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I have written many times before about my one simple mantra for healthy eating – and at this time of year, with the dark late afternoons, falling leaves, dampness and general coldness it is really easy to comfort eat and forget about the basics.
My usual breakfast is a vegetable packed green smoothie, which gets me well on my way to my 5-a-day, for extra bulk I often add a heaped spoon of porridge oats, and come the winter I exchange my smoothie for porridge.
An added benefit of oats is that they contain soluble fibre in the form of beta glucan, in their diets which has been linked to lowering cholesterol. Quaker Oats are running a #FeelingFibrant campaign aiming to get people creative in the kitchen by boosting their fibre intake and creating some oat based recipes. Fibre is an important part of your diet, generally intakes are low in the UK, a good way to reach the 30g of fibre recommended by SACN is to eat a portion of oats every day.
Guidelines from the US also recommend that we eat more wholegrains, aiming for 3 x 16g portions. Quaker oats are 100% wholegrain and a good source of fibre, as well as being delicious and adaptable.
Quaker Oat So Simple was a staple in the days that I had an office job, I kept a box in my desk and could quickly make porridge in the work microwave, simply pour the oats into a microwaveable bowl, use the sachet to measure the milk, mix, cook for two minutes and bingo! Breakfast is served.
Nowadays I make my breakfast at home, and porridge can have endless variations. In a carrot cake inspired twist, I’ve added grated carrot and apple to the oats, as well as some comforting warming spices, then cooked in the microwave for two minutes. Oat So Simple indeed!
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Recipe: Spiced Carrot & Apple Porridge
Ingredients
- 55 g porridge oats or 2 sachets Oat So Simple
- 1 small carrot - peeled and finely grated
- 1 small apple - cored and finely grated
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground mixed spice
- 2 cardamom pods - lightly crushed
- 330 ml milk - I use coconut milk drink - but pick your favourite
To serve
- berries
- maple syrup
- ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Please the oats, apple, carrots, spices and milk in a microwavable bowl and cook well.
- Microwave on full power* for 2 minutes. Stir, cook a little longer if needed.
- Divide between two bowls and garnish with berries, syrup and a pinch of cinnamon to taste.
Notes
Win a three month supply of Quaker Oats porridge sachets plus a three month fruit delivery from Abel & Cole
Quaker Oats have offered a three month supply of Oat So Simple, plus three months of fruit delivery from Able & Cole. For a chance to win simply comment below and let me know your own original ideas for using oats in a recipe. Closes 26th November 2015.
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This blog post was commissioned by Quaker Oats and Foodies100 as part of the Quaker Oats #FeelingFibrant campaign. I was compensated for the cost of ingredients and my time.
Leila Benhamida
I will have it with fresh dates.
JULIET Findlay
try it with honey and banana
pat sokell
Just eating some now…warming me up on this cold morning
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
Sounds very nice. I used to buy Oat So Simple when I was in more of a rush. Will have to try this flavour combination.
Helen
Oat so Simple is great for when you are in a rush.
Julie Tift
I like to make ginger & carrot cookies made with oats for an extra crunch.
Helen
I love oaty biscuits! Ginger and carrot sound amazing.
Maya Russell
A handful sprinkled into a casserole dish will thicken it up if there is too much liquid.
Helen
Another great idea – I’ve never used oats for thickening.
gemma brown
i like to use them to make a very thick soup with tinned tomatoes . i used them instead of lentils once as a teenager and it worked out well :o)
Helen
I usually use cous cous to thicken a soup, oats are an excellent idea!
Lyla
Mix oats with some dessicated coconut, add milk and cook. Decorate with walnut and pineapple pieces. Drizzle with honey to sweeten if required
Helen
How delicious! One to try for breakfast!
Janie
OMG I bet that tastes (and smells) amazing!
With a big batch of oats I would probably make Jonny’s day by knocking up a batch of datey flapjacks :)
Janie x
Helen
Datey flapjacks sound amazing! Send some my way please!
Jackie Wright
Very simple but we add blueberries and natural honey delicious, filling and so good for you.
Helen
I love blueberries at breakfast time!
Susan lloyd
I use it in cakes and fruit crumble toppings
Helen
I love an oaty topped fruit crumble.
Janet Humphrey
oats are great for making low fat greek yogurt even more lovely with fruit and nuts for a filling breakfast
Helen
Great idea Janet!
Roger Stanley
Oats with Sauteed Mushroom,Onion & Thyme
Helen
sounds delicious!
iain maciver
oatcakes
Helen
absolutely! What do you top your oatcakes with?
Karen Hughes
I use oats in healthy pancakes! I mix oats with egg whites, whey protein, milk and mashed banana and fry them in a little coconut oil. They taste great and are totally guilt free, if topped with healthy fruit and not lots of Nutella of course!
Helen
that sounds good, and very easy to make.
Lucy D
Cherry and dark chocolate crumble, with plenty of oats in the crumble topping – a family favourite in our house!
Helen
that sounds delicious Lucy.
T Mulliner
Strange but somehow nice …….
Melanie Kelly
I use them to make a healthy coating for fish i dip in egg then add dip in oats with herbs and grill so good
trevor grifffiths
I’d eat fruit for three months anyway.
Carolynn Woodland
I haven’t got any ‘original’ ideas but I do love my oats!
Lauren
I love making banana and peanut butter porridge and really want to try making pancakes with the leftovers!
Amber H.
Lovely! I dig how sweet carrots can be!
GEOFF WICKENS
MY WIFE HAS PORRIDGE WITH YOGHURT AND FRESH FRUIT
esther daniels
I love to make chocolate chip and nutty oat bars a real treat.
katherine nichols
A very tasty prize
Eva Vida
I love it with peanut butter and some nuts
Barbara
I would make some lovely oat biscuits to eat with cheese and fruit for Xmas.
aj
I use them in baking.
LynneH
I use them in pumpkin and oatmeal flapjacks. Healthy and delicious
Michelle Phillips
I like to put Cadbury’s Fudge hot chocolate in my porridge and the top with banana. A little less healthy, but so yummy
Julie D
oaty flapjacks!
Trish Evans
Porridge with dried apricots, cinnamon and vanilla :)
Esma Blackwell
Chocolate and peanut flatjack its Delicious
Grace Pearce
I use oats to make healthy waffle cookies
Ingredients: 1 small ripe banana, 1 egg, ¾-1 cup oats, 2 packets stevia (optional), 2 tablespoons raisins or chocolate chips (optional), pinch cinnamon (optional)
Method:
Heat Waffle iron to medium heat.
Place all ingredients (except raisins or chocolate chips) into a mini blender.
Coat the iron with coconut oil cooking spray.
Spoon batter onto iron.
Cook for 3-4 minutes, or until cooked through.
Absolutely love this recipe, live by it!
liz denial
I’d make some Banoffee choc chip cookies using raw organic coconut sugar to add the toffee flavour & mashed banana mixed with the quaker oats with nutmeg & cinnamon for added flavour & white chocolate chips
sophie southon
Hi I use oats ground up instead of flour! Adds protein and a lovely texture. I use them instead of flour in most recipes, but the best is pancakes with apricots chop up in the batter. So lush
Sue McCarthy
I add oats when I make a Bird Cake – for the birds when it’s extremely cold weather or snowing
Yvo
Anzac biscuits with golden syrup and coconut as well
Rebecca Williams
I love flapjacks :)
sue
oats are delicious in a banana and honey smoothie,
a perfect pick me up.
Jan Kirkcaldy
I make what I call Cheesy chilli and garlic oatburgers by mixing grated cheese, crushed garlic and chopped chilli with porridge oats and a beaten egg. Mould into “burgers”, coat with more oats if needed and barbeque or fry. Made them originally for visiting vegetarians but everyone seems to like them
Tanya Connolly
I always use oats in Apple Crumble topping – much better then flour and has a thicker texture!
Karis
Delicious oaty biscuits.
Andrea Fletcher
We like flapjacks made with oats and dried cranberries, apricots and sultanas added or some ginger or cinnamon.
joanne darnell
i just love oats and honey in yoghurt
Chris Davies
Recently I’ve used oats to make Flapjack with peanut butter, honey, banana and flax seeds
Jean Y
I add oats to a fruit crumble topping.
June Element
Coconut and banana
ELAINE DALE
you use oats in Yorkshire parkin
laura stewart
i use oats in my apple and pear crumble xx lovely x
Andrew Ingold
Yum Yum!!
Iona Cornish
I will eat mine with a banana
Graham
Cook the oats in milk till thick and stir in chopped or dry fruit. Cool and set over night in the fridge. Cut into thick firm slices or blocks in the morning and fry in a little oil till golden and crispy on the outside and warm and soft inside.
Debbie Preston
I love flapjack as well as porridge with fruit compote
julie feathers
Oat toppings used instead of a normal crumble is great adds a bit of crunch to apple or rhubarb crumble
Steve
Biscuits
6oz butter
4oz sugar (either granulated or soft brown)
2oz cornflour
2oz porridge oats
2oz plain flour
1 tablespoon milk
half teaspoon salt
Cream together butter and sugar, then mix in the milk. In a separate bowl, mix together everything else.
Combine the contents of both bowls in one and mix well, then roll out the resulting mix on a floured working surface until it’s about 6mil thick or whatever thickness you like your biscuits.
Cut into your desired shape and size and carefully place on a buttered and floured tray – rub a bit of butter on a tray then shake a little flour on it – bake at 180c for about 10-15 minutes or until a light brown colour.
Carefully remove from tray and put on a wire rack until cool – be careful because they will very easily break while still hot or warm
EMMA WALTERS
oats are perfect for coating chicken nuggets
Gerald Thomas
my wife eats it every day either with pure brown cane sugar or a dollop of honey.
My recipe is the plain and simple flap jacks in a hurry
Sandra Lane
I make a lovely sweet bread with cranberries and orange zest and I add some oats to give it some texture.
Carol M
I add oats in place of some flour in bread to make a more substantial loaf.
Joanne Hutchings
I have a special chocolate chip cookie recipe that includes oats for chewiness.
sarah rees
mine would have to be with cherries, they are my favourite
Emma Nixon
Oaty flapjacks with apricots. Great for a mid morning snack
Helen Garner
I’m all about the berries in my porridge :)
Emma Ellams
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies :)
Annette Oliver
With honey and chocolate chips
Jo Jones
This sounds delicious so I would love to win it & healthy too
Lucy I
Using oats in the topping for a rhubarb crumble
karen latif
I grate apples then pour oats over them
Jen Nixon
In a crumble topping mix, extra crunchy texture
Kelly Glen
As a topping on a plum crumble
kate philpott
i mix mine with a mullerlight yogurt raspberries and 1 egg and bake soooooo nice
ruth steel
I add oats to my fruit crumble topping .It gives it a lovely crunch.
Hanne Holm
Leftover porridge makes lovely drop scones – dust with cinnamon & serve with apple compote for a seasonal treat.
Sue C
I use oats in my meat loaf instead of breadcrumbs and also for meatballs texture and flavour is so much better :)
Rachel Craig
Oatcakes : delicious with cheese spread.
Janet B
i often layer oats with yogurt and berries and leave in the fridge over night. its a great breakfast to take to work if your mornings are hectic like mine!
Janice Dunn
I have my oats so simple with a spoonful of jam, sometimes with sliced banana or some crunchy granola. Oats so simple tastes good with everything :)
andrea tinkler
I love putting in natural yoghurt with fruit. I have consodered making oat cakes, but looking for a recipe thats sounds more moist as tend to be dry
Lisa T
cranachan is gorgeous, oats, cream, crowdie, honey and raspberries
Tracey Whittle
I love oats with cooked apple and a pinch of cinnamon for breakfast, but family favourite would be flapjacks
Lisa McGreevy
I use oats as part of a fruit crumble topping, but you can also make it a topping to a gratin, just add some cheese or add to stuffing.
Emma Bradshaw
I often make a layered dessert with natural yogurt, fruit and oats sprinkled on the top – even the children love it!
Mrs Rachel Heap
I love to make oat cakes
Rosie
I love oats. My son makes fab energy bars with oats and seeds and some dried fruit. (whatever is in the cupboard-cranberries, dates, apricots etc) Love oats on crumbles and any form of oaty biscuit. YUM.
Sarah
Looks yum!
sue hoey
i use oats to thicken sauces as well as adding to yoghurt overnight to add to whatever fruit i have in for breakfast
kate knight
Use oats as a topping for a crumble
Diana Maxwell
I love oat based biscuits.
tracey hunt
i would make flapjacks, they’re so yummy
C. Sadler
I use mine to make the most yummy flapjacks
William Gould
Wife some lovely biscuits called Crunchies using rolled oats, flour, lard, margerine, sugar, golden syrup, water and vanilla essence!
CAROLINE WATSON
i love porridge with prunes!
Kamara H
Whilst I love porridge and have it most mornings, I also enjoy using oats and two mashed bananas to make ‘cookies’ in the oven. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and some berries and they come out absolutely delicious.
Derek Younger
I love porridge
sarah brooker
I use some to make the crumble for my apples.
Jo Young
I make some really lovely melting moments with oats!
Donna Craggs
I love mine with fresh blueberries or pomegrante seeds.
Eileen Tingle
I use oats when making bread
sue hodges
I add oats to any crumbles or make oat cookies adding either raisins, chopped apricots, chopped nuts, coconut, chocolate chips, peanut butter or anything that’s in the cupboard really – oat cookies go well with anything
Mary Baldwin
I mix oats in with crumble mix – gives a lovely texture and flavour.
Tanya Camilleri
I like to use oats in smoothies. banana, berries, oats and honey is my fave
Rachel Stephenson
Pineapple oat muffins with an icing top and dried pineapple.
Ruth Davies
These are just so handy – Work home with the kids I love putting pineapple in mine
Lola Bellouere
Oat, banana and honey bake mmmm quick breakfast bite, great as a snack or dessert with vanilla ice cream x
Julie Booth
I use oats in soups and casseroles to add goodness and to thicken them.
Graham Ross
I like it with chopped bananas
Sarah Spencer
I’m a huge fan of oats, and I use them in many different dishes. I add them to my crumble mix, use as base to make my own muesli and of course porridge.
I’ve experimented with a baked porridge type idea too. Combine oats, milk, a ltitle sugar, a hint of cinnamon, grate in some apple and chuck in some frozen blueberries. Scatter some sliced almonds over the top and bake until it’s just going crispy around the edges. Takes just a few minutes to prepare…
Tracy Gladman
I love using them in a crumble mix, puts goodness in.
Laura Asplin
we make our own bread and we add some oats into the recipe
Phil M
I’m a simple kind of guy (simpleton ?). Sultanas & Honey, with a pinch of cinnamon.
carole n
I like to use oats to make oaty cakes
claire woods
In flapjacks.
Anthony G
Instead of digestives, you can use oats for the base when making cheesecake. Not very original perhaps, but effective! Once baked, the oat base can be quite sweet, so if you don’t have a very sweet tooth, a fruity cheesecake might be a better option (blueberry? Mmm!)
Vicki Macdonald
Flapjacks are our families favourite way to use oats, but also delicious in crumbles too
David Clarke
Flapjack with bit of honey to soft it and sweeter instead of sugar :P
KIRAN CHANNA
Banana Bake
60g Oats, 1x Banana mashed, 60mL Milk, 10g Peanut Butter, 1 tsp sugar. Mix it all up.
Bake in the oven for 20 min.
Can also top with fresh fruit
Super tasty and super healthy :)
Karen Laing
I make oat pancakes,much healthier but I have to admit they’re not really what children like,this is one for grown-ups.You can have them with any thing you like but I like them with raspberries and blueberries which have been warmed in the microwave with some honey which reduces the sharpness of the raspberries.Absolutely delicious x
Ruth Harwood
A few in my dumplings make them taste extra gorgeous, especially when cooked above the casserole xx
richard williams
I use oats to make cookies with honey, butter and an added ingredient to ring the changes, sometimes cardamom, or dried cranberries, or cinnamon (I know, not very original), dried apple, whatever takes my fancy and whatever I happen to have in the cupboard. Sometimes I’ll swop the honey for treacle or golden syrup. Perfect with a morning cuppa.
Pat Healy
I love strawberries or blue berries
Sue C
Since my sister and I were little, we’ve had a family recipe ‘revel bars’…mix oats, flour, baking soda, butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla together and put in base of a dish. Top with melted chocolate, condensed milk and butter. Then dot with a bit more of the oat mixture. Bake & cat into bars. It’s truely gorgeous!!
christina kennedy
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup almond butter
1 cup finely chopped pitted dates
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or your favourite flavour
Blitz & toll in to cocoa powder or coconut
Lauren Old
Porridge with puréed blueberries and apples
carol phile
Blitz porridge oats into a breadcrumb texture and use to coat chicken or fish with spices to taste, then fry.
Emily
Quaker oats with banana, fresh double cream and vanilla sugar- bliss
Ian Youngman
Oats as a topping on apple crumble
claire wilkinson
i add it to crumble and flapjacks
mrs sharron page
Porridge with blueberries and golden syrup
Greig spencer
I USE OATS IN MY APPLE CRUMBLE FOR THAT EXTRA CRUNCH! YUMMY
Heather Haigh
I like to mix oats into a crumble topping. A pear, quince and maple crumble with an oaty topping, sweetened with brown sugar and sprinkled with almonds is especially nice.
JENNY MACE
Love oats as they help to lower cholesterol – I use oats and oat flour a lot in baking. They certainly make a delicious, crunchy Crumble Topping (either sweet or savoury) – I always gets lots of good feedback! x
Chris Bell
I haven’t got any great ideas for using oats as I’m not much of a cook, but in my porridges I do like to break up those lotus caramelised biscuits and crumble it over my porridge! It is lovely!
David Douglas
Got to be with a little bit of sugar
nicola
Lovely just as they are
fiona barnes
I LOVE using oats for Savoury cooking!!!!!!!
My favourite is oats with lightly fried mixed mushrooms & shallots xxx
Kind of like an oat risotto xxxx Add some fresh thyme, garlic & grated emmenthal!!
LUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cook oats in seasoned water for around 30 minutes x
Sautee everything else in olive oil in a shallow fry pan xxx
COMBINE AND COOK OFF xxx Try it! It’s yummy!!!
Caroline Blaza
With strawberries. Lush x
Sadiyya maryam
Hi, some lovely ideas here.In the winter months I encourage my young daughter to have oatmeal porridge before school. I cut up different fresh fruit lime peaches, berries and banana and dried fruits like apricots and raisins and she decorates the porridge making faces and pictures. Makes breakfast fun and healthy.
don erwood
Peanut/Cashew butter with dark agave nectar
Jane
I love porridge with either a) Blueberries & Raspberries or b) Banana & peanut butter
John Jones
Fresh figs, honey and a little cream make oats an indulgent breakfast or anytime snack
Anita Snow
I love to use them to make flapjacks. All you need is some butter, banana and some salted caramel to make a twist on banoffee – banaramel flapjacks :)
tarbs gill
Bit of orange juice and dates
Suzanne Gaulton
Traditional for me – homemade flapjacks every time – loads of different flavours. Yummy!
Lynsey Ellard
I make my oats into over night oats, soaking them in yoghurt and honey, then adding chunky pieces of fruit in the morning!
Liz
Oat and fruit bars are lovely
kellyjo walters
I make breakfast oat bars…
300g oats
4 bananas
2 tbs honey
2tbs coconut oil
2 tbs peanut butter
hand full of frozen fruits berries etc
2 tbs linseeds
melt the oil butter and honey mix to the dry ingredients mix, add the fruits oven bake for 20 mins…
perfect healthy breakfast bars
Jo Meichtry
I love Oats So Simple on cold mornings but the best thing to make with oats are flapjacks but not very original!
Sarah Tomlinson
I use oats, coconut milk and cocoa. Mix all together and leave over night in fridge for a yummy breakfast. I usually add chia seeds and dry fruit.
Karen Lloyd
I saw this recipe idea on an American Recipe site once and it’s delicious. Carrot cake porridge just add some grated carrot, cinnamon and honey to your usual porridge mix when cooking.
Suzanne Brown
I don’t have anything original, but porridge with sultana’s , cinnamon and brown sugar is always lovely and Christmassy feeling for me.
Karen Dixon
With strawberries
MANDY DOHERTY
Oat, leek and pecorino scones, these are a favourite in our house
Sheri Darby
Makes a wonderful flapjack topping on a crunble
Emma Howard
I love overnight oats for breakfast: layer oats, frozen berries and yogurt into a container and leave overnight in the fridge. Stir and eat!
Louise Eaton
I soak mine overnight with natural yoghurt topped with frozen berries an in morning all the yoghurt has soaked through the oats an finish off with a drizzle of honey yum yum
Kristy Brown
Oats soaked overnight in water with blueberries, flattened out into ‘burgers’ and grilled for breakfast! Yumm
Tim
Oats are good in a chilli con carne. Gives a bit of a different texture and can help if you’re trying to cut down on red meat as it will let you use a smaller portion of mince.
Amanda Deacon
I like to make oat and honey cookies, I add banana sometimes. I’m going try to add apple next time. I don’t think it’s original but my son loves them
Angie Hoggett
I like to use some oats in my shortbread recipe to give it more crunch, paired with orange zest and pistachio it’s delicious with a cup of tea
joanne atkinson
I put oats in my breakfast smoothie, makes it more satisfying and keeps the hunger caged up till lunch time.
Diane Jackson
I like to use oats in a face mask recipe
olivia Kirby
I use over ripe bananas and make banana oat cookie bites! Great snack and so easy!
Teresa
Why haven’t I thought of carrot porridge before? Great idea!
elaine stokes
we add oats to a chilli or a Bolognese to bulk out the meat, great value cooking this way
miriam pereira
In a banana and strawberry smoothie
tiffany wills
I love it with honey and banana
nikki tucker
i add blueberries and a seed hemp mix to mine as i am a vegan, I also use soya milk to up my calcium and protein
Mel Crossan
oats are so versatile, at the moment i love baking oat and blueberry muffin i make them the right size to fit in my daughters blazer pocket so i know she will eat before lunch!
Victoria Wise
Blended oats, cottage cheese, milk and strawberries make a fantastic protein shake!
Charlotte Hood
I like to use oats as part of a crumble topping – it adds extra texture and taste and I can pretend the crumble is healthier!
Ian Palmer
I add a handful of oats to my shepherd’s pie, you don’t notice it and it goes further.
Kat Glynn
I had some breakfast eggs in a hotel in Scotland. They were basically a warm scotch egg that was runny in the middle, but the outside was porridge oats rather than bread crumbs. Tasted lovely! x
richard scholfield
Cocoa powder and red chillies
Holly mercer
Chopped bananas and honey or maple syrup is my favourite, sometimes I chop in some peach ad well if I’m feeling decadent ;-)
Leanne B
Hot porridge with honey, chopped dates & pomegranate :)
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
Oaty berry flapjacks
donna l jones
love it with honey
Angela Kelly
I just love oaty flapjacks
Daphne Mueller
I use either tinned peaches or mandarins from the fridge, helps cool the porridge enough to eat, tinned fruit is cheap.
Also this time of year I cook a punnet of plums chopped with a drop of water and a touch of sugar, I also cool this in the fridge ready
Keith Hunt
I had some meat loaf that had oats in it when i was in the USA.
Laura Walker
I like oats in breakfast muffins
Romana Richards
I tend to use it as a mix with beef in meatballs. It makes the mince go further and is relatively cheap and healthy.
Donna Caldwell
Love oats so simple with plenty of blueberries and natural yoghurt
Anthea Holloway
I use oats and glitter for Reindeer Food – with the children’s (or grandchildren’s) help, mix oats and glitter together in a jar and shake well. Then go outside on Christmas Eve and sprinkle them across the lawn. Santa’s reindeer will see the glitter sparkling in the moonlight as they cross the sky and they will be tempted by the oats and definitely come down to your house. While they are eating the oats, Santa will deliver the presents. In the morning you might see a bit of glitter on the lawn but you will never find any oats!!!
hannah massingham
I add a little honey and some some cinnamon to my oats so simple in the mornings
Stacey Leigh
I love to use oats for the topping of my crumbles. Once I used it once I’ve never gone back, thanks Nan! xx
Glenn Marvell-James
Banana & Honey
Mary Chez
I use oats in flapacks and in crumble toppings
Victoria Savill
I mix oats with coconut oil, maple syrup, cacao and flaxseed. then chill and cut into bitesize pieces – delicious!
Soo Moon
Original or Syrup is good for me
Emily Greentree
I would make a healthy crumble by stewing fruit and then toasting oats and sprinkle over the top with a tiny bit of brown sugar and cinnamon.
Cherry Newby
I use oats in many different things – as a bircher style muesli with oats soaked in apple and lime juice along with sultanas over night and then added to with natural yoghurt for breakfast – and also in my banana cake to add some texture.
Sharon H
I use oats to make healthier muffins with banana and walnuts.
Layla Thomas
I use them in chocolate chip raisin cookies.
Kimberley H
I use them to make american style chocolate chip cookies. You can even freeze the dough in balls and store them for ages until you want asnack :)
pam Hutchinson kelly-
Porridge with syrup chocolate and banana hmmm
Nat thomason
With maple syrup
Cara Bemrose-williams
I like porridge with cinnamon, honey, sultanas and chopped dried apricots – yum :)
Sylvia Gill
I use oats all the time in my own museli bars, with dates, nits, seeds, honey coconut oil, baked till golden, then drizzled with 75% dark chocolate… yum !
Olga carpente
A great idea love the they are so easy to make as I never have much time in the morning when I work
Christine Howorth
I buy it all the time, I love a warming bowl before my evening shift
Stephanie Whitehouse
Apple Jack – like a flapjack, but double the brown sugar, add a tablespoon of cocoa and chopped apple.
Lara Latchem
Breakfast flapjacks are my favorite thing to do with oats
George Brown
oats are the nourishing thing of today
Caroline Lunchbox World
For me it has to be golden flapjacks. No sooner do I make a batch for the lunchboxes, they are eaten within 24 hours – a simple recipe of butter, golden syrup, oats, brown sugar (or Demerara) and baked in the oven. Delicious X
Avs
Flapjacks are my favourite – work every time
Lol
Crumble toppings
adrian price
oat so simple—great with apple and ginger
Lorraine Stone
I would make OAT BREAD.
Pauline Dring
I make Golden Slices. They include oats, grated carrots, grated cheese and chives, mixed together with melted butter and baked in the oven. I cut them into small squares or you can cut them into thin shapes which look just like fish fingers
Allan Wilson
I like to make oatcakes with added honey whilst making to add a bit of sweetness
Claire Appleton
I love them with chocolate chips & walnuts as a special treat! But if im feeling healthy I like them with raspberries :)
Donna W
I like to use oats with dried fruit and nuts as an alternative topping for a fruit crumble.
Alexander Winton
with blueberries and cinnomon
zoe calloway
lovely for these cold winter morinings my children love it also
lynn neal
Strawberries
AnnaE
Honey and Cinnamen
Catriona Hutchinson
I like to bake fruits with cinnamon and nutmeg and then top with oats to make a kind of breakfasty crumble
Sabine Bassler
One of my earliest food memories is eating oats with chocolate milk. Now I love my porridge with golden syrup and fresh berries. And oats are a key ingredient in one of my favourite Christmas biscuits, making them nice and crunchy on the top.
Amy Jo McLellan
As long as my oats are with honey, I think they’re lovely :)
claire little
Oat Cookies
Susan B
Put a handful of oats and a tablespoon of mixed nuts in a blender with a cup of any non-dairy milk (sweetened with a little honey or maple syrup if you like) and you have a delicious and filling breakfast on the run.
adena mullis
I love to make oat and banana loaf cake. absolutely yummy
Harriet King
Really Simple, honey, Cinnamon and pecans =)
lia sturman
love it with honey and banana
barbara snaith
I use oats in my autumn berry crumble topping
Alison Barker
Mixed berries and maple syrup
Erica Price
Bananas, honey and maple syrup
Kim Styles
I mix semolina ,oats garlic, rosemary,sea salt and a tiny drop of vanilla essence in the pestle and mortar and then rub onto the par boiled potatoes before I pop them in the oven on Christmas Day for delicious crispy roast potatoes
Gloria C
Honey flapjacks :)
Mark Williams
Flapjacks!
jessica cook
I make great fruit packed flapjacks for the kids, with apple, raisins, honey, oats and cherries, sometimes i add pumpkin seeds too, the kids love them and they are full of goodness and flavour
Tamsin Dean
don’t have anything really, but do love it with fruit on a moarning
Karen Howden
love it with our home grown local honey
Angela Paull
I always use porridge oats in my crumble toppings :-)
Sarahann Tonner
I use oats in my cheesecake bases. To do this, I mix flour, oats, baking powder, sugar and butter until I get a crumbly texture. I then make a cheesecake topping (usually with cream cheese) and finish the top off with fruit. I love using oats in my cheesecake base as I love the flavour and texture that the oats give.
Keith Dixon
Muesli with oats, fresh fruit, mollasses and yoghurt
Kate Sabin-Burns
As the topping on a crumble
Andrew Fearon
Oaty butter biscuits fresh from the oven!
Philippa
I recently used oats in a vegetarian roast for some friends of mine. It was really good with lentils as well, and even my meat eating friends gave it a go! Oats are ace ;)
Cerys John
Cornflake and oaty chocolate slices!
Julie
I add a handful to my own homemade soup.
Pamela Cooper
Oats with prunes
Caroline Signey
Put some in a smoothie, tastes lovely
Fiona K
probably not that original but I like banana in my porridge. I also often add a scoop of muesli to my porridge, to give it a bit of extra bite.
Ellie Jacobs
On My new health kick, I put oats into one of my favourite smoothies.
Hazelnut mik
Vanilla esssense
Oats,
Banana
The oats give it extra body as well as the slow release energy to kick start my day x
leonie owen
oats go well in bulking up meals such as chilli or spag bol
LORRAINE ANDERSON
Christmas smoothie
clementine juice
porridge oats
frozen blueberries
ripe pears, peeled
honey
mixed spice
Put all the ingredients in a food mixer and blend together. (If you have time, soak the oats in the clementine juice for 10 minutes to soften them for a super smooth smoothie.)
Victoria Prince
I like to mix oats with some butter and cheese and use them to top tuna bake, cauliflower cheese..etc :)
Mary Martin
I add some Goji berries to Quaker oats add milk and two minutes in the microwave. When cooked add a small yogurt to make it creamy sprinkle on a few blueberries and two chopped dried apricots keeps me going until my dinner in the evening-so yummy.
Elaine Livingstone
my favourite way is fridge porridge with almond and coconut milk with added sultanas
Gemma Holland
I love to Make a great big batch of coconut oat pudding for winter evenings, just like rice pudding, but with oats instead. Delicious
Karen Richards
I love to add blueberries and strawberries. I also make callbacks.
Lora
Just had a lovely shepherds pie for dinner with oats mixed in to the lamb mince. It bulks it up and gives it a nice texture
ellie spider
we use oats in our banana and nut muffin recipe – we got the recipe book at a yard sale in the USA about 20 years ago and often struggle to make the amazing desserts in it as they ask for loads of random items we just cant get in the uk – the oaty banana nut muffins are one of the few we can do with UK alternatives and they taste great
emma speers
Breakfast on the go – the night before make a pot of porridge with yoghurt, honey, fresh berries, grated apple, mixed spice and some goji berries. Pop in the fridge and the following day you eat it cold on the go
claire matthews-curtis
I love oaty biscuits with fruit in
angela edmonds
I use them for making a cherry flapjack tray bake x
Jill fairbank
With nuts and banana
Teresa
I use them for savoury crumble toppings, like for root vegetable and cider gratin
Hannah Read
My children and I just throw in a handful of resins and some honey, my son eats porridge like there is no tomorrow.
zoe somerfield
I make flapjacks with them
Nicola Holland
Love creamy oats porridge with honey!
Diane Nicholl
I cook fresh blueberries in maple syrup and pour them over the porridge.
Rebecca Mercer
I have it with honey
Charlotte Bell
I do honey, mixed nuts and banana in my porridge!
Gareth Evans
I use oats to coat a banana before I gently fry it in walnut oil and honey
serve with clotted cream
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steph lenehan
what good ideas. its my daughters favourite supper I will show her this page after school so she can get carative
Hayley Lynch
Instead of a normal crumble topping use oats honey and cinnamon
Paul Meulen
I like making my own oat milk and then using it to replace dairy milk in other recipes,
HazelY
I love to use them as a healthier alternative to a crumble topping.
Michelle Wild
Plum oat drop biscuits.
Sheena Taylor
love mine with cinnamon. would love to win this prize
lorraine Evemy
I LOVE TO USE OATS IN A NICE FRUIT CRUMBLE .IT ADDS A LITTLE CRUNCH TO THE TOPPING. AND OF COURSE PORRIDGE, MADE WITH HONEY,A GREAT HEALTHY BREASTFAST TO SEE ME THROUGH TO LUNCH XX
michaela atkins
my kids like banana and chocolate
Emily Hutchinson
As a crumble topping for a pasta bake
ELLIE THATCHER
Im just boring, and like them in porridge or flap jacks!
L Williams
I love maple syrup and ginger in my porridge, lovely!
will griffiths
Sounds tasty, best way to start the day
Catriona nation
I love it with golden syrup and raisins or dried apricots
Olga carpente
Like it with banana
Olga carpenter
I like banana
LORRAINE FLETCHER
nothing wrong with a good old flapjack
liz ferguson
i like my poridge salted x
Julie Brooke
Love oats with blueberries
Denielle Nicol
I love it with a mix of summer berries
Allan Fullarton
With honey.
champaklal lad
with banana and syrup
Rachel McMillan
I make some very popular oat and raisin cookies that never last very long
Dawn Chapman
It would be banana and maple syrup!
Alix Smith
I love making homemade cereal bars using oats & dried fruit. So yummy!
Laura Vitty
I love using oats in flapjacks and breakfast muffins :)
Natalie Gillham
I dont have any original ideas but love to make oat biscuits :)
Chris Fletcher
A recent recipe I learnt using oats was spicy oaty omelettes from an Indian friend! Very nice and very filling!
kelly holden
I love putting porridge in my morning fruit shakes
Sarah Gray
I love oat cookies. Really filling and scrumptious. x
Eva Appleby
I have it with Honey & nuts
Melanie Burton
I would make fat free oat biscuits. Yum
Hazel Lemar
Oats provide a lovely texture in a crumble topping.
Lynn
I like oats in a savoury crumble top on a root vegetable bake.
I tend to make instant microwaved porridge with ordinary porridge oats rather than high speed ones.