Once and for all which oatmeal?

[jojo77]

I heard quaker oats instant oatmeal isn't good for you. So how about regular quaker oats oatmeal? Then I heard steel cut oats is the best. I tried it today and it took forever to cook and it's pretty chewy.

So which oatmeal is healthy but easy to cook and eat??

 

[eurorides]

????????????? never hard that...i get instant oats from vons,

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

I buy McCann's Irish Steel Cut Oats. They come in a round tin and are grey and silver... only one store in my whole town sell them in England (In the import section) but I know you can get them in america cos I think these are imported from America cos of the address and the format of the nutritional info on the back

 

[MissChris]

Whatever oatmeal has the following as its only ingredients is the one to eat:

-100% rolled oats

That rules out the instant variety, no matter what brand (Quaker or otherwise); however, the old-fashioned variety of any brand is decent (just check the ingredients), although some oats are less hulled than others (thus they retain more fiber), which you can tell by the thickness and consistency. Old-fashioned oats also cook more quickly than steel-cut, if that's a concern for you.

If you have a health food store nearby, check out the bulk grain bins. You can get rolled oats as well as organically-grown rolled oats very cheap per pound.

 

[jojo77]

so regular Quaker Oats oatmeal is ok right? I might go back to that cause steel cut is harder to cook and eat.

 

[MissChris]

Old fashioned Quaker oats are fine.

Double check the ingredients, like I said. As long as it's only "rolled oats" as the one and only ingredient, you're all set... also make sure the canister does not say instant.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

I soak my steel oats over night in hot water and then by the morning i zap them 10 minutes in the microwave whilst im having a shower, they taste fantastic

 

[Mini Viper]

as posted by Babyfaced Assassin

I soak my steel oats over night in hot water and then by the morning i zap them 10 minutes in the microwave whilst im having a shower, they taste fantastic

or better still, what I do is soak them in semi-skimmed milk overnight and then zap them 10 mins in the microwave, hmmmm its real creamy, yum!!

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

Mini that sounds damn nice, i'll have to try that one day, albeit ion a day when i'm in isolation cos im sure that much milk will give me the runs

 

[juve]

'I soak my steel oats over night in hot water and then by the morning i zap them 10 minutes in the microwave whilst im having a shower, they taste fantastic'

Yup soak'em and zap'em is the way...i tried crystal lite and diet pop and such produces some weird taste combinations...but good for variety..

and plain quaker oats are fine...it's the other ones (instant oatmeal) that have sugar and other crap added to them - trash food disguised as 'healthy, low-cholesterol, heart risk averting' food