Oatmeal Toppings/Preferences

[MGLloyd]

Wow, Milt, that sounds like an excellent idea. I am going to have to try something like that.

[KatieLoeb]

Cooked with a pinch of salt in milk. Then butter, cinnamon and brown sugar or honey.

If I'm feeling really ambitious and have it around the house, some chopped dates and dried apricots.

But I confess I'm usually lame enough to buy the little pre-flavored packets because they're easy to grab and take to work with me. I'd rather sleep the extra 15 minutes.

[alanamoana]

i've never regularly eaten oatmeal, but a while back my husband asked me to buy some of the instant packets. safeway had a sale...2 for 1 so i bought two big boxes. of course, my husband never ate any!!!

so i rediscovered them the other day and i added a spoonful of labne (really thick yogurt almost like creme fraiche) and some fresh blueberries (after heating in micro)...really good!

now i'm considering making oatmeal a regular breakfast.

[misstenacity]

This is my favorite recent topic! I'm a porridge JUNKIE.

Almonds & molasses:

I've even posted to my blog disgusting photos of my porridge concoctions, had the same photo be my avatar in the past, and submitted it to the 'regrettable foods' gallery. (Only for the visual aspect, of course)

Photo of porridge

I've previously done Savory Oats/Grains

Currently I like the cocoa ugliness mentioned above, with about one tablespoon cocoa powder and then enough very mild sweetener to just negate the bitterness. Perhaps a teaspoon or so, plus what stevia is present in my protein powder. Of course, salt is added to help the chocolate flavor....

Steel-cut oats freeze wonderfully after being cooked, so if that 45+ minutes is daunting, just make a massive batch and freeze in single portions to be defrosted and topped with condiments of choice... (works for many grains, like barley, et cetera)

Andrea

http://foodpart.com

[thegreatdane]

Prefer steel cut oats, boil water first, add salt, raisins, cranberries.

Typically top with brown sugar, pecans.

Like butter, too.

Sometimes cocoa nibs.

Yum.

[eje]

Count me in as a porridge junkie.

Usually old-fashioned oat meal cooked with walnuts, raisins and honey.

Sometimes, for variety, I'll use dates or mixed chopped dried fruit.

Topped with plain yoghurt.

One good trick is to substitute all or a portion of apple or other fruit juice for the water. Very tasty.

I recently got some wheat germ, which I intend to toast and use as an additional topping. Haven't tried it yet, so we'll see about that one this week.

[Cook456]

I'm a steel cut oats gal..

Mine is made with skim milk, cinnamon, a dash of salt, and some toasted hazelnuts.

i've also made it with vanilla soy milk .

[Lori in PA]

I'm a butter person, but I like a big honking hunk melting into a great pool to be semi-stirred into the oatmeal, steel cut if I have time.

[s_sevilla]

what, no buttermilk???? My favorite has always been buttermilk and brown/muscavado sugar.

[Soupcon]

Based on recommendations in past blogs I have recently been eating oatmeal made with steel cut oats. I will never oatmeal made from any other oats again. Fabulous. My favourite toppings are salt, brown sugar and heavy cream. Yum Yum!!

It sounds like I should also try stiring in a nut of butter... next time.

[DerekW]

Salt in the porridge, treacle [molasses] on the porridge. Just enough milk to allow the porridge to be consumed at otherwise mouth-burning temperature. If the porridge is runny enough to actually absorb any of the milk, well, you must be doing something wrong

That's what they fed me growing up in Scotland. Oddly, I like it much better now than I did then...