Oatmeal Bread | Wheat Oats Bread

          Oatmeal bread-one more bake made without any bread machine.Off late i am baking at least once a week.This has become my hobby, i tried wheat bread with slight variation adding oats flour to it.Most people add bread flour instead of all purpose flour that too in high quantity.It's not the point in making a healthy bread at home (at least to me).So i used less all purpose flour.It came out really good ,equally good compared to store bought bread.

Ven Pongal | Oats Pongal

      Ven pongal is a south Indian style kichdi made with rice,dal and tempering.Oats is a healthy grain, good for diabetic and heart patience.Reduces the cholesterol level and gives a constant energy through out the day.(its' true, my experience).Oats ven pongal makes a best morning breakfast or brunch ,its quick and very filling too.

Oats Payasam/Easy kheer without milk

                     This month is auspicious for every Indian.We tamilians call it  aadi (otherwise "shravan" for others).Many festivals occur this month or this is start of festive season .In aadi month fridays are very special ,my mother-in -law do different payasam for every friday .
                     I did oats payasam for this week friday.Its absoulte delicious and yummy .If you have sweet tooth then this payasam is for absolutely for you .Payasam was little watery ,if you want it little thicker reduce the water added while cooking the oats .
I used very small sidedish cup (available in thali) for measuring oats ,water and jaggery(whatever cup you use ratio remains same ) .

Some easy payasam recipes

Javarisi Payasam/Sabudana Kheer
Moongdal Payasam

Cooking time:25 min
Serves:3-4

Granola Bars/KidSnack/Healthy Breakfast/No Bake

Oats bar are called granola bars. Oats is a very healthy option for morning breakfast, oats gives constant energy through out the day .Its fattier than other wholegrains like wheat,barley,quinoa,finger millet etc, but its(oats) varied options as cereals, bars and cookies make oats a very famous whole grain.

There are  many variety of granola  bars in stores, but this home made version is healthier than them. We know our body requirements so accordingly we can change the ingredients. Also we can adjust the ingredients to suit our palates. For people without an oven or microwave this recipe is especially for you. This is a simple no bake recipe . .Your kids will love it for sure .You can pack this in tiffin box or in their snack box.

You can opt for dried grapes instead of cranberries,apricots (as there are no takers at home i included it  ).My husband and daughter finished almost 1/4 of it in 1 day ( its so tasty I guess ). Original recipe has only cranberries and badam/almonds. I added dates,cranberries,apricots because we don't eat them often.

Try my other no bake recipe Cocoa fudge

Recipe source:inspired taste

Preparation time:20-25 min(2 hours set time)
Yields:18 medium size bars

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup badam/almonds
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup pitted dates
• 1/2 cup dried apricots
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• pinch of salt

Method:

• Saute(dry roast) oats for 5 mins in a pan.

• Saute badam/almonds for 5 mins in a dry pan.

• Add butter,sugar,salt,honey,vanilla essence together in a pan.
• Stir until sugar dissolves in butter and all of them comes together .

• Add butter/sugar mixture to oats mixture .
• Mix them together using a wooden spoon or spatula.

• Add dried fruits to oats as well and mix with a spatula or wooden spoon. 

• Press them together in  9 *4 square pan based with aluminium foil /baking sheet.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours covered.
• Cut in to pieces of desired size.
• Store in an airtight container.

Note:

• Choice of dried fruits is unlimited like dry grapes,dates,cranberries,apricots,prunes .So add your choice or add what is available in your hand.
• You can add regular sugar instead of brown sugar .In this case your bars will be white instead of little brown.
• If the bars doesn't stick together add little more oil.
• You can add grated or chopped coconut pieces as well to this bars .
• Adding of butter gives a very good taste to the bars . you can reduce it if adults are interested in these bars.
• If you want to use oven for roasting you can keep the oats in oven safe plate and roast it for 5 minutes or until its little brown.similarly do for badam/almonds also .
• If you want chewy ones you have to keep it at room temperature otherwise keep them refrigerated (in this case bars will be crunchy).

Linking this to parisevent and shruti

Sending these recipe to family foodie event :healthy snack happening at Eatyourveg and bangermash

Instant oats-ragi dosa/Leftover recipes/Easy breakfast

Whenever you run out of idly or dosa batter this dosa comes in handy with the leftover batter in hand to make a wonderful nutritious breakfast -dinner.
My husband is not very fond of oats, so i add it to dosa and hide the sticky texture of oats .Kids who got bored of regular dosa like it very much and ofcourse my daughter loved it to the core.  To make breakfast-dinner more intresting and very different try this dosa and you would be surprised of this soft ,fluffy dosa.Eat it with your favourite chutney,sambhar .

Cooking time:30-40 min
Yields:10 dosas

Banana oats muffin/Breakfast muffin/Healthy muffins

I wanted to use up the bananas which were laying in pantry for a long time. My daughter eats morning breakfast at home and goes to school (Even though most kindergarten schools provide breakfast ), so wanted to make her a healthy breakfast alternative apart from cereals (she loves cereals). Oats is a healthy whole grain and it has many benefits lowering cholesterol being one of them.

Muffins when made correctly are an healthy alternative to our staples idly, dosa. No butter not much oil and is  low in calories compared to cakes. No heavy beating of eggs, cream, butter and sugar. Mix the ingredients ,fill the cups ,bake it .Your muffins will be ready .Very easy and they are very very filling too .You can store this for 3-4 days it an airtight container. Kids love eating them whenever they wish .

Preparation time:10-15 min
Cooking time:16-20 min
Yields:8 muffins
Recipe source:health magazine

Eggless Oatmeal Cookies|Healthy Cookies

     Egg less oatmeal cookies is a light sugary ,crunchy, healthy cookie with wheat flour.Because of the addition of butter its on high calorie end.You can use eggs instead of milk.You can skip the milk and use water too.Its a healthy cookies because there is a lot of oats in here ,i used wheat flour instead of regular flour to bind the oats.
    Cookies are every body's favourite especially here in US ,even grown kids(adults) love it. This Oatmeal cookie has more cinnamon which makes a heavenly aroma while baking  and gives a nice touch of flavour while eating. For this holiday season this is the best recipe to bake for your kids and for yourself.

     To understand the difference between baking soda and baking powder use this link. The recipe ask for baking soda but I had only baking powder so  used the above link to substitute 1 tsp of baking soda with 2 tsp of baking powder.
    Recently i did this Oatmeal cookies to gift our neighbours they are vegetarians so i tried egg less version and got a chance to picture these Healthy oatmeal cookies again.