Heart Healthy Oatmeal Recipe for someone that doesn't like oatmeal?

I'm looking for a good Heart Healthy breakfast Oatmeal Recipe for someone that doesn't like oatmeal. Something kid friendly is probably suggested. However, I am not looking for a cookie recipe.Heart Healthy Oatmeal Recipe for someone that doesn't like oatmeal?
You could make it thinner, more milky %26amp; with some honey %26amp; dried fruits or fresh fruits, plus pinch of cinnamon. Personally I like mine thicker and with tinned peaches, fresh bananas or strawberries. Besides sweetened oatmeal, you can even make savoury versions like using shredded chicken meat or lean minced meat in oatmeal porridge cooked in a light stock base and thickened with some beaten egg. Julienned carrots or shredded lettuce could be added for veggie content.Heart Healthy Oatmeal Recipe for someone that doesn't like oatmeal?
Oatmeal may be heart healthy, but it is very high glycemic index food!!





Don't make the kid eat the oatmeal, feed him/her bacon and eggs.





Oatmeal always made my mother gag!! She never had it in meatloaf, cookies, or anything else. It wasn't to be found in her pantry. She absolutely never fed it to us when I was growing up.
Edit- added recipes needed to make the ice cream...





Peach Oatmeal-In-Disguise (1 gallon recipe) (fake ice cream)





This is apparently heavier than ice cream, so you need to triple the original ice cream recipe to double the results.





Fruit mix:


6 generous cups crushed fresh ripe peaches (approx. 12 med. Peaches)


1 cup sugar


3/8 tsp. almond extract





Ice cream base:


3 cups sugar


3/8 tsp. salt


6 TBSP flour


6 TBSP corn oil (for egg substitute)


4 陆 cups oat milk (see recipe)


6 tsp. pure vanilla extract


6 cups oat cream (see recipe)





See recipe for liquefied oatmeal and make that, then from that make the oat milk and oat cream (see recipes).





Combine peaches with 1 cup sugar and almond extract. Set aside.





Combine the 3 cups of sugar, salt and flour in a saucepan. Blend in the corn oil and 戮 cup of the oat milk. Add remaining oat milk and cook over low heat until mixture coats a metal spoon, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool.





Stir in pure vanilla extract and oat cream. (Add 2 cups of water if you want it to fluff up more and stir in.)





Pour into a 1 gallon freezer can. Place can in freezer tub. Cover with lid. Put on gear case and adjust it until the handle turns easily. Pack with coarse ice cream salt and crushed ice. Turn the crank (if non-electric) until it begins to slightly resist, the mixture is then half-frozen. Remove the gear case. Wipe off lid so that no salt gets into the ice cream.





Remove lid and add crushed peaches.





Cover with lid, adjust gear case and pack with salt and ice as in above proportions. Turn crank (if non-electric) with increased speed until it is too hard to turn. (Iced oatmeal is frozen at this point.)





Remove gear case, lid and dasher. Pack down ice cream with a spoon. Either repack ice cream in another container, or cover can with a piece of cloth or aluminum foil. Replace lid. Cork or cover hole in top of lid. (Drain water out and packed ice.) Put ice cream in freezer for several hours to firm. Makes approx. 1 gallon.





Flavor options:





Peach: 6 cups crushed peaches


1 cup sugar


3/8 tsp. almond extract


(ok to use the vanilla extract in batter)





Blueberry: 6 cups crushed fresh or frozen blueberries (approx. 2 of 1 lb packages)


1 陆 cups sugar


(omit almond extract, and omit vanilla extract from batter)


Note-crush blueberries by pushing with a metal spoon into a mixer gently)





Bing Cherry- 6 cups fresh or frozen bing cherries, pitted and cut in halves (approx 3 of 12 oz. packages)


1 cup sugar


3/8 tsp almond extract


(ok to use vanilla extract in batter)





Applesauce and Cinnamon- 6 cups of unsweetened applesauce (half chunky and half smooth)


1 陆 cup sugar


cinnamon to taste (about 6 tsp)


(omit almond extract)


(ok to use vanilla extract in batter)


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Liquefied Oatmeal, Oat Milk and Oat Cream Recipes for Oatmeal-In-Disguise





(Proportions are for a 1 gallon recipe of Oatmeal-In-Disguise)





LIQUIFIED OATMEAL (need approx 5 陆 cups for 1 gallon of ice oatmeal)





2 1/8 cups cooked thick oats (like a paste of oatmeal)


4 录 cups water


录 tsp. salt


陆 cup sugar


1 tray of med ice cubes (medium tray containing approx. 1 cup of water)


OR 陆 tray of large ice cubes (large tray containing approx. 2 cups of water)





Bring water and salt to a boil, add oats and cook for one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, let cool 5 minutes, add sugar and stir in. Add ice cubes. Stir in and allow them all to melt. When oatmeal is neither too hot nor too cool to work with, place in 1 cup proportions in a blender at a time, and gradually increase speed from grate, grind, etc. to liquefy. Pour into a separate bowl and continue until all the oatmeal is liquefied.





OAT MILK (need 4 陆 cups for 1 gallon of ice oatmeal)


(Basic proportions- 1 cup liquefied oatmeal to 2 cups water to 1/6 cup sugar to 录 cup oil)








In a 5 cup blender mix and blend well:





1 陆 cups liquefied oatmeal


3 cups water


1/6 cup sugar (2 陆 TBSP)


3/8 cup corn oil





Set aside in a separate bowl, until needed.





OAT CREAM (need 6 cups for 1 gallon of ice oatmeal)


(Basic proportions- 3 1/3 cups liquefied oatmeal to 1 cup water to 录 cup sugar to 2/3 cup oil)





In a 5 cup blender mix and blend well:





3 1/3 cups liquefied oatmeal


1 cup water


录 cup sugar


2/3 cup corn oil





Pour into a separate container and set aside until needed (add the sixth cup below in also).





Then for the SIXTH cup of Oat cream (i.e., only using a 5 cup blender)blend:





3/4 cup liquefied oatmeal


录 cup water


1 tsp. sugar


1 TBSP corn oil
Sue is wrong about the glycemic index. Instant oatmeal is not so great but regular oatmeal is great for you.





Anyway I would suggest that granola is a tasty way to eat oatmeal if you are not crazy about it. But I would bet that if you would try some cooked regular oatmeal (not instant or quick, but the real stuff) you might find you like it. I can't stand the instant...makes me gag, but I love the real stuff.


Here are some good recipes for homemade granola.


http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.asp鈥?/a>
All very creative ideas but not helpful especially ';sue'; she is no help. I am former chef and diabetic and eat it everyday have for the last 4 year, some day I am going to start whining, like Mr Ed, it is already a heart health breakfast, be creative, for a change I throw in a handful of raisin before I make it, or other dried fruits, swirl some fresh or frozen strawberries or a jam into it instead of sugar.





If you have trouble get them to eat it, make it a special treat on a cold morning unles you live in Florida, anything that makes it more palatable especially for children is fine.
I don't like oatmeal either, but get the one with peaches or strawberries in it, and pretend it's ';medicine';. I think the fruit flavors are better than the cinnamon/apple, but it's so gluey! ... I'd rather eat COLD cereal, and just check the labels to see which is the best for cholesterol:) I've been eating Cranberry Crunch lately... but there are some yogurt/granola ones that are good too. There may be a health-food cereal section in your grocery store, and the heart-healthy cold cereals will advertise that on the box. (Cheerios is one of them)....
You could make apple crisp or oatmeal muffifns. Plenty of web sites for this.