Savory Oatmeal! Let Me Count the Ways...

Savory Oatmeal Has Changed My Morning!

I really love oatmeal...though I can't always handle eating sweet food too early in the morning...so I looked up some savory oatmeal ideas and it was quite a revelation!  A lot of the websites/forums were talking about treating the oatmeal like fried rice...cooking it with chicken stock and adding scrambled eggs etc. I also add fresh garlic to the oatmeal as it cooks sometimes, for flavor.

So...I took that as my jumping off point and came up with the following combinations (all with scrambled egg):

Smoked Salmon with Green Onions

Smoked Salmon with Green Onions, Tomato, Goat Cheese and lemon Juice

Green Onion with Cheddar Cheese and Organic Worcestershire Sauce

Butternut Squash with garlic and cayenne

Butternut squash with nutmeg cayenne, garlic...and cooked the oatmeal with leftover Pumpkinhead Ale!

Red cabbage, soy sauce and sesame seeds

Tomato, fresh basil, smoked salmon, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar and goat cheese

 

 Tomato, avocado, cumin, chili powder and lime juice

Not pictured:

• Soy sauce with green onionSmoked Cheddar
• Worcestershire, seeded chili peppers, chipotle tabasco
• Tomato and basil with goat cheese

The possibilities are endless!

XO

P.S.  I use Old Wessex Ltd. "Scottish Style Porridge Oats" ;)