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There are more oats consumed in January than any other month. Oats provide fiber to your diet, help to improve LDL cholesterol, and are a great nutritious food. Oats can be added to meatloaf to help it hold its shape. Oatmeal cookies make a great snack and as a breakfast cereal oatmeal makes for a healthy morning meal.
I like to add fruit and cinnamon to my oatmeal along with fat-free milk and nuts. I add about a teaspoon of honey for a sweetener. Scientists are finding that cinnamon helps to lower sugar in diabetics and by adding it to your oatmeal you are fighting cholesterol and diabetes!
Here is my recipe for my morning bowl of oatmeal.
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup blueberries (can use any fruit you like) 1 teaspoon honey 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup skim milk nuts (optional) (I use walnuts because they are supposed to be good for cholesterol, too.) Put oats and water in bowl and microwave for one minute. Add remaining ingredients and stir. Enjoy! You won’t get hungry before lunch with a good, healthy breakfast. I use oats in recipes to add nutrition and as a thickener because they are so good for you. Check out 14 of my recipes I have listed using quick-cooking oats. Hope you will find something to make for National Oatmeal Month for your family. OATMEAL TREATS APPLE MUFFINS BAKED MEATBALLS FOR SPAGHETTI OR APPETIZERS BLUEBERRY WAFFLES BLUEBERRY BANANA BREAD BUTTERSCOTCH OATMEAL COOKIES SOUTHERN APPLE CRISP WITH ICE CREAM ORANGE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS SOUR CREAM BANANA BREAD MY FAMILY’S FAVORITE MEATLOAF LAZY DAISY OATMEAL CAKE “COWPATTIE” COOKIES ICED APPLE COOKIES BROWN SUGAR MEATLOAF Here is an interesting article on the benefits of oats.
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Oh…I luv oatmeal cookies with crasins and maybe a couple of walnuts…actually I’ve loved them too much this holiday.
When I first saw that bowl of oatmeal…I was sort of wondering. It looks bigger than your recipe suggests. I’ll have to try this. I have instant oatmeal. I love the peach or banana kind.
I heart oatmeal…but I love it with butter and sugar…which negates the whole healthy thing. :-}
I love oatmeal, Judy, especially in cold weather. Of course, sometimes I like to eat it in cookie form—this morning I had three of my homemade oatmeal cookies for breakfast. My cookie recipe has three cups of oatmeal, so I can always justify eating those cookies by telling myself they are GOOD for me.
Thank goodness it is National Oatmeal Month. We just bought an immense package of the stuff at Sam’s Club. It was just too good of a deal to pass up, although we may have to put an addition on the house to store it.
We love oatmeal although, like The Retired One (comment above), we like it with butter and sugar.
Yum! I love oatmeal. There is an Irish oatmeal I buy a lot at our local market district grocery store. It’s very good, much different than the boxed stuff.
On the other hand, those chocolate no bake cookies with oatmeal in them are so addicting! I keep telling myself that oatmeal is healthy as an excuse to eat another cookie!
Thanks for the recipe!
I have always loved oatmeal and anything you like in it.