Strawberry Oatmeal | Oats Recipes

I love the strawberry Quaker oats. Strawberry oatmeal with a dollop of cream - oh yummmm, its my favorite go-to breakfast when I am out of time. I am so not-health-conscious at times and I go to such heights that I even have cream in my coffee. As I said I love strawberry Quaker oats and I stack my pantry with packets of these. Recently I got a 1 kg packet of Quaker oats just because it was on a discount price and there was days to the expiry date. And I picked it up with the pretext that I would make oatmeal every other day ~ a routine that I will stick to, to bump up my health quotient.

Day 1: The day went as per plan, two tall glasses of oatmeal sans the sugar with a pinch of salt and pepper and a quarter cup of plain yogurt to taste. A filling healthy breakfast.
Day 2: Why don't we have cornflakes today??? A nod and a villainous smile from the mom is what I get. Ignore kar, ignore kar was what I did.
Day 3: No asking, made some Semiya uppma to start the day. Even the thought of drinking a bland, tasteless oatmeal and that too to kick start the day gave me the chills.
Day 4: What the hell!!! Am gonna eat something tasty and yummy and so in went some pistas, almonds, walnuts, a big squeeze of Hershey's chocolate syrup into my favorite cereal bowl and Kellogg's was what I had.

And then I had a revelation, "I could never have oatmeal continuous unless it is flavored differently every single day". And that is what this and every other oats post that I am going to publish is about. A quest to find new oats recipes, to flavor and jazz up the otherwise bland cereal so that I can add them in my everyday diet. This time I flavored it with some in-season strawberries and am never gonna get the Quaker pack again. Its fruity, yummy and the just melted chocolate chips that I topped it with completed the oatmeal perfectly.

~*What U Need*~ Quick Cooking Oats - 1 cup Strawberries - 1/4 cup, chopped Water - 2 cups Milk - 1 cup Brown sugar or sugar - 3 tbsp Chocolate chips - as needed Nuts - as needed

How I Made it:
Puree the strawberries and strain to remove seeds. Heat milk and water in a saucepan. Once boiled add the oats and cook till done.

Add sugar and stir till completely dissolved. Remove from heat and then add the strawberry puree. Mix well. Pour into serving bowls and top with nuts and chocolate chips when hot.

Serve hot or warm!!!

** My Notes:
** You could use almond or soy milk for a vegan version
** Add pieces of strawberry to make a chunky version
** Some toasted almonds will add a great crunch.
** Add the chocolate chips when the oatmeal is hot, this will make the chips to melt.
** This amount of strawberry was perfect for me but increase as per taste. This quantity gives a mild berry flavor.
** You could add nutella too.

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

Signs off!!!