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Reader Recipes 4
Practical meals from the jb.com faithful

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Readers have been bugging us to expand the recipe section of our site for some time now, so we've set out to do so. We've asked our regular contributors to come up with some full-length recipe articles, and now we're soliciting your best. If you've got some great recipes you'd like to share, forward them along to info@johnberardi.com.

Also, look forward in the near future to a recipe book based on the principles found No Nonsense Nutrition DVD.

This is another tribute to one of our favorite foods, oatmeal. For more on the wonders of the oat, and more oatmeal recipes, be sure to check out A Brief History of Oats by John K. Williams.

Oatmeal Simplicity, Part I

If you need a simple and quick meal in the morning, this might just be it. Taking but seconds to prepare, this recipe submitted by Jerry will get your day started in a nutritionally sound direction.

1/2 cup old fashioned oats
2 tbsp freshly ground flax seed
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
Cinnamon to taste
Splenda (sweetener) to taste

Mix the oats, flax, cinnamon, and Splenda in a bowl with enough water to cover the ingredients. Microwave the ingredients until cooked. Mix in the cottage cheese to cool the mix down so you can shovel it in!

Nutritional Information

Calories: 304 cal
Protein: 25 g
Carbohydrate: 34 g
Fat: 7.5 g

Oatmeal Simplicity, Part II

This recipe from Daniel is a great accompaniment to eggs or other protein sources in the morning. By refrigerating cooked oatmeal with fruit overnight, you can sweeten your breakfast without adding any sugar or artificial sweeteners.

3/4 cup large flake oats
1/2 cup fat free milk
2 tbsp raisins
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp mixed nuts, chopped

Boil or microwave oats. Add milk, raisins and cinnamon, and refrigerate overnight. In morning, add mixed nuts.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 437cal
Protein: 18 g
Carbohydrate: 60 g
Fat: 13 g

Apple and Cinnamon Oatmeal

This is an awesome high calorie breakfast for mass phases. Plenty of protein, low GI carbs and healthy fats.

1 cup large flake oats
1 scoop vanilla or chocolate Biotest Low Carb GROW!
1 large apple, diced
2 tbsp raisins
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp mixed nuts, finely chopped in blender/food processor
1 tbsp ground flaxseed

Boil or microwave oats. Combine all ingredients in a large (very large) bowl. How easy is that?

Nutritional Information

Calories: 813 Kcal
Protein: 41 g
Carbohydrate: 97 g
Fat: 29 g