Lately, I have incorporated oats into my breakfast regime in an on and off basis. One cup (156 g) of oats contain – 103 g of carbs, 26g of protein and 17g of fiber. All, I have heard was that oats is rich in fiber and no one really spoke about how much carbs it contains and the calories -676, these statistics blew my mind. I compared this to one cup of basmati rice and the carbs were 45 g, mere 0.6g of fiber and accounts for 206 calories. Now, I am not sure which one is better, especially when you want to get maximum nutrition and yet maintain or lose weight. The fiber seems to be of importance in many aspects of health. This website seems to give some level of accuracy on how much daily intake of fiber is required and how to account for it here. And here is another website that lists top 10 sources of fiber.
So much for that, I decided to use up steel cut oats that were sitting in my fridge for ever. I quickly grind a cup of oats, add veggies to it and let it sit for few minutes and there you go.
Recipe1:
1 cup oats – powdered.
1/4 of medium sized cabbage – thinly sliced
Green chillies, bit of cilantro/coriander(optional) leaves and salt per your taste
Nuts of your choice – shredded. (optional)
Recipe2
1 cup oats – powdered
Spinach or parsley or tomatoes – grind it along with oats or separately and mix them together
green chillies, bit of cilantro (optional), salt – as per your taste buds.
Nuts of your choice – shredded. (optional)
How to: Mix them together, pour water enough to be able to make pan cakes. Let it sit for 10 minutes, turn on the stove with your pan and start making spicy fiber rich quick meal breakfast pancakes.
If you would like to add eggs to above recipes – you can – they turn out great too. Similarly, you can add any combination of vegetables, nuts and they turn out super delicious.
Serve warm with – any kind of green chutney or coconut chutney or peanut chutney or even hummus – it tastes great. Or you could just have them as is without anything on the side.
If I find myself with some time in the mornings, I will quickly make them and have it.
Of course, you can even make sweeter version with banana’s and berries as well – I am sure it tastes as good. I just prefer spicy aspect of it. Nuts gives that extra added crunch while eating. I just fell in love with this quick and easy recipe.
Any nutritionist out there? or make conscious food choices for nurturing your bodies, what measures do you take to include healthy diet without surviving much on vitamin supplements?
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