you buy to see what it really is. A lot of it is just flavored sugar water.
Yeah, I don’t know what grocery stores they have in your area, but Kroger has a cheap version of the Motts Natural, that is just apples and water. That’s what I use. It’s cheap and it tastes pretty good and works great considering the amount I go through.
mix yogurt with it, plain or fruit flavoured either way is really good. Every morning I have oatmeal with yogurt and fruit - great stuff!
I’m going to claim a much higher level of expertise on this subject than I can on pretty much anything else, since I’m (a) Scottish and (b) an oatmeal glutton who eats it bascially every day.
To make it hot, you dump oats of whatever kind you like in a pot, add water and a pinch of salt, and stir over heat until you get the thickness that you want. If it’s getting too thick too fast (ie the oats aren’t cooking) then you add more water.
If you want to be extravagent, swap milk for water.
Finally, I’ll divulge an ancient family recipe for what my mother calls meusli and my father calls cold porridge:
Grate an apple into a mixing bowl. Add oats and raisins, and then pour in milk and stir until you get a mixture slightly more liquid than the consistency of porridge that you enjoy. Cover and store overnight in the fridge, and eat with or without milk in the morning.
From a triathlon standpoint, this has a ton of benefits
And now you guys know all about it.
mmm. that sounds good. I have the same thing but granola instead of oatmeal. And I usually throw in a bunch of rolled whole wheat flakes.
I just use the plain stuff (not quick oats, but the usual ones), throw in 1/2 scoop of vanilla whey protein isolate, a little brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon or pumpkin spice and some raisins or other dried fruit. I like it a little thin, so if it gets too think I throw in a splash of milk.
I would recommend adding apple sauce (natural with no added sugar) and yoghurt to your oatmeal.
I do the muesli thing with oats, plain yogurt, grated apple. Let it sit in fridge overnight. Throw some fresh fruit on it in the am and its GGGREAT!! (Sorry Tony)
What vanilla whey protein do you use? The consistency of those powders is key and I want to find one that mixes well into the oatmeal and that doesn’t cost $100 for a tub of it.
I got it from GNC - whey protein isolate, maybe $25, can’t recall the specific brand, but it was not “GNC”. It’s not as good as the Cytosport Complete Whey - this blended very well, and I will buy that again when I run out of the stuff I have.
Boil 1 cup water, set stove to medium and add a little under 1 cup oats, mix in powder milk (I can’t drink the real stuff, it dries up my skin), add in ~1.5 tablespoons honey, put in some rasins, and turn off stove. Add some soy milk afterwards.
I usually take the plain stuff and add some raisins, sliced almonds, sliced banana or apple, cinnamon and honey… tastes good! Sometimes I just add raisins and honey, sometimes everything… depends how hungry 
You can always take a banana or an apple to work and slice it on top of oatmeal!
Oatjomeal:
-1 cup Coffee
-Huge bowl of plain instant oats
-2 scoops of raisins
-1/2 cup GO LEAN Crunch
Mix all the above to a nice consistency, mix in Honey and sweeten to taste.
I start every Saturday with this recipe to get me through 3-5 hours of training.
I wash it all down with another cup of Jo.
Bring it!
HFP Man
Coffee and oats mixed together???
Correct - it’s the pefect hot liquid to quickly cook the oats.
HFP Man
I eat this every morning:
1 cup of oats.
2 cups of boiling water.
cook oats.
Add 1 scoop of protein powder. Stir. The protein does not mix “easily” so you have to work it.
Add a sliced banana or raisins.
Cool. Add about 1/2 cup of milk.
If needed, add some sugar free pancake syrup to sweeten it up.
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