Recipes with original and very healthy oats
Recipes with original and very healthy oats
Perhaps the best known way to eat oatmeal is porridge or porridge for breakfast, but this beneficial ingredient goes a long way. Here are 15 recipes with oatmeal to lick your fingers.
Oat pancakes with hummus and salmon
Oat pancakes with hummus and salmon
A very nutritious idea to start the day with a lot of energy is to make some easy oat pancakes, spread them with hummus and add smoked salmon on top. If you don't want them to be so caloric, you can use our super light chickpea hummus.
French omelette with oats
French omelette with oats
You also have easy options like adding a couple of tablespoons of flour or oat bran to the beaten egg and making a French omelette. As a side or garnish, you can put a little salad or some steamed or sautéed vegetables.
Onion and oat soup
Onion and oat soup
One way to benefit from the healthy properties of oats is to incorporate it into your diet by adding it, for example, to soups. To make this, chop two onions finely and brown them over low heat with a thread of oil until they are caramelized. Add a liter of boiling water and 100 g of rolled oats. Beat with the help of a few rods, and season it with oregano, sea salt and nutmeg. It is that easy and very cleansing as well as satiating.
Quinoa Oat Burgers
Oatmeal and quinoa burgers
To make four hamburgers, mix 250 g of cooked quinoa with 6 tablespoons of bran or rolled oats and 1 grated carrot. Add 1 beaten egg, 1 garlic and 1 sprig of chopped parsley. Salt and pepper, knead and form the hamburgers. On a griddle with a thread of oil, grill them for 2-3 minutes on each side. And serve them with guacamole, lettuce and a rich bread.
Oat batter
Oat batter
One of the lesser known but very interesting uses of oats is as a batter. To make this breaded meat, pass it through flour, beaten egg and a mixture of chopped oat flakes and toasted corn, and fry. But you can also do it just with oatmeal. For example, I love chicken breaded with oatmeal. I marinate it a little with spices and milk, or white wine, or beer, and then I batter it with bran or rolled oats.
Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal Cookies
You can also indulge yourself and make some oatmeal cookies like these with rolled oats. Discover the recipe for cookies and all the tricks to get much more out of them.
Oat-enriched burger
Oat-enriched burger
As you have seen, apart from using bran, flakes or oatmeal to coat instead of other flours, you can also use it for hamburger or meatball dough. These have peppers, squash and onions sautéed, and mixed with crushed oat flakes with a little water. And if you're wondering if you can eat burgers on a diet, find out here.
Oat flakes with yogurt and fruits
Oat flakes with yogurt and fruits
In a glass jar, put a few whole oat flakes, low-fat natural yogurt (sweeten with honey if you want) and mango cubes. It's that easy and delicious, and so satisfying! It's one of the easy oatmeal breakfasts to make.
Lentil and oatmeal salad
Lentil and oatmeal salad
Although it is not so common, you can also find oatmeal. You wash it and soak it the night before. The next day, you drain it and simmer it in a saucepan with four times its volume of water for about 50 minutes. Then, you just have to mix it with cooked lentils and the vegetables that you like the most, and season. But if you prefer something faster, you can also do it with rolled oats directly, or lightly sautéed.
Oatmeal and apple smoothie
Oatmeal and apple smoothie
Oatmeal is also very good for making smoothies, both in flakes and in bran or flour. You just have to mix and blend it together with juices, dairy, fruits and vegetables. In Clara's writing, we are very fans of an apple and oatmeal smoothie with yogurt and flax seeds, which is super good for constipation.
Oatmeal porridge with fruit
Oatmeal porridge with fruit
Another option to include healthy oatmeal in your diet is in the form of porridge, the oatmeal recipe that triumphs on Instagram. Find out what porridge is, how it is prepared and what gadgets you need to make it.
Semi-cold soy yogurt and oats
Semi-cold soy yogurt and oats
It is made with soy yogurt, rolled oats, eggs, and fruit. It is lactose free and is one of the healthy and scrumptious desserts. See recipe.
Oatmeal muffins
Oatmeal muffins
In a bowl, crush 2 cups of rolled oats, 3 ripe bananas, 2 eggs, 4 pitted dates, a teaspoon of baking soda, a tablespoon of sunflower oil and cinnamon to taste. Then add apple pieces and place the batter in a muffin tin. Bake at 180º until you click with a toothpick and it comes out clean. Discover more healthy breakfasts.
Oatmeal and dried fruit granola
Oat granola and dried fruits
Grill, for half an hour, 100 g of rolled oats, 150 g of crushed nuts (walnuts, pine nuts, cashews …), 50 g of grated coconut and 30 g of ground sesame, stirring occasionally so that do not burn. Once toasted, add 50 g of raisins, 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil and 2 of liquid honey, mix well and store in an airtight container. It is a healthy snack that you can have with yogurt, milk, vegetable drinks …
Oatmeal infusion
Oatmeal infusion
Bring water to a boil, add bran or whole grain oat flakes, remove from heat and let stand for a couple of minutes. It is digestive and purifying. And here you have herbal teas to lose weight that do work!
Oatmeal is considered one of the most recommended foods due to its balanced composition, which is very rich in proteins and fibers but has much less carbohydrates than other cereals, which is why it is very satiating without getting too fat.
Oats: forms of presentation
- Oatmeal. It is the whole grain of the cereal without pressing.
- Oatmeal. They are the result of the husking and pressing of the cereal grains.
- Oat bran. It is obtained from the crushing of the outer shell of the grains of this cereal, that is, what is left over after refining the oat grains to obtain grains or flakes. It became very popular thanks to the Dukan diet.
- Oatmeal. It is the least 'natural' presentation of all because it is the result of the grinding and refining to a greater or lesser extent of the oat grain.
- Oat milk Vegetable drink made from oats.
Whole grains, flakes and oatmeal do have a shell
How to use oatmeal in your recipes
- For breakfast, in the form of a porridge or mixed with dairy, vegetable drinks and juices.
- As a drink, infused or shaken with fruits and vegetables.
- As a food to coat and bread meats, fish and vegetables.
- As a filling for hamburgers and meatballs.
- As a complement to soups, salads, sauteed vegetables …
- As part of the batter for pancakes, cookies, biscuits and other pastries.
