Oatmeal

I cannot eat plain oatmeal. I wish I could! I always have to add something to it to jazz it up.

Unfortunately this made my bowl of Oats 420 calories! Which isn't terrible but seems incredibly high to me.



I topped my oatmeal with slived almonds, chocolate granola and a little peanut butter. I am still eating it. This made a huge amount of oatmeal. Next time I'll scale down to 1/4 cup dry oats and 1/2 nf milk. Today I used 1/2 oats and 1 cup nf milk.



That chocolate granola from Trader Joe's is fabulous. I used a tbsp of it on top of the oatmeal and it still came to 90 calories. Crazy! Why did I even buy it? I need to stop grocery shopping when I'm hungry.

What are your favorite oatmeal toppings and mix-ins?

Food review- Quaker Simple Harvest.

Today I tried some of Quaker's Simple Harvest oatmeal. I love how short the ingredient list is and the see-thru packets. I tried brown sugar & pecan. I added 1/3 low fat milk, 1 tbsp slivered almonds and 1 tsp brown sugar. (sorry for the crappy picture! My camera is on it's last legs.)

It tastes amazing! And only took me about a minute to prepare and serve. I'll definitely eat this again!

Now the real test is seeing if it gets me through noon.

Ingredients

WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED WHEAT, ROLLED BARLEY, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED RYE, SUGAR, PECANS, WHOLE FLAXSEED, OAT FLOUR, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, MOLASSES.

Nutritional Facts

Calories 160
Calories from Fat 30

% Daily Value
Total Fat 3.5 g
6%
Saturated 0.5g
3%
Polyunsaturated 1g
Monounsaturated 1.5g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 75mg
3%
Potassium 125mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate 30g
10%
Dietary Fiber 4g
15%
Soluble Fiber 1g
Sugars 9g
Protein 4g