How to Screw Up a Bowl of Oatmeal
I was interested to see that McDonald’s introduced their new Fruit & Maple Oatmeal recently. I like a good bowl of oatmeal in the morning.
I like my oatmeal to have some texture to it. I prefer steel cut oats cooked overnight in a crockpot, but I’ll also eat old-fashioned oatmeal cooked on the stovetop or in the microwave. I try to avoid the 1-minute or instant oatmeal.
The only ingredients you need to make a good bowl of oatmeal are oats and water. I was surprised to see that McDonald’s oatmeal contained the following ingredients:
- food starch-modified
- maltodextrin
- natural maple flavor with other natural flavor (plant source),
- barley malt extract
- caramel color
Is it really necessary to put all these additives in oatmeal? I don’t think so, but McDonald’s isn’t the only one. Starbuck’s also has a lot of additives in its “Perfect Oatmeal”:
- oat flour
- calcium carbonate
- salt
- guar gum
- caramel color
- reduced iron
- vitamin a palmitate
- niacinamide
- pyridoxine hydrochloride
- riboflavin
- thiamine mononitrate
- folic acid
Some of these are vitamins, but I already take vitamins. Why do I need Starbucks to put vitamins in my food for me?
Here are my recipes for oatmeal:
Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal
1/2 cup steel cut oats (don’t substitute any other kind)
2 cups water
Put ingredients in slow cooker and set it to low before you go to bed. The oatmeal will be ready when you wake up in the morning.
Microwave Oatmeal
1/3 cup old-fashioned oatmeal (don’t substitute any other kind)
2/3 cup water
Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes. Be careful that it doesn’t boil over in the microwave.
What do you think of McDonald’s and Starbuck’s oatmeal? How do you think they taste? What do you think of the ingredients? How do you make oatmeal at home? Tell me in the comments.
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