Egg White Oatmeal

I’ve had to impose a new rule for myself regarding food. It states:

You may only have oatmeal for one meal each day.

~~I don’t know why, but recently~~ In this cold weather, the only thing I ever want to eat is (warm) oatmeal. (Not really Overnight Oats at the moment–as much as I love a good bowl of OO, a cold breakfast doesn’t appeal on a winter morning.) I just LOVE oatmeal. PBJ oatmeal, Oat Frittatas, or even just sprinkled on top of Greek yogurt, OR mixed with some PB2 for a faux-peanut butter cookie dough treat.

In an attempt to up the protein of a standard bowl of oatmeal, I recently Googled recipes for a dish I’ve read about on a lot of healthy-eating blogs. It came up with an entire list of possibilities for Egg White Oatmeal on a new-to-me blog called A Fit Girl’s Martini. I took her basic ideas (and method) for Egg White Oatmeal to come up with the following recipe, which has quickly become a favorite. (BTW, I ate this before my training run on Saturday (then let it digest for a couple of hours), and the mixture of protein, carbs, and fats was GREAT fuel and easy on the stomach.)

Blueberry Walnut Egg White Oatmeal

Ingredients

Oats (I use quick oats)
Water
Egg Whites
Blueberries (I use frozen)
Walnuts
Sugar-free pancake syrup
Apple Pie Spice

First, cook oats with water (I use 1/2 C oats and 1 C water) in the microwave for about 1 minute less than you normally would (I do 1:30). Then, stir in your egg whites (I use 1/2 C) and apple pie spice. Microwave for another 2:30. Stir in blueberries and walnuts. Top with sugar-free syrup. Yum!