Probably, there is no person who would not try oatmeal, but not everyone loves it, but in vain! Oat is a valuable cereal rich in vitamins, trace elements, and most importantly, fiber. It is included in the diet of patients with diabetes, gastritis and obesity. The beneficial properties of oatmeal are confirmed by clinical trials. Parents of their young children try to feed such porridge with special persistence, because it gives strength for the whole day. Of course, not everyone does it. How to "decorate" oatmeal, give them a more pleasant taste and make it healthier?
Original oatmeal dishes
Many do not know that oatmeal can be combined with fried onions, boiled eggs, liver, fried mushrooms and even herring fillets.
A child eats ordinary porridge cooked in milk (or even on water), if grated fruits or dried fruits with nuts and honey are added to it. In addition to a pleasant taste, such a breakfast carries useful vitamins and a lot of energy. It will be more valuable if oatmeal is simply poured with boiling water overnight, and not boiled. Another type of porridge looks like this: in the finished mass, boiled with salt and sugar, butter and cocoa powder are added. Such chocolate porridge will definitely not stay on the table!
It perfectly replaces chocolate bars with a sweet dish, which is prepared in this way: finely chop various nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, seeds) and leave in the oven (200 degrees) for 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then mix finely chopped candied fruits, nuts and oatmeal. Separately make caramel from sugar, butter and honey. After cooling, mix all the parts, put in a mold pre-coated with parchment, and pour on top with dark chocolate, melted in a water bath. In the cooled state, put the mold in the refrigerator for about an hour for complete solidification. In order to eat, you need to cut a large "loaf" into small plates. Such "yummy" will appeal to sweet tooth. You can store it for 3 weeks, if you can protect it from children. The main thing is that you yourself prepared bars from natural ingredients, without impurities of preservatives and other not very useful components.
Fritters from the remnants of porridge: to the mass you need to add salt, sugar, a little flour and grated apple. Mix everything, bake! It turns out tasty and healthy.
Hercules casserole is prepared as follows: flakes (200 g) are mixed with sugar (100 g) and fried in butter, and several apples are rubbed on a coarse grater. Next, the flakes are laid out in a form oiled, apples on top and all this is poured with one glass of milk (you can cream). Bake for half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees.
It is very useful to eat hercules for those who want to lose weight. To do this, you can pour flakes with kefir or yogurt. Among the supporters of proper nutrition, a “beauty salad” is popular, which is prepared very simply: oatmeal is poured with warm water at night, and in the morning mixed with raisins and honey. The combination of nutrients in such a dish has a beneficial effect on the skin.
If you add Hercules oatmeal to minced meat for cutlets, they will turn out more magnificent. You can put a handful of cereal in soups and cocktails. And if you grind them in a coffee grinder, they will work as a breading.
Which cereal to choose?
Instant cooking porridge is easy to use, it is enough to pour boiling water, but in such a bag of calories there are too many calories due to the addition of sugar, so for those who are losing weight, it will not work. Better is the case with instant porridge, which must be boiled for several minutes. But the oatmeal is considered the most valuable , the flakes of which need cooking for 10-15 minutes.
It is necessary to pay attention to the release date and shelf life, if you store flakes in an unpressurized container, it will deteriorate.