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Enjoy hot oatmeal or oat bran for breakfast.
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Add oats to burger and meatloaf mixtures.
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Add oats to soups and stews. The finer cuts will help thicken the liquid. The coarser and whole-grain types will add texture.
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Use oat groats (usually found at health-food and specialty stores) instead of rice in a pilaf recipe.
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Use steel-cut oats instead of rice in rice pudding.
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Substitute 1/4 of the flour in pie crust with finely ground oats.
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Coat fish or poultry with toasted, coarsely chopped oats before
pan-frying.
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Bake oatmeal cookies.
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Substitute wheat flour with oat bran in muffins.
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Eat toasted oat cereals for breakfast.