In celebration of oatmeal

by Jacki Donaldson (Subscribe to Jacki Donaldson's posts)
Jan 6th 2008 7:00AM

Oats were featured in a You Are What You Eat SuperFood post on Christmas Day. It seemed fitting for those living in cold-weather climates to spotlight a healthy, warm-yourself-up sort of food. And since January finds more people warming up to steaming bowls of oatmeal than any other month -- that's why January is designated National Oatmeal Month -- it seems a great time to spice up this SuperFood with both flavor and nutritional value. These few ideas do just that.

Mix some dried organic blueberries into your piping-hot bowl of oats and add a few walnuts too. Enjoy the boost of antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids these add-ins provide.

Stir in some sliced banana and a spoonful of organic peanut butter to transform your oatmeal into a nutty, potassium-rich extravaganza.

Try some low-fat granola, flaxseed, wheat germ, and sesame seeds next time you serve up your oats.

For a few more oatmeal toppers and some recipes too, visit the Quaker Oatmeal website here.

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Judy 1-06-2008 @ 10:04AM

For a very long time I couldn't eat oatmeal at all. Other foods with oats, yes, but oatmeal's texture made me gag. One day I suddenly got over it, and now I fix oatmeal just about every morning for breakfast. I stir in some kind of fruit (raisins, dried or fresh apples usually, sometimes dried berries), a little cinnamon, and a tiny bit of sweetener and butter, plus some soy milk. YUM! Very filling, and so easy I don't know why more people don't eat oatmeal instead of something like Cheerios.