Easy & Yummy Oatmeal

Once in a while, I would have oatmeal as a quickmeal for either breakfast or late dinner. I used to only add 3-4 table spoonfuls of oatmeal into hot water and soaked for about 5-10 min. It is low in fat and very health beneficial. In most occasions, I just want an easy and quick meal, though I need to admit the taste is bland.

Note: Oatmeal has been known to lower blood cholestrol due to its soluble fibre content and reduce heart diseases. Not sure how true this is because I still have high cholestrol eventhough i take 1 spoonful of oatmeal almost everyday.

Recently, I discovered oatmeal can be versatile and delicious. It is bland and boring by its own but when you add combination of nuts, dried fruits, cereal mix, herbs & etc, it can turn into some stomach warming and one of its kind meal. It just takes one to be adventurous to appreciate and enjoy it.

I started experimenting oatmeal cereals with toppings. The following are some combinations of the ingredients with the oatmeal which I find nice and worth keeping.

Ingredients:
yields a cup (200-250 ml)

200 - 250 ml Hot Water
3 - 4 tbs Instant Oatmeal (Quarker)
any of the toppings stated below

Toppings:

A)
1 tbs Goji Berries (must be from Eu Yan Sang)
2 tbs Meat Floss (can be of any brand, be it crispy or not)

B)

1-2 tbs Dried Cranberries & Nuts

C)

1 pkt Nesvita (3 in 1 cereal)

D)

1 pkt Herbalife Chicken Soup (powder)

2 - 3 tbs frozen corn (blanched)

bread crumbs (optional)

spring onion (optional)

E)

any 3 in 1 cereal mix

1 tbs Goji Berries (Eu Yan Sang)

The above ingredients are easy to get and the meal is very easy to prepare. Try it and who knows, you might start loving oatmeal as much as I do. :)