{"id":2252,"date":"2016-02-09T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2016-03-08T02:15:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T02:15:14","slug":"the-perfect-bowl-of-oatmeal-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/the-perfect-bowl-of-oatmeal-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Bowl of Oatmeal (Part 2)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway from <a href=\"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/perfect-bowl-oatmeal-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a>, and a big congrats to the winner, Linda! :o)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t win but you&#8217;d still like to experience the amazingness of Scottish Oatmeal, you can always order yourself some from Amazon if you can&#8217;t find it at your local store. Here&#8217;s the link!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=beondi-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B004VLVCI8&amp;asins=B004VLVCI8&amp;linkId=3FLBECPCYNKANOE2&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I was intrigued by all your comments about how you top your oatmeal &#8211;\u00a0I kind of wanted to put my high school Excel skillz to work and make a pie chart or something, but I don&#8217;t think I actually retained said skillz. Pretty sure traditional brown sugar and milk were the winners, though, with raisins, blueberries, bananas, and nuts making a strong showing.<\/p>\n<p>If I don&#8217;t do my standard maple syrup, I like a spoonful of coconut butter and some toasted walnuts or pecans. (Coconut butter is similar to, say, peanut butter, in that it&#8217;s just smooth, blended coconut. Apparently, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/chocolatecoveredkatie.com\/2011\/01\/26\/make-your-own-coconut-butter\/\" target=\"_blank\">make your own<\/a>!) If you like bananas, it would probably be a good tropical theme (I personally have to wash my hands if I even touch a banana). I&#8217;ve also used just a bit of coconut oil to get the coconut taste, but\u00a0I can&#8217;t decide if I&#8217;m cool with adding straight up fat to my oatmeal&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Oatmeal Inspiration&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>I searched some of my favorite blogs and of course, Pinterest, for some<strong> topping ideas<\/strong> to break us out of our oatmeal routines! (Note: a lot of these ideas call for steel cut oats, which are great, but of course I recommend the Scottish oats for super creamy texture &#8211; and a quicker cooking time!)<\/p>\n<p>I love the idea of this super quick cranberry sauce, and mixing orange zest and juice right into your cooking oatmeal for\u00a0Cookie and Kate&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cookieandkate.com\/2012\/cranberry-orange-steel-cut-oats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cranberry Orange Oats<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caramelized pears<\/strong>? Um, yum. Check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/minimalistbaker.com\/brown-sugar-pear-steel-cut-oats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minimalist Baker<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Need to sneak a veggie into your breakfast bowl? This<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annies-eats.com\/2013\/05\/13\/carrot-cake-oatmeal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u00a0Carrot Cake Oatmeal<\/strong><\/a> from Annie&#8217;s Eats looks\u00a0a-mazing.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of spices in this <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegraciouspantry.com\/clean-eating-gingerbread-oatmeal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gingerbread Oatmeal<\/a> <\/strong>from The Gracious Pantry sounds heavenly!<\/p>\n<p>I love this post from The Kitchn with 10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/10-sweet-savory-ways-to-fancy-up-your-oatmeal-224601?crlt.pid=camp.boYlXtHWWKpW\" target=\"_blank\">sweet\u00a0<em>and<\/em> savory ideas<\/a>! (Do you seeee the one with <strong>cocoa powder<\/strong>?!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Note: This post contains an affiliate link, which means that Amazon gives me a small commission if you buy through my link. It helps offset the cost of running the blog, and I really appreciate it!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway from last week, and a big congrats to the winner, Linda! :o)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41,43],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/scottish-oats-for-the-perfect-bowl-of-oatmeal-2.jpg?fit=600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59xGs-Ak","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2329,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}