Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.
Try this for a filling meal
1.5 cups of oatmeal
Handfull blueberries
Handfull raspberries
1 tablespoon of PB
1 tablespoon ground milled flax seeds
20 grams chocolate whey
Cinnamon
Light squirt of honey
This will fill you up, and is a great meal to eat 1-2 hours before lifting.
[quote]Artem wrote:
Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.[/quote]
Of the two kinds of oatmeal you can buy in bulk, you still have to cook (boil) the “old fashioned” kind. The “quick” oats can be boiled, but they get done sooner since they are processed differently (and they can be microwaved, unlike the old-fashioned oats).
I do rarely eat the old-fashioned oats, in which case they need to be cooked as you were taught.
Short answer = yes, I do . . . sometimes.
I have eaten steel cut oats this way for years. Its an absolutely amazing breakfast, fills you up and is incredibly hearty in the morning, especially now that we;re approaching winter.
1 bowl cooked steel cut oats
2 Tbsp Tahini ( Sesesame butter) (added on top)
2 Tbsp Low sodium soy sauce (added on top)
stir together and eat with good whole wheat toast. Its absolutely amazing. Tahini is pretty high in protein as well. Dont worry about the soy sauce, two tablespoons wont make you grow boobs
Stupid question, are steel cut oats just plain oats cut in half?
[quote]davidcox1 wrote:
Artem wrote:
Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.
Of the two kinds of oatmeal you can buy in bulk, you still have to cook (boil) the “old fashioned” kind. The “quick” oats can be boiled, but they get done sooner since they are processed differently (and they can be microwaved, unlike the old-fashioned oats).
I do rarely eat the old-fashioned oats, in which case they need to be cooked as you were taught.
Short answer = yes, I do . . . sometimes.[/quote]
Oh, okay. Thanks for the answer.
I’m not sure I’ve ever had these quick oats. I’d just get the Quaker or Jewel brand or whatever oats that come in the big, cylindrical cardboardish can. Are quick oats found somewhere else? Are they nutritionally different?
op, try adding peanut butter to the shake, maybe try something like banana that will give the shake a little more thickness so the oats don’t sink to the bottom. I have been doing something akin to this for about 5 years.
usually i have some type of mixed whey+casein protein 40-60grams
.5-1.5c oats old fashioned steel cut variety
2 tbsp natural nutty peanut butter
sometimes some type of fruit
most of the time i add 2cups of skim milk for more protein and a thicker better tasting shake.
[quote]Artem wrote:
davidcox1 wrote:
Artem wrote:
Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.
Of the two kinds of oatmeal you can buy in bulk, you still have to cook (boil) the “old fashioned” kind. The “quick” oats can be boiled, but they get done sooner since they are processed differently (and they can be microwaved, unlike the old-fashioned oats).
I do rarely eat the old-fashioned oats, in which case they need to be cooked as you were taught.
Short answer = yes, I do . . . sometimes.
Oh, okay. Thanks for the answer.
I’m not sure I’ve ever had these quick oats. I’d just get the Quaker or Jewel brand or whatever oats that come in the big, cylindrical cardboardish can. Are quick oats found somewhere else? Are they nutritionally different?
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Quaker makes both. One has a red label as a yellow banner stating “Old Fashioned”, the other has a blue label and states “Quick” in the yellow banner. Here’s a photo of the quick oats.
I use Irish Oatmeal from Trader Joes.
Add water
Microwave for 1 minute
Add 2 eggs
Microwave for 1.5 minutes
Add salt, flax seed, and avocado
Enjoy.
1 scoop whey protein (~25g)
1 cup quick oats
2 tbsp cinnamon
2 tbsp ground flax seed
1 tbsp olive oil
1 big scoop organic peanut butter
frozen mixed berries
OJ
Blend in a blender. Fantastic. Down it with fish oil tabs and a multivitamin. I have one in the morning when I get up and one immediately after training.
This is the best oatmeal I’ve ever had: http://www.coachsoats.com/
As the website says: “Coach’s Oats are prepared in an entirely new way. The groats are toasted to bring the natural sugars to the surface of the oat, then cracked into small pieces. This patented Cracked n’ Toastedâ?¢ process means that Coach’s Oats is never mushy, always naturally delicious and cooks in just five minutes.”
I use hot water from the kettle and pour it into a resealable tupperware container and the hot water soaks in and cooks it in 2 or 3 minutes while you wait.
If you have a crock pot, try getting some steel cut oats and cooking them overnight with some dried fruit and nuts. It tastes great and since you’ve done all the work the night before, there’s nothing to do in the morning except grab a spoon.
I used to force myself to eat oats. The only way I could stomach them was by mixing them half water/half milk and adding honey (and usually a piece of fruit).
Now I just have them in my shake. I barely notice they are in there and in one shake I am consuming as many oats as I used to force feed myself.
[quote]Artem wrote:
Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.[/quote]
x2
used to put a handful of blueberries and handful of walnuts, sweetnlow and half and half
another one is handful of dried coconut and sweetnlow and half and half
then realized too many calories from fat so now just plain old boiled oatmeal and sweetnlow 4 me
[quote]Deorum wrote:
i eat them raw in a shake. takes getting used to.[/quote]
so do I, plus six jumbo hard boiled eggs. For my first meal of the day.
[quote]Artem wrote:
davidcox1 wrote:
Artem wrote:
Does nobody else boil oatmeal? that’s what I was taught to do.
Of the two kinds of oatmeal you can buy in bulk, you still have to cook (boil) the “old fashioned” kind. The “quick” oats can be boiled, but they get done sooner since they are processed differently (and they can be microwaved, unlike the old-fashioned oats).
I do rarely eat the old-fashioned oats, in which case they need to be cooked as you were taught.
Short answer = yes, I do . . . sometimes.
Oh, okay. Thanks for the answer.
I’m not sure I’ve ever had these quick oats. I’d just get the Quaker or Jewel brand or whatever oats that come in the big, cylindrical cardboardish can. Are quick oats found somewhere else? Are they nutritionally different?
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have you tried Aldis brand oatmeal. Same quality as Quaker , but cost 1/3 the the price of quaker oats.
This is how I prepare oats; it was inspired by an Indian dish that a friend of mine makes.
Curried oats
1 cup rolled oats (i.e. Quaker Old-Fashioned Oats)
1/4 cup sunflower seeds (either raw or roasted)
1/2 onion, diced
2-1/4 cups water
2 tsp olive oil
*2 cloves garlic, chopped
*1 Tbsp red curry powder
*1/4 tsp kosher salt
*fresh ground black pepper
(*adjust to taste)
Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. Add water, bring to boil. Add oats and sunflower seeds, reduce heat to simmer, cook until water absorbed. Add curry powder, salt and pepper near end of cooking.
The sunflower seeds add great texture. Other seeds and small nuts work well too, as do roasted soy nuts. Whole flax seeds need some presoaking, but they help balance the omega-6/3 ratio when added to sunflower seeds.
The seeds do add enough fat that this becomes a C+F meal, but for breakfast or after a hard workout I think this is OK. Presumably you are pairing this with some protein.
Big bowl of porridge, cooked on the hob cause its better than the microwave, with a scoop of whey and some coconut flakes.
I cant imagine eating anything for breakfast anymore - apart from scrambled egg on toast.
frozen mixed berries
sliced banana
scoop of peanut butter
serving of oats
milk to cover
microwave for 3 minutes. addictively delicious