Review : Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal
Well, it looks like I have a new favorite breakfast, and the best news is that while it tastes good, and a little like you’re being naughty, this nutritious breakfast packs quite a bit of dietary fiber in it and also, even when you add some nuts, it comes in at about 400 calories when you also add a small V8 or tomato juice like I do (I like to add to this because it fills me up and keeps me full for several hours, whereas this oatmeal alone probably would not do that as well.
The one Quaker oatmeal packet that I’ve tried thus far is the banana bread one. It is so good! If you like banana nut bread, then you will definitely like this. You might even put a little dash of sugar or sugar substitute in it just to sweeten it a bit more, after all, it is weight control, so there’s not a lot of sugar in it. I like to add chopped walnuts to it also, which adds about 150 calories to this breakfast that really sticks with you but also has a lot of nutritious benefits to it. The walnuts add more fiber and protein, and they also add some of those omega 3’s that really help keep you satisfied and help keep your mind sharp, plus they’re great for your skin.
All I do is add really hot water, which I’m lucky because I have one of those hot water taps on our sink of the house we moved into, just enough to make it into a thicker “soup” like consistency, let it sit for a minute or two to cool off a bit so I don’t scald my mouth, but not too long because oatmeal always gets like paste when you let it sit too long and actually get cold, and then I add a few tablespoons of chopped walnuts to it, and voila, I’ve got a really fast, really tasty breakfast. If you wanted to, you could probably also add some sliced bananas, I haven’t tried that yet, but I bet that would taste really good and keep you full even longer.
