• JustEnoughDucks
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    2010 months ago

    Lol what? What list is this?

    All a bunch of corporate brand shilling…

    • good maple syrup

    • Apples & cinnamon

    • banana and walnuts

    • brown sugar and nutmeg

    • blueberries and strawberries when cooking the oats in milk (doesn’t work well with nutmilks)

    • peanut butter oats

    • overnight oats of various forms

    • protein tiramisu oats with cottage cheese

    • mangos

    • chocolate chips and nuts

    All with no brands, all with simple, easy to find foods, tons of variety in types of flavors.

    • @[email protected]
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      510 months ago

      Totally agreed, but I was also surprised not to see raisins on your list! They’re great cooked right along with the oats: they’ll soak up a little water (or milk if you do it that way) and plump back up a bit, and they make for delicious bites. I also usually make steel-cut oats in a rice cooker – they don’t come out quite as delicious with quick oats because they don’t get as much opportunity to suck up water, but they’re still good.

      • memfree
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        310 months ago

        Try some cardamom spice in there, too – but don’t add it until near the end. Cardamom’s flavor dissipates when cooked too long.

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      I like that they listed the brands because some of the ones they mentioned aren’t available in my area - so I like knowing I’d have to travel to get something else.

  • @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    I wasn’t a big oatmeal guy until I realized you don’t actually have to go sweet with your toppings. What I like to do sometimes is avocado, a fried egg, black pepper, and then some sort of salt. I’ve done soy sauce and even hoisin, or shark brand sriracha. Sometimes even those oil-marinated artichoke hearts from a jar.

    Fruit is not the end all.

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      410 months ago

      See also: mushrooms, cheese, onions & garlic. Fried pieces of whatever cured pork is to hand, especially if you’re having an egg in it. Flakes of smoked fish also work well alone or with egg - fling in some chives & chillies for zing & colour.

      Tbh though, a bit of salt was the traditional Scottish way of having oatmeal, with black pepper making an appearance once spices became widely available.

      • @[email protected]
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        310 months ago

        Oooo shit, I didn’t think of those. I’ve got some pork belly I wasn’t sure what to do with.

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    10 months ago

    Olive oil. Makes the oats stand by you much longer. Currents are good too. They add fiber and sweetness. I also add Flax Seed and Wheat Germ. Flax Seed in particular adds fiber too and Omega.

    I also switch Currents for Blue Berries at times. Need a lot more volume for the same fiber though.

    There are different kinds of oats. Quick, Thick Cut, Regular, Steel Cut. I am actually using the thick cut kind of quick oats.

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    10 months ago

    While the oats (steel cut) are cooking, a take a cup of frozen mixed berries out of the freezer, put them in a small pot, add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon of water, bring to a boil, and make a quick compote (or very slack jam). This goes on top of the oatmeal (2 people).

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    210 months ago

    When I’m lazy, I just get a huge scoop of nutella or honey almond butter and mix it in.