I eat rolled oats right out of the bag. I’ll consume the whole bag unless somebody stops me first.

Mush is disgusting.

You can make granola or muesli. This is a delicious spin for oats. Eat it with yogurt, and fresh or dry fruit, add a little drizzle of honey. Very nice.

I love oats, but not mushy blah instant oatmeal. Nearly everyday I have steel cut oats with fruit and nuts. I make a big batch once a week in the pressure cooker, put in the fridge in individual portions and heat up in the microwave.

Also snack on granola with yogurt

I LOVE oats, but the "real" kind, thick rolled oats from Bob's Red Mill. I love the hard texture and crunch. This is the sort of thing I grew up with in Scotland, and that my mother made into porridge on cold damp mornings.

I like to eat them as is, with brown sugar or some banana slices, but not too much otherwise the intestinal effects are intense

Anonymous wrote:Look up baked oatmeal

Great suggestion!

Lots of foods have high fiber. Oats aren’t the only thing that works.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/high-fiber-foods/amp/

This is OP - I’ve spent the year making some huge changes in lifestyle including in what I eat, in order to restore my health after developing metabolic syndrome like so many other Americans.

I’d like to get into regular oats consumption so I can really feed my gut biome with a lot more daily fiber - I was thinking I’d also add chia seeds plus banana, blueberries, apples etc.

The benefits of added fiber are indisputable but in particular oats and seeds are very beneficial for removing sludge from the system so long as you aren’t also eating tons of added and refined sugars which will just undo the benefits.

No, I hate them. The texture I just can't.

Look up baked oatmeal

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to eat/like them? There are plenty of breakfast options that don't include oats.

DP. I don't think it's a matter of need as much as studies show that regularly consuming oats (sans tons of sugar or coming out of packets) is a good thing long term.

I thought it was disgusting until a few years ago.

I buy the toasted oats from Trader Joe's, which are really good, and use them in overnight oats combined with chia seeds. Something about their toasted flavor and lack of warm mushiness makes it taste much better. I also mix in slivered almonds for crunch.

Why do you need to eat/like them? There are plenty of breakfast options that don't include oats.

Yes. You can also play around with oats: muesli, granola, crumble topping, overnight oats, breakfast cookie recipes might lead you to meals that you like.

I created one of my favorite preparations by accident, cooking steel cut oats like kasha. I heated dry oats in a pan with a pat of butter, vanilla, and cinnamon. I mixed them with a beaten egg, stirred until the oats were dry. I then added raisins, and about half the amount of water that I’d use for porridge. Sometimes I add a bit of turbinado sugar, or nuts, or dried cherries instead of raisins.

I’ve also used leftover oatmeal to make oatmeal pancakes.

So: Yes. It took a few different recipes though, and discovering the joys of steel cut oats.

I did. But I was motivated. I like crispy, not mushy, so oatmeal was hard. But I had some steel cut with fresh sliced strawberries, walnuts and brown sugar and I loved it. (It cuts down the ration between the oats and everything else.) I now can do old fashioned oats (instant are still too soft for me) mixed with everything. I still won't eat oatmeal without all the add-ins.

Also, for me, it wasn't the taste of oatmeal, it was the texture. I have loved oatmeal cookies for a long time.

In midlife?

Never ate them as a kid, have tried once or twice the quick kind and they are mushy and gross.

I like the oats that are on the crust of my natural bread, and I like the looks of some of the photos I’ve seen of oats with spices and yogurt and fresh fruit and nuts mixed in, a drizzle of honey.

Has anyone developed a late in life taste for oats after decades of not eating porridge for breakfast?