Wednesday, July 17, 2013

4 Ingredients, 3 ways - flavor up your oatmeal!


‘I am bored with my oatmeal, what else can I do?’

Well tune in – oats are one of the BEST complex carbohydrates to fuel your day and can be made a VARIETY of ways! 

The key ingredients of these meals are all:
1.     Oats
2.     Unsweetened Almond Milk
3.     All Natural, No salt added Almond Butter (try Maranatha Roasted Almond Butter – easy to stir in to things!)
4.     Egg whites

My personal favorite is the good ol’ fashioned way…with a twist!

Creamy Oats and Eggs:
1/3 cup old fashioned oats, quick cooked in micro 2 minutes
½ cup Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk, stirred into oats
1.5 tsp almond butter, stirred into oats
5 egg whites, quick cooked in micro 2 mins (I stir the egg whites INTO my oatmeal – makes it thick, creamy and DELICIOUS!  And is easy to eat on the go!)
Cal:
261.9
Carb:
26.3g
Pro:
22.1g
Fat:
7.6g

Here’s a new take on the classic:

Oatcakes and Southwest Egg Whites:
1/3 cup oats and cinnamon blended in a blender with ¼ cup water
**Place in fridge 5 min if too runny and add water if too thick
Cook on flat top griddle sprayed with cooking spray about 3 min each side
1.5 tsp almond butter (spread evenly between slices)
4-5 egg whites, quick scrambled in micro and 2 TBS fresh pico de gallo stirred in!

Cal:
261.8
Carb:
28.1g
Pro:
17.1g
Fat:
9.3g


Oatmeal Parfait with Egg Whites Italiano:
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
2 TBS unsweetened applesauce or ¼ apple pureed
¼ cup silk unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp cinnamon
** mix above together and place in fridge 1-2 hours or overnight

¼ cup almond milk (mix in morning of)
½ cup raspberries or blueberries
¼ cup plain, lactose free yogurt (try Green Valley Organics or SO Delicious Coconut)
1.5 tsp almond butter
**Pour almond milk over oats, top with yogurt, almond butter and berries!  YUM!  Can also do 1 TBS chopped nuts in place of nut butter
4-5 Egg Whties Italiano – quick scrambled in micro with 1 TBS pasta sauce and ½ cup chopped spinach stirred in

Cal:
298
Carb:
34g
Pro:
24g
Fat:
6.2g

ENJOY!

In Health,
Nutritionista








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