If you had to choose onebreakfast foodto eat every single morning for the rest of your life, consideroatmeal.
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“Pay attention to yourportion size,” says Young.
“Aim for around 1 cup cooked.”
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One cup of cooked oatmeal is usually around 1/2 cup of rolled-cut oats cooked in 1 cup of liquid.
Once the oatmeal is cooked, adding toppings helps to give it some extra flavor.
A majority ofpre-packaged oatmealsare full ofadded sugars, which don’t give you a ton of nutritional value.
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Young recommends adding fruit to give it a sweeter flavor.
“Enjoy fruit like apple and blueberries,” says Young.
“I love slicing apple and cooking the apple with the oatmeal.”
Nuts are also a great option to give your oatmeal an added crunch.
“Enjoy nuts as a toppingwalnuts or slivered almonds.Aim for 2 to 3 tablespoons,” says Young.
Nutsas well as nut butterare easy to overdo because they are calorically high.
“Aim for no more than 1/4 cup.”
“It’s okay to top with cinnamon and vanilla,” says Young.
“Just skip the table sugar, which is empty calories.”
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