Pre-Cooking Oatmeal

Nutrition
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Just a quick question…

How do you pre-cook oatmeal for breakfast without it tasting like shit?

I’ve noticed that a lot of pro-athletes/T-Nation members pre-cook all their food for the week on one night…I do this too for things like chicken and veggies…but they also mention pre-cooking a week’s worth of oatmeal.

I would love to do this to save time in the morning but whenever I’ve re-heated oatmeal, even a couple hours later, it has tasted all dried out and gluey.

So, I am wondering…is there a special way to cook/store oatmeal? Or… are they using the oatmeal for something else (like in a recipe)? Or…is it just accepted that the oatmeal will taste bad?

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steel cut oats. heat the salted water, add the oats and immediately turn off the heat. if you’re going to reheat in the morning add a little extra water. don’t overcook. there it is.

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You don’t actually have to cook it at all… why waste the time?

Treat it like cereal, put some (chocolate) Metabolic Drive on it, add milk and stir.

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I see, thanks guys. I’ll have to try it both ways…I didn’t know you could eat it uncooked!

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If I eat too much uncooked oatmeal, I get real bad farts. Like really bad, horrible smell. So I have to cook all my oatmeal. Or when I get back to the states, I will try uncooked oatmeal and bean-o.

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If I eat too much uncooked oatmeal, I get real bad farts. Like really bad, horrible smell. So I have to cook all my oatmeal. Or when I get back to the states, I will try uncooked oatmeal and bean-o.

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add abit of water when you go to bed then microwave in the morning, it stays chewyish

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Put the uncooked oatmeal in a blender with milk(or water)and whey.Add some flax seed or olive oil and you are good to go.

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[quote]vroom wrote:
You don’t actually have to cook it at all… why waste the time?

Treat it like cereal, put some (chocolate) Metabolic Drive on it, add milk and stir.[/quote]

yeah it’s just a timing thing. the above method works if your going to consume it in 8-10 hours. longer than that and the oatmeal gets too bloated for me. my house is 55-60 f. if your house is warmer you can probably skip the heating part and just soak in cold water. i do that in the summer. still nothing compares to a hot breakfast. especially those mornings when you can see your breath inside.

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I am with Vroom on this. I don’t cook mine. Below is a sample of what I have for breakfast.

1/2 cup Fiber One
1/2 cup Oats
1 scoop Grow! Whey
16 ounces skim milk
1 banana

I combine the Fiber One, whey, and oats at night before I go to bed. When I get to work I pour a little less than half of my milk on it and cut up the banana on it. Then I stir it up and eat. I think it is yummy.

Christopher