Remember: food is fuel
03 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
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Day 3 of My Eating for Life Project & I decided to try chocolate oatmeal for breakfast. Oatmeal & protein powder are a combination that I have tried on multiple occasions, to my disgust. I have heard people rave about how much they LOVE protein powder in their oatmeal, but I’m just not buying it. It SUCKS every time I try it. (My mom would scold me for making this impolite statement, but there is no other word for it. Other than abhor. I abhor it… Hmmm, it just doesn’t have the same effect. SUCKS!)
I thought perhaps it was the type of protein powder I was using that made the combination so unpalatable. I’ve used Myofusion chocolate protein powder & Jay Robb protein powder so far. The Jay Robb was slightly less disgusting mixed in the oatmeal, but Jay Robb protein powder is much less chocolate-y than Myofusion. The chocolate flavor masked some of the disgusting-ness of it. If you have any suggestions for a combination you do enjoy, please send them my way! I’ll try anything twice. And all of these people who enjoy oatmeal & protein powder together can NOT be wrong!
So, here goes nothing: Chocolate oatmeal by BFL.
1/3 c. uncooked whole grain oats (non-instant)
1/2 c. water
1 scoop chocolate protein powder (soy or whey protein)
1 T. natural peanut butter
I always weigh & measure my food, especially peanut butter, because this little tablespoon has 95 calories!
sugar substitute to taste
1/2 c. skim milk
In a bowl, combine the oats, water and protein powder. Microwave on high for 2 minutes or until oats are cooked.
Microwaved oats & protein powder
Stir in the peanut butter & add sugar substitute to taste. Pour milk over the top.
It looks a bit more palatable with milk stirred in.
Serve & enjoy!
I can really taste the peanut butter in this!
The peanut butter is the ONLY part that is making this dish even remotely palatable. I can’t get over the spongy texture of cooked oats & protein powder… I’m really struggling to get through this dish. I alluded to the horrible texture the first time I made protein pancakes. It’s almost that bad!
Just remember: food is fuel.
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Food is fuel.
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GONE!!!
That’s it! I couldn’t take it any more. Oatmeal & protein powder SUCKS! I think that bears repeating. So far all of you converts, those who love the oatmeal/ protein powder combination, tell me your secret. I am clearly doing something wrong!
Serving size: 1 bowl that seemed incredibly enormous as I’m trying to suffer through it (wishing oatmeal were even more calorically dense.)
Calories 301
Fat 10g; Protein 37g; Na 205 mg; Carb 27g
The nutritional content will vary depending on what kind of protein powder you use. I’ll try it again, but this time I’m using a different protein powder. Jay Robb didn’t seem to work for this recipe!
What you have to say about it.