Summertime Oatmeal Recipes

COOL SUMMERTIME OATMEAL

Start this breakfast the night before so you can get a few extra z's in the morning. My husband adds coconut to his, and I stir in dried fruit. -June Thomas, Chesterton, Indiana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Breakfast Brunch

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Cool Summertime Oatmeal image

Steps:

In a small bowl, combine oats, milk, yogurt and honey. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Top each serving with cherries, blueberries and walnuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 350 calories, Fat 12g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 53mg sodium, Carbohydrate 55g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 10g protein.

Ingredients

1-1/3 cups old-fashioned oats
3/4 cup fat-free milk
3/4 cup reduced-fat plain yogurt
1/4 cup honey
1 cup pitted fresh or frozen dark sweet cherries, thawed
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

SUMMER OATMEAL

Even though this says "summer" it's something that we eat year round. The biggest reason is that this is a lacto-fermented grain. Lacto-fermentation is good for several reasons, but we focus on the fact that it neutralizes unhealthy chemicals found in grains and adds beneficial micro-organisms to our oatmeal. This makes our morning bowl of oatmeal more digestible and increases the healthy flora in our intestinal tracts. Prior to treating our oatmeal this way, my daughter had a very hard time digesting grains. After learning how to lacto-ferment grains, she will eat bowls of the stuff in the morning. I add sweetener to the fruit, which I know isn't always a great thing, but do what suits you best. We double the recipe and make two batches a week for my two kids and I, so clearly this is a staple in our house.

Provided by Akikobay

Categories Breakfast

Time 10m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Summer Oatmeal image

Steps:

In a saucepan, mix the fruit with the sugar and simmer gently.
Simmer only until the fruit is soft and the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the burner and cool until the fruit is body temperature or less.
In a bowl that you can store in the refrigerator, mix yogurt and uncooked oatmeal.
After the fruit has cooled sufficiently, stir it gently into the oatmeal-yogurt mixture.
Refrigerate this for at least 7 hours.
For fruit, we use frozen blueberries, blackberries, and peaches. I do not recommend pineapple or other highly acidic fruit. We also are not fond of strawberries in this.
We use homemade yogurt cultured from a very old Caspian sea culture (it's a bit runnier than standard yogurts).
For sweetener, I use either brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, or cactus honey powder.
Add spices and dried fruit or nuts as desired.
I also will use a roasted whole seven-grain cereal in this recipe, but it requires closer to 12 hours to soften the grains.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 238, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 21.2, Sodium 79.8, Carbohydrate 34.7, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 16.9, Protein 10

Ingredients

2 cups oatmeal, not instant
4 cups plain yogurt
1 lb fruit (your choice, frozen or fresh)
4 tablespoons brown sugar (or demerara sugar, honey, cactus honey, etc. ( adjust the sweetening to your taste)

SUMMER OATMEAL

Make and share this Summer Oatmeal recipe from Food.com.

Provided by yogabead

Categories Breakfast

Time 10m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

Summer Oatmeal image

Steps:

mix all ingredients, cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
Serve cold, with milk if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 229.8, Fat 6.6, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 15.9, Sodium 58.9, Carbohydrate 33.6, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 6.1, Protein 9.6

Ingredients

2 cups vanilla yogurt
2 cups oatmeal (not instant)
1 cup fruit (strawberries, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, etc)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)