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Comment by wewewedxfgdf

11 hours ago

Oatmeal is food of the gods - BUT only if you don't pollute is with all sorts of add ons.

Oatmeal and milk, nothing more. No fruit no nuts no sugar no honey no sprinkles of whatever. Perfect.

The great thing about oatmeal is you can change the taste easily. Savory, sweet, spiced, aromatic, creamy, chewy, whatever you want.

My go-to is oatmeal with milk and pepper, but some days I want some aged cheddar, or smoked cheddar (mmmm!). Frozen wild blueberries/wineberries for a winter treat. Tumeric, ginger, cinnamon and honey if I'm getting sick. A fried egg and hot sauce if it's a lazy sunday.

Refined sugar might offset the health benefits.

But it's your bowl of oatmeal, do what you want with it. Otherwise, what was that whole punk thing for, really?

If you are taking out the sugar you might as well go all the way and take out the milk.

  • That's what I do, my son often comments that I eat gruel for breakfast.

    What a lot of people don't realise is that the creamy texture comes from the oats rather than the milk.

  • It’s so funny you’re being downvoted, i think it’s just an expression of how much people hate oatmeal and like milk, lol. And also you can pry my milk from my cold dead hands.

Bah. I love putting a layer of frozen blueberries at the bottom of the bowl then layering on piping hot steel cut oats to thaw and warm them up. You’re probably right that I shouldn’t add dried cranberries and a tiny drizzle of maple syrup on top (occasionally with thinly sliced bananas) but I’m happy enough to be wrong about it. I also skip the milk.

  • You're missing out on up to two or three extra months of life by enjoying yourself now! I hope you think about that when you're too old to think about things!

Savory oatmeal is the way to go.

It is a shame that most people's associations with oatmeal is either "bland" or "I've added in so much sugar that I may as well ignore the benefits of oats entirely".

Why no fruits? I eat oatmeal with milk, an apple and some flaxseed each morning. I don't care about the taste but I add the apple because of vitamins. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.