Ways to Include  More Oats in your Diet

  • Enjoy hot oatmeal or oat bran for breakfast.

  • Add oats to burger and meatloaf mixtures.

  • Add oats to soups and stews. The finer cuts will help thicken the liquid. The coarser and whole-grain types will add texture.

  • Use oat groats (usually found at health-food and specialty stores) instead of rice in a pilaf recipe.

  • Use steel-cut oats instead of rice in rice pudding.

  • Substitute 1/4 of the flour in pie crust with finely ground oats.

  • Coat fish or poultry with toasted, coarsely chopped oats before pan-frying.

  • Bake oatmeal cookies.

  • Substitute wheat flour with oat bran in muffins.

  • Eat toasted oat cereals for breakfast.