Tag: oatmeal

No Cook Strawberry Oatmeal to Go (Recipe)

Just put oatmeal and milk in a sealed bowl or Tupperware in the fridge at night and in the morning it’s ready to go. So easy and tastes great! Serves 1 Ingredients 1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats 1 tablespoon chia seeds 2/3 cup unsweetened soy, hemp, or almond milk 1 cup fresh or thawed frozen…


How Does Oatmeal Help With Blood Sugar?

The prebiotic fiber in oats helps to explain why oatmeal can improve diabetic control. It is now widely accepted that diets high in animal fat and processed foods are major risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. And it’s not just animal fat, but animal protein intake intensifies insulin resistance, which predisposes people to type…


Firehouse Chili (with Oatmeal) Recipe

Oatmeal gives a meaty consistency to this tasty, easy, and healthful chili. 1 onion, chopped 1 large bell pepper (red or green), chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 bouillon cubes or 2 teaspoons bouillon granules 1 cup water 1 28-ounce can Italian-style tomatoes, undrained 2 16-ounce cans kidney beans, undrained 1 cup rolled oats (old-fashioned…


Oatmeal Diet Put to the Test for Diabetes Treatment

What are the extraordinary, lasting benefits we may get from a few days of an oatmeal diet? Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. Thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, diabetes was…


Why We Need to Treat Whole Grains With Respect

With the dawn of the industrial age, white flour—once available only to the wealthy—became available to all. By the early 1900s, white bread had largely replaced “coarse” whole-grain bread, and white flour added to sugar and spices resulted in the proliferation of cakes, donuts, and pastries in the diets of both the rich and poor….


Oatmeal? Boring? Not on My Watch

The husband questions a recipe featuring oatmeal. Boring, he says. Challenge accepted. Baking oats over a layer of buttery cinnamon apples proves the opposite of mundane. In fact, some fans (daughter and son) posit this slightly sweet breakfast recipe just might stand in for dessert. Especially if served with a scoop of whipped cream or…


The Secret to Better Oatmeal Is Your Rice Cooker

It’s not that cooking oatmeal the regular way is hard — but rice cooker oatmeal is so much easier. And who wants to spend the time standing over a stove stirring a pot anyways? Plus, most rice cookers also have the benefit of easy-to-clean nonstick pots. That’s right — no more scraping scorched oats off…


Which Is a Better Breakfast—Cereal or Oatmeal?

The remarkable impact of the structure of food beyond nutritional content or composition. “Food structure,” not just nutrient composition, may be “critical for optimal health.” It should come as no surprise that cornflakes and Rice Krispies cause a much greater spike in blood sugars than rice or corn-on-the-cob; but it’s not just the added sugar….


Baked Oatmeal

Tik Tok is the place to be for food trends. The app gave us whipped coffee, feta pasta and that insanely helpful tortilla hack…but the latest craze dominating the internet is oatmeal. Sure, when you think of oatmeal your mind probably wanders to a bowl of soggy oats that your parents convinced you was a top-tier breakfast back in the…


This No-Cook Breakfast Is the Perfect Grab-and-Go Meal in the Morning

It takes just minutes to assemble these healthy, no-cook overnight oats, and you’ll have meal-prepped grab-and-go breakfasts on hand for the rest of the week. Top these delicious vegan oats—inspired by classic cinnamon bun flavors—with fresh or frozen fruit and your favorite nuts and seeds. Cinnamon Roll Overnight Oats Active Time: 5 minutes Total Time:…