High Protein Oatmeal With Fruit

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 278.6

Total Fat: 5.3 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 79.6 mg
Total Carbs: 40.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 8.6 g
Protein: 19.5 g

View full nutritional breakdown of High Protein Oatmeal With Fruit calories by ingredient

Introduction

This is a very healthy and tasty way to serve oatmeal that has the ability to be customized with the added fruit, spices and sweetener to adjust it for different tastes and create a new flavor every day. It stays with me longer than any other breakfast I eat.

I developed this so I could have oatmeal a lot to help my cholesterol and still get fiber and lots of protein without a lot of calories and not out of bounds for healthy carb consumption.

It makes an oatmeal that is thick enough to add milk if you desire, but is a great consistency for eating alone. If you like thin oatmeal, add more water. This is a very healthy and tasty way to serve oatmeal that has the ability to be customized with the added fruit, spices and sweetener to adjust it for different tastes and create a new flavor every day. It stays with me longer than any other breakfast I eat.

I developed this so I could have oatmeal a lot to help my cholesterol and still get fiber and lots of protein without a lot of calories and not out of bounds for healthy carb consumption.

It makes an oatmeal that is thick enough to add milk if you desire, but is a great consistency for eating alone. If you like thin oatmeal, add more water.

Minutes to Prepare: 2

Minutes to Cook: 4

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

1/2 c Old Fashion Oatmeal -- like Quaker's

Dont use the quick or instant kind

2 T Jay Robb Whey Vanilla Protein Powder

1 T Whole Ground Flaxseed Meal - like Bob's Red Mill

1/2 t Ground Cinnamon

I love cinnamon, but you can add it to your taste

Sweetener to taste - Like Splenda, Stevia, SF Maple Syrup

1 c Water

1/2 c Blueberries - or other fruit of your choice

Directions

Mix all dry ingredients together - oatmeal, protein powder, flaxseed meal & cinnamon.

Put mixed dry ingredients in a preferably deep bowl with at least a 2 1/2 c capacity. If you're using a dry sweetner, you can add it at this point or after the oatmeal is done.

Add water and stir.

Cover bowl with a paper towel and place in microwave.

Cook 4 minutes on 50%.

You may have to test the exact time in your microwave depending upon power, but it's very important that it be 50% power or you'll have a boil over mess.

You can also cook this on the stove top for about 5 minutes on medium heat. For multiple servings, you'll want to decrease the water by 1/4 c for each additional serving.

I've listed this with blueberries, but other berries, peaches, cooked apples, mangoes, papayas or other fruit can be used -- even a tablespoon or so of raisins or dates. Also, sugar-free maple syrup and other syrups give it a special flavor as do sugar-free preserves is you like your oatmeal sweet.

HINT: I make up the dry ingredients in advance in individual snack-size bags so I can just pour them in a bowl, cook and add fruit.

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BEACHSEASTAR.