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How do you make oatmeal not plain?
8 Easy Ways to Make Oatmeal Taste Amazing (Seriously)
- Whip in Thinly Sliced Banana for Creamy Sweetness.
- Cook Oats in Milk to Boost Flavor and Protein.
- Add Apple and Spices for a Bowl That Tastes like Pie.
- Prefer Carrot Cake?
- Use a Spiced Tea Bag to Add Serious Flavor.
- Whisk in an Egg for High-Protein Breakfast Pudding.
How can I make plain oatmeal taste better?
Instead of using sugar, boil your water with chopped dates, apricots, or diced apple for sweetness before adding the oats. Stir in spices like cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, nutmeg, or even Ras al Hanout….
- Add a broken poached egg.
- When in doubt, add nut butters for creaminess, sweetness, and plenty of good protein.
What can you put in oatmeal to make less bland?
Four Keys to Make Oatmeal that Doesn’t Taste Like Crap
- Purchase oatmeal in whole form as either rolled oats or steel-cut and soak overnight. The soaking process does a few things.
- Add healthy fats. Imagine that!
- Add sweetness. Any fruit and/or a dollop of raw honey or maple syrup.
- Add sea salt to taste.
What can I add to oatmeal for flavor?
Here are some of my favorite oatmeal flavor combinations:
- Apple or pear, cinnamon, and walnuts.
- Banana, peanut butter, cocoa nibs.
- Figs, tahini, vanilla, and walnuts.
- Pear, almond butter, cinnamon.
- Peaches, nutmeg, slivered almonds.
- Peanut butter and dark chocolate chips.
- Pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, pecans.
How do you lose weight eating oatmeal?
These are:
- Phase 1: Eat oatmeal for three meals each day for the first week. During this time, you should be eating only whole oats and not instant oatmeal.
- Phase 2: After the first week or phase, you’ll eat oatmeal for one to two meals a day with a healthy and low-fat option for the other meals.
How do you add flavor to bland oatmeal?
You can also add taste and texture by throwing in dried or fresh fruit; blueberries, raisins, dried cranberries. Toasted almonds or finely chopped walnuts are also good. You can also add flavorings, such as vanilla or maple extract.