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[Neko-chan]

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[freemotion]

You can use any type as long as it is just oats. If you use quick oats, it may end up too mushy for your taste. I like using the thicker oats and we have a roller so we make up our own from whole oat groats. But on the rare occasion that I eat oatmeal, I like a heartier texture.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day all, I like the quick oats as I can "nuke ' them in the micro-wave,when they are cooked I add 3 tablespoons of fruit yogurt(the full fat kind).I also don't mind the U/Tobys little sachets of flavored oats and add the yogurt as well (but then i have a real sweet tooth).

On another question NC,what do they call Golden Syrup in the USA?Thanks also to your reply on the other question(sorry I did not get back to you earlier)..............................T.O.R...................................

 

[Marianne]

Okay, I will give this a try. I have yogurt whey in the freezer (in cubes from ice trays) and I've only used it one time. Most of the time I just stare at it. But I love the idea of oat cakes!

I prefer the heartier oats too, but DH likes the instant. He prefers the little packets too, but I got tired of buying them. I finally got a couple recipes fine tuned for him (man, is he picky about his oatmeal!). I have a couple recipes on my blog for those at
http://2atthefarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/quest-for-perfect-oatmeal.html

Both of us like our oatmeal sweetened with something. I'll cook my oats in the microwave and dump about anything handy into it. Good stuff.

What's Golden Syrup?

 

[Wifezilla]

The only kind of oats I would even considering using would be the steel cut Irish oats that you soak and slow cook. Anything else would send my blood sugar and blood pressure through the roof. Many people with blood sugar issues react to oats the same way they react to drinking a Pepsi. Blood sugar levels easily go over 140 usually in to the 160-180 range. Anything over 140 causes beta cell damage.

 

[calendula]

How funny you mention this recipe, I just made this (well something similar) for dinner last night. Only, I soaked the oats overnight, and then I cooked them in the slowcooker on low while I was at work. It was a quick dinner that worked great for a night that the kids had soccer practice. I added some chopped dried apples to it, and we had a drizzle of maple syrup on it. We had cheese slices with it. Kind of an odd dinner, but it was satisfying.

 

[Henrietta23]

This is the only way I'll eat oats now ! I converted DH from packets too. If he needs it sweeter he adds homemade jam or maple syrup. It took a few mornings but once you're hooked you'll love 'em!

 

[ORChick]

G'day all, I like the quick oats as I can "nuke ' them in the micro-wave,when they are cooked I add 3 tablespoons of fruit yogurt(the full fat kind).I also don't mind the U/Tobys little sachets of flavored oats and add the yogurt as well (but then i have a real sweet tooth).

On another question NC,what do they call Golden Syrup in the USA?Thanks also to your reply on the other question(sorry I did not get back to you earlier)..............................T.O.R...................................

T.O.R. - I'm not Neko-chan, but I can answer your question. We don't call Golden Syrup anything at all, because we don't have it . That is, one can find it in specialty stores, and I do have a jar in the cupboard (but i'm somewhat of an Anglophile ), but it is not a standard American ingredient, and I can't think of anything (except maybe corn syrup, which I don't use, and isn't the same anyway) which could substitute.

 

[moolie]

We have Roger's Golden Syrup here in Canada, I only know this because I needed some for a recipe once (that I never made again, so we just used it up on pancakes and waffles).

And my kids have grown up (14 and 15 at the moment) on real whole flake rolled oats or steel cut oats. They don't take that much longer to cook, and are a snap to heat up now that we're soaking them overnight, and they really stick with you all morning--especially nice for growing teens! My girls like them with maple syrup or berry syrup and fruit or nuts (almonds or hazelnuts) on top.

 

[VickiLynn]

I order Rogers Golden Syrup from Amazon. Love the stuff!