5 Delicious Oats Recipes for Breakfast

Here are healthy oats recipes for breakfast that you can choose from.  Vary your breakfast choices to appease your palate and yet done in a healthy way. Enjoy.

Health Benefits of Eating Oats:  If you include oats in your diet, it can provide you with important health benefits as discovered in recent scientific research. 

1. Good for the Heart: One of the sources of dietary fiber is oatmeal and oat bran which has been proven effective in lowering blood cholesterol.
2. Helps Diabetes:  Eating oats can spread the rise in blood sugars over a period of time. 
3. Prevents Cancer: Oats, like other grains and vegetables, contain hundreds of phytochemicals (plant chemicals) known to reduce a person's risk of getting cancer.
4. Helps Patients with High Blood Pressure: A daily serving of whole oats rich in soluble fibre can reduce hypertension, or high blood pressure
5. Eating oats (which have a high fiber content) helps a person keep his bowel movements regular. 
6. For weight control
   

(This recipe yields 1 serving)

• 1 cup water (or milk for creamier oatmeal)
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons chopped apple
• 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon apple pie spice (or cinnamon)
• 2 teaspoons chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the oats and salt. As soon as the water begins to boil again, reduce the heat to a simmer. Continue cooking - stirring occasionally - for 5 minutes or until you get your desired consistency.

In a small bowl, combine the chopped apple, brown sugar and spice. Stir until the apples are coated with sugar.

Dollop oatmeal into a serving bowl and top with the apple mixture and, if desired, crushed nuts.

For a more complete (although nutritionally inadvisable) apple pie experience, top it all off with a heaping Tablespoon of vanilla ice cream.

You can make your own apple pie spice at home by combining 4 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 teaspoons nutmeg and 1 teaspoon cardamom.

Source: Apple Pie Oatmeal

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Oats
1/2 cup chopped Apples-peeled
1/4 cup Raisins
1/4 cup Skimmed Milk
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 cup Water
Salt to taste

Method:

1. In a vessel, boil the water with salt.
2. Add the oats, apples, raisins and cinnamon powder, mix well.
3. Simmer in low heat and cook for 3-4 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat and keep aside for 2 minutes.
5. Serve the oatmeal with the skimmed milk.

Source: South Indian Fruity Oatmeal

Ingredients

• 8 cups of rolled oats
• 2 cups lightly crushed walnut halves
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• 2 cups lightly crushed whole hazelnuts
• ½ cup flax seeds
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup sesame seeds
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup sultanas

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients except the dried fruit into baking dishes
2. Bake at 300 °F for 15 minutes
3. Stir and continue baking for 10 minutes
4. Repeat step 3 four or five times or until oats have browned slightly. Its easy to burn or overcook it resulting in a slightly bitter flavour. The oats only need to brown a little
5. Allow muesli to cool, then mix in dried fruit

Source: Oatmaster Muesli

Traditional waffles are a butter-laden, high-carb indulgence, but they make the transition to good fats and smart carbs beautifully, yielding crisp, nutty-tasting waffles with all the sweet pleasure of the original. The batter can also be used for pancakes.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2/3 cup whole-wheat flour
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup toasted wheat germ, or cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation:

1. Mix buttermilk and oats in a medium bowl; let stand for 15 minutes.
2. Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, wheat germ (or cornmeal), baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
3. Stir eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla into the oat mixture. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; mix with a rubber spatula just until moistened.
4. Coat a waffle iron with cooking spray and preheat. Spoon in enough batter to cover three-fourths of the surface (about 2/3 cup for an 8-by-8-inch waffle iron). Cook until waffles are crisp and golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.

8 servings, 2 waffles each

Source: Multi-grain Waffles

Ingredients:

·  1 1/4 cups whole grain pastry flour

·  3/4 cup old-fashioned oats

·  3 tablespoons old-fashioned oats

·  1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

·  1/2 teaspoon baking soda

·  1/4 teaspoon salt

·  1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt

·  2 large eggs

·  1/4 cup packed brown sugar

·  1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

·  2 tablespoons canola oil

·  1 cup frozen unsweetened raspberries (unthawed)

Directions:

1.Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.

2.In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 3/4 cup of the oats, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the yogurt, eggs, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the oil until smooth; fold in the raspberries.

3.Add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients and stir gently just to mix. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 3 tablespoons oats and the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Sprinkle a heaping teaspoon of the oat topping over each muffin cup.

4.Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the muffins are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Turn the muffins out onto a wire rack to cool. These are best served warm.

Source:  Raspberry-oat muffins

Eat oats today for a healthier you! Have a great breakfast!