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Apple Cinnamon:
Add chopped apple or a few teaspoons of natural, unsweetened applesauce to oatmeal and cook. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Maple &*Brown Sugar
Use sugar-free pancake syrup and a dash of cinnamon or artificial
brown sugar replacement that is now available.
Fruit & Cream:
Add a little milk or vanilla protein powder and a few strawberries or blueberries to oatmeal or mix in a teaspoon of sugar free preserves.
Maple Walnut:
Add 1 tbsp sugar-free pancake syrup and a few chopped walnuts.
French Vanilla:
Add 1 tsp vanilla, a splash of low-fat milk, and a packet of Splenda.
Cinnamon Raisin:
Try using a few dashes of cinnamon, a splash of sugar-free maple syrup and a teaspoon of raisins instead of flavored packets.
Protein Boost:
Stir in 1 scoop of your favorite protein powder.
Butter Pecan:
Add a splash of imitation butter flavor, teaspoon of butter substitute or a few dashes of Butter Buds and a teaspoon of chopped pecans.
Other Grains:
Try a multi-grain hot cereal, 5 or 7-grain hot cereal, or oat bran for a little change of pace. Any of the flavor varieties listed above work well with these complex carbohydrate hot cereals.
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Strawberry Cream Oatmeal
Calories 210 (11% from fat)?Fat 2.5 gram?Saturated Fat .5 gram?Chol. 0 mg.?Sodium 30 mg.?Carb. 42 gram?Fiber 6 gram?Sugar 11 gram?Protein 7 gram
Ingredients
2/3 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup instant oatmeal?(We used Quaker Instant)
1 cup water
2 Tbsp. fat free half & half
1 or 2 packets Splenda
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Blueberry Cream Oatmeal
Calories 230 (10% from fat)?Fat 2.5 gram?Saturated Fat .5 gram?Chol. 0 mg.?Sodium 30 mg.?Carb. 46 gram?Fiber 8 gram?Sugar 14 gram?Protein 7 gram
Ingredients
1 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 cup instant oatmeal?(We used Quaker Instant)
1 cup water
2 Tbsp. fat free half & half
1 or 2 packets Splenda
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Peaches and Cream Oatmeal
Calories 210 (11% from fat)?Fat 2.5 gram?Saturated Fat .5 gram?Chol. 0 mg.?Sodium 30 mg.?Carb. 42 gram?Fiber 6 gram?Sugar 12 gram?Protein 7 gram
Ingredients
3/4 cup frozen peaches
1/2 cup instant oatmeal?(We used Quaker Instant)
1 cup water
2 Tbsp. fat free half & half
1 or 2 packets Splenda