writingwyo's Journal, 23 Jul 22

A fine fave!😋 It is so versatile. Could eat it every day! I especially like overnight oats in the Summer!:)😋 Enjoy your weekend! 

Enjoy yours, too! I haven't had much luck with overnight oats in the past, but maybe I should try it again  

I'm doing a double workout this morning so I fueled up with grits and blackberries. 

Oooooh...grits! One of my favorites. And blackberries are both delicious and a nutritional powerhouse! 

it sounds amazing  

It wasn't bad, Josh 😊 

Thanks for introducing me to resistant starches. I lost 50 pounds from 2008-2010 and have kept it off with an oat-centric diet. I think of oats (whole groats & rolled) as other people think of bread and potatoes: a vehicle for more interesting flavors. In my case, oats carry lots of fruit and low-cal peanut powder (instead of sugary commercial peanut butter).  

Did u know that Chia Seeds Are REALLY high in quercetin, an antioxidant? 

Crash -- oats have been a favorite of mine for a long time. I noticed years ago that they kept me full longer than a lot of foods  

I didn't know that, saintlover! I'm not terribly familiar with quercetin, so I don't know all the benefits of it. I've been eating chia mostly for the protein and fiber. I'll have to look up the quercetin angle 

Delicious 😋. My go to breakfast every morning, once. I used to eat them with dates. Yumms.🌻 

raw oats gotta be a Digestive tracts worst nightmare.  

Dates are like candy, ginome 😋 they're one of my favorite desserts, and they're fabulous in oatmeal. Tastes like little chunks of brown sugar! 

Not at all All_Pains_No_Gainz. Maybe if you're not used to eating much fiber, you might need to get used to them. They treat me well -- never a problem, and in fact, they're beneficial. When I was a kid, I didn't like cooked oatmeal, but I would grab a handful of raw oats out of the container and eat it 

nice! I eat steel cut oats with chia seeds and berries nearly everyday  

I absolutely LOVE steel cut oats, otb, but I usually end up eating the old fashioned because the steel cut take so long to cook. I've been looking up some instructions to make them as overnight oats, and I may try it 

You can get regular quaker steel cut and put them in a bowl with water overnight and then throw them in the microwave for a minute to warm them up in The morning or quaker makes 3 minute steel cut its the same as the regular just broken in half and can microwave them in 3 minutes without soaking. I use both depending on if I forget thw night before 

Good to know. Thanks! 

I use Steel Cut as overnight oats, sort of. I soak them with the water required for the servings required. So, Saturday night I put 1c steel cut with 3c water stirred and put in the fridge. Sunday I took it out and put on the stove to simmer for 20 min or so. I added stevia, and a tbsp brown sugar and some cinnamon and 6tbsp of powdered peanut butter. I divided this by weight into 5 servings (not the 3 that 1c steel cut would make) with each one being about 175g. Then put them in the fridge overnight. This morning I took it to work to eat and this keeps me satiated for a while. 

Outstanding!!