- Today, I am going to show you how to make protein oats.
Now there are a lot of recipes for oatmeal on the internet
and I even have a ton of them on this channel
an entire playlist of oat based recipes.
And I'm pretty sure that if many of you are looking
for a recipe that uses protein powder to add protein
to your oats, how to make them really good creamy
not like a brick, so let's get started.
So the first thing you want to do is place the oats
in a small pot.
I'm not making these in the microwave
because oats in the microwave tend to like bubble over
and it's just quite a mess.
So I just want to show you the process today.
You also using quick cooking oats, but this works
with whatever oatmeal or oats you have at home.
I'm going to make two servings.
So I'm going to add my oats
into my pot and I'm going to turn on the heat.
Now for this, I am going to use water.
I'm strictly following the directions in the package.
If you're using steel cut
the ratios are going to be different
but I'm going to use oats and water as the base
because then we're going to add our protein powder
and that could be whey or plant base.
Whatever your favorite protein powder that you have at home.
That's what I want you to use.
So oats and water.
So the cool thing about quick oats is
that they cook quickly in about three minutes or so.
So if you've ever tried to make protein oats
by using protein powder, after the fact,
a lot of complaints are,
is that like the oats get really thick
and almost like a thick paste.
And un-edible
so I'm going to help you troubleshoot all of that.
But one really important rule is
that the protein powder itself, it's going to come
through the flavor in your bowl of oats.
So if you're typically using a protein powder
that you mask with, like bananas
and berries and all these things in smoothies
it's not going to taste that well.
So like, what you really want to do is pick a flavor
of protein powder.
I have vanilla in it's whey that I'm using today
but I also have a vanilla plant base that I really like
because the oats are plain
and whatever the flavor of your protein powder
or the chocolate ones work really well
it's going to come through.
So I just want you to be aware of that as well.
So what we want to do is wait
until our oats are fully cooked and turn into oatmeal.
Before we add the protein.
I also want to keep some water handy right here
to give my oatmeal
that consistency that I like after I add the protein powder
a lot of protein oat recipes have you cook your oatmeal
and then add yogurt to the bowl of oatmeal and mix it.
And that while that's a really great idea
and I do that all the time.
One serving of yogurt is not going to have as much protein
usually as a scoop of your protein powder.
So if you're trying to add protein
into your diet without having two cups
of yogurt that using a powder form is really a great idea.
Now, I have a lot of overnight oat recipes on this channel.
And sometimes people ask me if they can add a scoop
of protein powder into an overnight oat recipe.
And the short answer is that you can
however protein powder is going to absorb a lot
of that liquid that the oats need.
So I don't recommend adding a whole scoop
to a jar of overnight oats.
So as you can see
our oats have really just turned into oatmeal.
So it's got like a really thick porridge texture
that you would typically serve in a bowl.
So what you want to do is turn off your heat
and this is where you bring in your protein powder
and scoop it in.
So I made two servings of oats in my pot.
So one scoop is one serving of protein powder.
So you could either just do one or two
but we each want a have a full 20 grams of protein.
So there we go.
So what you do now is with your spoon
you're going to stir and as you can look at, check it out.
So it's absorbing into our oats and depending
on the brand or type of protein powder that you're using
it's going to thicken up a lot or a little, because again
not all brands are the same.
I would eat oats, this thick, not a problem.
I know this is kind of thick for a lot of people.
So one reason I told you to have a little bit
of water handy is because
if you're using a plant-based protein
it often becomes really thick and pasty.
So you would then just add a little bit
of water after your oats are cooked
and the protein's in there and stir it to give your oatmeal
the consistency that you like.
Now let's dish some of these oats up
so you can see up close what these are like.
Now sometimes maybe you just want to make one big pot
for a couple servings and refrigerate the rest for later
you can definitely make a big batch of these
a couple of servings at a time and save that for later.
I personally like to top my oats with some berries.
Smells like strawberries and cream cake.
Now I would love to know what kind
of protein powder do you use
and your smoothies and that you buy.
I do have a blog post on my favorite protein powder.
So I'll make sure to link that below.
But of course, go ahead and share that with me.
I'm always curious to see if I can try a new one.
See, let's check this out.
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Tastes like cake.
It's really yummy.
You should try it.
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