Oats and Oatmeal Recipes

Today I decided to highlight some of my favorite and memorable recipes using Oats!  The ordering of this post is:
Bowls of Oats: Overnight, Soaked, and CookedProtein Oats Pancakes with OatsEnergy & Protein Bars with OatsCookies & Cookie Dough with OatsOther Desserts & Treats with OatsEnjoy The Oat Post!


Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Raisin Oats

And garnished with banana slices and raisins.  Warm and soothing on chilly winter mornings!
Overnight Peanut Butter-Banana-Vanilla-Chia Oats
 Butterfinger & Banana Oats
 Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Oats
Chocolate Brownie Protein Oats
With additional Tips Here

High Raw Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Chia-Oat Dessert/Energy Bars
 Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars
Popped it into the Freezer for Safekeeping Freezing.
Cut them into pretty snacks for on-the-go: No-Bake, Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars
Check out the gooey-ness of the mashed frozen bananas meets maple + PB + the chewy oats.  Nice.

High Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
For full recipe info, click right on over to here!  10 minutes til heaven in your mouth if you get started now!
Cashews & Oats
Add the Liquids (Maple and/or Agave or both, Vanilla Extract)
Add the Chocolate Chips
Blend for a Second or by hand
Form the balls
After refrigeration they looked like this.  And they will keep for weeks in the fridge.
I love the chunks of (vegan) chocolate chips in the high Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

 Raw Vegan Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies

High Raw Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Balls

Vegan Maple-Nut Chocolate Oaties
Raw Vegan Apple Crumble


Place the crumble topping over the apples, squirt some more agave over the top if desired
Look at all the slurpable agave-cinny juice.  So good!
And here's another version I made: 
Raw Vegan Apple Crumble
And here's yet another version I made:
Raw Vegan Apple Crumble 

Tip and Q & A of the Day: Are Oats Gluten Free?
This is sort of a trick question.  I'll explain.
Oats themselves are gluten-free.  However, the issue that arises is that in the planting of oat crops, harvesting, milling, and transporting the oats, they are frequently cross-contaminated with wheat, rye, or barley which all are gluten-containing grains.   So yes, oats are gluten-free inherently but they are surface-level contaminated with gluten, sometimes in large amounts, sometimes in trace amounts.  For individuals with true Celiac Disease, gluten should be avoided at all costs. 

For individuals like myself who are gluten-sensitive and gluten-intolerant, but it's not a matter of life-and-death, to each his or her own whether they choose to purchase specifically certified Gluten-Free Oats.  My gluten intolerance is not sensitive enough that I need to do this and I am fine using conventional oats, but I also don't ever eat more than 1/3 cup per day or I will feel the effects systemically; but..

..."There are several companies who now sell "certified gluten-free oats," which are oats that are farmed, harvested, processed and packed using special methods to avoid cross-contamination with gluten during every step of the way. Gluten-free oats currently sell for around $4 to $5 a pound." (source)

If you feel that organic oats, Trader Joe's or WF's many varieties of oats, the bulk bins at your food co-op, or even Quaker Oats won't suffice and need a truly Gluten-Free option, check out Gluten Free Oats or Bob's Red Mill GF Oats.

So that was a long-winded answer but like I said, it's tricky and only your own personal detective work will tell you whether you need Certified GF Oats or not.

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Questions:
What recipe of mine looked good?  If there's a pattern, I may take that recipe and tweak it somehow and make a "new and improved version".  

What is Your Favorite Recipe Using Oats?  If you have a great one you can drop the link in the comments!

Do you do overnight or soaked oats?  Do you like bowls of oatmeal or do you prefer to use your oats IN things, like in cookies or protein bars?  I'm the later, for sure.  The oatmeal bowls go straight to Scott and I love my dough balls and cookies with oats in them!

Do you ever think that bloggers post tooo many bowls of oatmeal?  haha!  kidding, but I think on a daily basis I see about 25 bowls of oats on different blogs.  Do you think bloggers post alot of oatmeal bowl, too?  With almond or nut butter on top, but of course...haha!