Sowing your oats... breakfast recipes!!

[Paekakboyz]

what are the best sweetener options?? JK only adds 15-20 raisins!! that doesn't seem like heaps!<br />
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Actually having a proper, healthy breakfast is already putting me ahead lol.

[BartMan]

nah, just Ness got told off for eating a trail mix type thing, "do you know how much sugar is in a handful of raisins"!!!<br />
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My weakness is dates, and I read the back of the Pams packet that I can scoff down by accident - think it has a third of my calorie intake for a day, or a bit more actually, can't recall, but it was HEAPS!<br />
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I'm on about 2800 at the moment, plus cheats!!!

[BartMan]

and there is an artificial sweetener, yellow box, in the same section at New World as the cooking stuff - muffin mixes etc. can't remember the bloody name though sorry!<br />
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and it probably isn't that important, a handful isn't much, but wehen you're counting every single calorie, it is!

[Kirwan]

What brand of oats are you guys buying? I tried generic wholegrain oats once and they were terrible. I do like the over-processed Uncle Toby version though <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

[BartMan]

Pams! Or whatever tis on special at New World - harroways (?) too I think, but usually Pams.

[taniwharugby]

I have started actually eating breakfast! I was one of these useless people who had a coffee and maybe toast for brekkie. <br />
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Now have a cereal, may progress to oats, will see what happens as I have made a number of minor changes in my diet since New Year and after a brief hiccup with evacuation issues, things appear back on track.

[JK]

Harroways for me too. Find em great and not too pricey either as go through them pretty quickly.<br />
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Yep raisans are sugary and probably dont really need them if having protein and oats but they do taste bloody good. Always look forward to my proats in the morning!

[allyphint]

Also switched to oats during November. Good to read the recipes here.<br />
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Mine is simple: Oats, raisans, cinnamon. No milk. Just water.

[JK]

Got some pretty funky oats this morning....<br />
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Spotted some flavoured milk in the fridge....chocolate mint. So poor that over some oats to soak in overnight. Interesting flavour but probably a crap load of sugar in there!!!

[Paekakboyz]

Different recipe this morning. Trim milk and a dash of vanilla essence instead of cinnamon. Added in raisins and it was good!

[allyphint]

P.S - Can the smart guys tell me the great thing about cinnamon again, please?<br />
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Too lazy to go search and read it up now.

[JK]

Was running low on milk last night so went with water in my proats.....hell its bland...struggling through. May have put too much in as its runnier than usual and also maybe not enough protein either. Will try again with less water and milk protein powder before i right it off.

[BartMan]

something to do with controlling your blood sugar levels or something, and tasting nice!!<br />
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yes, not too much water, and a decent scoop of protein needed. If your protein is a taste like shit version, you're poked!

[JK]

My protein tastes great with water usually (too sweet with milk) so I'm sure I just got my mix wrong this time.

[Paekakboyz]

One unexpected side effect of this diet change has been the gas!! whoa momma!! Did a bit of reading and oats (esp uncooked) are right up there in the gass producing kai list. Some sites suggest adding oats and those other 'gassy' foods to your diet in small amounts. Guess a cup at a time isn't a small amount : )

[BartMan]

I think your body gets used to it - used to Fart like a trooper every second of the day it seemed. Much more 'normal' again now. That was probably the first few months though, 3 years later normal as a normal thing!

[JK]

haha yeah I got major gas at first from oats and all the extra protein I was forcing in. Ya body does get use to it though over time.<br />
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Had my proats with berry flavoured whey this morning....not bad at all. Will do it again for sure.

[JK]

Fuarkkk!!! The wife must have been doing some cooking as I thought I was sprinkling cinnamon on my oats last night and its turns out it was 5 spice or something funky like that......ROUGH!!!<br />
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Still its my oats....and they are going in!!

[BartMan]

beautiful!!

[kiwiinmelb]

A cup of oats , 2 cups of water , A teaspoon roughly of cinnamon , a good handfull of frozen blueberries , into the microwave , <br />
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Vanilla protein powder with instant milk powder and water in the shaker to pour over the cooked oats , <br />
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very lean and goes down a treat.