Looking for recipes for oats (I have a big box of porridge oats) what can I do with them?!
What can I do with them? Any ideas? Recipes etc...
Answers: I bought them for breakfast at work, but we no longer have a microwave so I can't eat them cold!
What can I do with them? Any ideas? Recipes etc...
you can still make porridge! just boil the oats on the stove or hotplate in a pan for 10 mins or until its how you want it (the longer you leave it the smoother it gets) then add sugar, dried fruit, honey, salt, whatever, its actually the best way to make porridge.
Theres also flapjacks, adding a little flour, some syrup or treackle, some dried fruit, eg raisins and cerrys and currents and sultanas and bakeing in the oven for 20 mins, leaving to cool or eating with double cream when slightly warmed. Can also add flavorings sich as cinammon or cover with iceing sugar or chocolate drizzels.
You can also mix it with salt and gravy granuals and a little oil and use it as a base for covering meat, like a bread crumb but lower in fat.
You can make ginger bread men or other biscuits by simply swapping over 50% of the flour for thye same weight in oats, healthier for children as the flour is more refined then the oats.
You can also use it as a crumble topping, just mix the oats with sugar (granulated) and cover the fruit you are about to bake, eat with custard.
you can also use it in the bath to soften skin- just put it into a muslim bag or a knotted cotten teatowel (the thin ones) and leave it so the hot water run though it. the effect should be soft skin, you can also do this as a face pack and leave on the skin (oats mixed with a little milk) and wash off after for softer skin.
Same thing but as a foot bath, just each time, ensure the water or milk you use is warmed, not cold, it wont work cold.
Make somebiscuits or flap jack
Flapjacks. If you make these you can take them to work and eat them for breakfast.
75g of butter or margarine
50 - 75g light brown sugar
1 tablespoon of golden syrup
175g of porridge oats
1. Put the butter or margarine, sugar and golden syrup into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the fat and sugar have melted.
2. Add the porridge oats and blend thoroughly.
3. Press into a well greased 18cm square sandwich tin.
4. Bake in the centre of a moderate oven at 180c or 350f or gas mark 4 for 25 minutes or until evenly golden brown.
5. Mark into fingers whilst warm.
6. Allow to become almost cold in the tin before removing.
For a change I sometimes use 1/2 oats and 1/2 muesli.
make flapjack with them.
oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies or fruity flapjacks both require oats. Also you can make cheesecake base with them.
feed them to the birds....
Feed it to the birds
Flapjack or something more branloaf-ish.
flapjacks, biscuits, put some into fruit crumble mixture
Skirlie, with roast chicken.
Fry onions in oil then add your oats and fry it all up, yum yum.
Eat with roast chicken, potatoes and veg, or mince, potatoes and veg.
muesli?
Mix with dried fruits to make a muesli, or make flapjacks..
Bake Cookies.
1. Ingredients1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 (12 ounce) package vanilla chips
Nutrition InfoPer Serving
Calories: 187 kcal
Carbohydrates: 26 g
Dietary Fiber: 0 g
Fat: 8 g
Protein: 2 g
Sugars: 16 g
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2. Cooking Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in oats, raisins, cranberries and orange peel. Stir in vanilla chips.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
Yield: 36 servings
3. Still Hungry?
Dotted with cranberries, orange peel and vanilla chips, these cookies are so colorful and fun to eat. They look lovely on a dessert tray and would be a great addition to your Christmas cookie lineup. -Pat Habiger, Spearville, Kansas
i like to make no-bake cookies ...reciepe found on internet and reaaly easy and good...also lots of healthy reciepes on internet
put them into a bowl add golden syrup or honey mix together then bake into a square dish in the oven and this will make flat jacks serve them when cold as they are or add custard or cream if you dont fancy that stew up plums,apples, put into a ovenproof dish sprinkle them on top and bake there you have it a porridge fruit crumble.
Ingredients for Oatmeal Muffins
2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup packed golden brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
PreparationPreheat oven to 400°F.
Line twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with paper liners. Combine first 6 ingredients in large bowl and stir to blend. Whisk buttermilk, applesauce, maple syrup, brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg and vanilla in medium bowl until well blended. Add to dry ingredients and stir just to incorporate (do not overmix).
Divide batter equally among muffin cups (batter will reach top of cups). Bake until muffin tops are golden brown and tester inserted into center of muffins comes out clean, about 28 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool.
Why would you want another recipe for oats. Porridge porridge porridge every time. throw in some sultanas and a pinch of mixed spice add your milk and heat up. You then have a meal that will keep you going for ages.
Make your own muesli. It is easy to make, tastes great, is very nutritious and does not require cooking.
Besides the oats there are broadly speaking two other kinds of ingredients, fresh and dried. You can use one or the other or both.
Dried ingredients can include sultanas, dates, dried apricots or other dried fruit, nuts, seeds, coconut etc. Obviously with dried ingredients you can make it before hand. If you take it to work you can either add the milk at work or add it before you go to work. If you add the milk before you go to work you will obviously need a leak proof container but the taste will be very creamy and even more delicious.
With fresh ingredients, some you can add before hand such as fresh peaches, grapes, cherries, but most like apples, pears, strawberry's, bananas etc you will have to add at the last minute.
You can also add honey or brown sugar if you have a sweet tooth.
Another idea is to add dried milk powder and then at work you will only need to add water.
Go easy on the oats however, a few tablespoons of oats and a lot of fruit. If you use too much oats you will become bloated and fart a lot.
Here is a really good Scottish site for you there are loads of different recipes on it for you. Enjoy!!
http://www.hamlynsoats.co.uk/recipes00.h...
For exam[ple try this.
Herring with an Oatmeal, Mushroom and Parsley Stuffing
(serves 2)
4 herrings, approx 225 – 300g cleaned (see cook’s tip)
2 tablespoons oil
1 small onion peeled and finely chopped
3 tablespoons Hamlyns Scottish oatmeal
125g brown cap mushrooms roughly chopped
25g butter
1 egg yoke
4 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped fine
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Lemon wedges to serve
Method:
Heat the oil, then add the onion. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes until softened but not coloured. Add 2 tbsp of the oatmeal and cook stirring for a further 3 to 4 minutes until the oatmeal turns slightly golden. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the parsley and lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the egg yolk to bind the mixture together.
Use a little of the butter to grease an ovenproof dish. Spoon the stuffing into the herring cavities. Brush the herring with milk and roll in the remaining oatmeal to coat.
Lay the fish in the greased dish and dot with the remaining butter. Bake in a medium oven on the middle shelf for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the oatmeal is golden brown and the herring flesh is just firm.
Serve immediately.
Cook’s Tip:
To prepare the herrings trim away the fins and tails using strong scissors. Scrape off the scales from tail to head using a fish scaler or back of a knife rinsing frequently. Slit along the belly and remove the intestines; rinse thoroughly. Carefully bone out the backbone (if time permits).
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You could use them to make flapjacks.
Ingredients
4 oz (110 g) light brown soft sugar
6 oz (175 g) butter
1 dessertspoon golden syrup
6 oz (175 g) porridge oats
a few drops of almond essence
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 2, 300°F (150°C). Grease a 7? inch (19 cm) square baking tin, 1? inches (4 cm) deep.
2. Place the sugar, butter and golden syrup together in a medium saucepan and heat until the butter has melted.
3. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the porridge oats and a few drops of almond essence.
4. Press the mixture out over the base of the prepared tin, and bake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes.
5. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before cutting into oblong bars. Leave until cold before removing the flapjacks from the tin, then store in an airtight container.
You could also add in some dried fruit such as raisins, cranberries or sultanas.
i would take them home and use them as a face pack,there excellent for the skin and can even be added to a bath.then go buy myself some breakfast bars .
use them instead of flour for a much tastier crumble to go over apple or rhubarb
mix in enough sugar for how sweet you like your crumble.Grate in some orange peel (the juice added to the fruit underneath is extra good).
rub enough butter into the oats to get small lumps.
spread this over the fruit and bake in a 180C, 350F oven til golden brown
pop your oats in a mixing bowl melt some chocolate poor on to oats and mix it up then flatten it and cut into slices let it set then eat it Mmmmmmmm