as most of us (if not all of us) have oats in the morning, i woull try to suggest some ways to enjoy oats in different ways. i happen to experiment a lot with oat variations. here are some examples:
mix your oats with water making a sticky but slightly watery (lumpy) mixture. add some olive oil,stirr. preheat oven to approximately 200 celcius. in a non stick pan (skillet, dont know how u call it in the US,sorry) put the mixture, and apply it like you are making a pan cake shape, imagine as the base of a pizza. cook with air in the oven for 30-45 mins, untill it turns golden brown. it will be crispy, so you can enjoy it as a rusk (i am greek-cypriot so we like mediteranean style dishes, and rusks) or you can use it as a pizza base and add fat free cheese, salsa and some dely meet low fat/salt
you can always soak your oats in water overnight (or milk), leave it in the fridge. and in the morning you put it in the blender with whey and maybe frozen fruits. by soaking the oats overnight i found out that they dont have that rough feeling in the neck, as if you would blend them not soaked.
this one is from a book i red:
cook your oats in milk, low heat with a little bit of splenda or sweetener of your choice. when its ready add one scoop vanilla protein, some vanilla or almond extract (or any other extract u like) some cinnamon and serve warm, with some slivered almonds on top. add the protein at the end as i dont think it would be a good idea to cook it with the protein from the beggining. try this cream like oat variation cold as well, put it in the fridge and serve the next day.
another one i ve tried is oat apple pie:
i dont know the amounts exactly as i always calculate by eye.
you will need :
oats
apples (cut and a little bit boiled)
splenda
almonds
cinnamon
2-3 eggs
some sort of milk
canola oil
baking soda or powder i found is not required as oats tend to rise, but fall because they are heavy
mix them all together and bake for half hour and you will have an apple pie thing
another one i saw from LIVESTRONG.COM:
Cinnamazing Pancake
INGREDIENTS: ½ cup oats, ½ cup fat-free cottage cheese, ¾ cup Egg Beaters, ½ tsp. cinnamon, ½ tsp. vanilla extract, ½ scoop vanilla protein powder, 1/8 tsp. baking powder. DIRECTIONS: Mix all the ingredients together in a blender until it resembles pancake batter. Pour onto a non-stick skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
tip. i also added some milk to make the mixture more moist
i hope i helped! i am sorry if my english is not so good
