Oats -> breakfast oatmeal, how?

curlytop

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 12:15 am

I have a lot of oats and would love to make it into sweetened breakfast oatmeal that my kids may actually eat.
Can such a thing be done, does anyone have a recipe?

Thanks Smile

mommalah

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 12:16 am

Add butter, salt, cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar. Delicious.

mommalah

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 12:30 am

What type of oats do you have. The quick cooking say 1 minute or so. The old fashioned oats take about 5 minutes. Steel cut oatmeal takes 40 minutes on the stovetop.

I am currently using the old fashioned oats, follow the serving instructions, put in the microwave for 5 minutes. I then add all the additional stuff and its done.

rowo

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 5:59 am

I boil it with water and milk. milk makes it a bit sweet.
raisins, finely chopped apple, cinnamon, brown sugar...
mix and match dif things. it's filling, quite healthy and yum.

oats (not so much much instant oats) are healthier than most other cereals, and will usually keep u going for longer

ChossidMom

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:13 am

I use the relatively-quick oats for most of my kids. I take 1/3 cup of oats to 1/2 cup water and add bit of salt. I nuke it for 1 or 2 minutes. My kids add brown sugar and they love it!

I use the long cooking oatmeal. Same measurements but I nuke it for 5 minutes and eat it with salt instead of sugar.

In the winter there's nothing like a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast!!!

Sometimes I take the cooked oatmeal; add an egg, sugar and cinnamon. Mix it up and make an oatmeal pancake. YUmmmmmmmmmmm.

sky

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:17 am

Boil it like the directions with the salt recommended.

Per each 1 cup of oats (2 servings) I add:

1/3 cup fruit (raisins, craisins, diced apples, etc)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

then when serving a put 1-2 Tbsp of brown sugar or maple syrup on top of each person's bowl.

ChossidMom

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:23 am

My kids wouldn't touch anything with raisins or lumps of any kind with a 10 foot pole!! You lucky moms who have kids that do...

NotInNJMommy

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:25 am

My kids pick the raisins out.... Smile

And we use just the regular oats, and microwave. It's relatively cheap and they love it.

greenfire

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:43 am

definitely depends on what kind of oats you have ... oatmeal is usually made from rolled oats so it's easier to cook ...

there was a thread somewhere where dainty diva and I discussed the varied oats ...

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:47 am

rolled oat looks flat. they cook much quicker, say 5min or so.
steel cut oat looks like individual grain. you don't have to soak it but you'll need loooong cooking.

Isramom8

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 9:49 am

Boil up milk, sugar, cinnamon, a little salt, and butter, and add oats. Cook over low flame, stirring most of the time. My kids like brown sugar sprinkled on top - in that case, add less sugar while cooking. Yummy!

curlytop

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 10:03 am

It is the "quick oats".
I boiled it up for a couple of minutes, half a cup of oats to a cup of milk, added sugar, vanilla sugar and cin.
It was really good.
Thanks everyone!

greenfire

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 10:05 am

http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....art=0

in case anybody wants the oat workup ...

Maya

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 10:09 am

greenfire wrote:

http://imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73846&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

in case anybody wants the oat workup ...

That was a fun read. LOL

greenfire

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 10:19 am

Maya wrote:

greenfire wrote:

http://imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73846&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

in case anybody wants the oat workup ...

That was a fun read. LOL

oooh I just read it ... you're right !!! Mr. Green

sky

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 10:25 am

ChossidMom wrote:

My kids wouldn't touch anything with raisins or lumps of any kind with a 10 foot pole!! You lucky moms who have kids that do...

I guess I am. My kids will only eat it with the raisins. But - we aren't eating raisins now - so I subsitute craisins. Maybe they are just not old enough to know better yet. Smile

shayna82

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 1:00 pm

curlytop wrote:

I have a lot of oats and would love to make it into sweetened breakfast oatmeal that my kids may actually eat.
Can such a thing be done, does anyone have a recipe?

Thanks Smile

we make it like this

1/2 cup oats to 1 cup of water- microwave 4 minutes

tiny bit of milk
brown sugar
salt
cinammon
honey

my kids can eat this for all meals!!

greenfire

Tue, Sep 22 2009, 1:18 pm

taste much better if you cook the milk right into it ... and no salt ...