Common oats are a cultivated cereal with a number of useful properties. The product is very useful, it is used in medicine, cooking, cosmetology. Oats are used to prepare flour - oatmeal and flakes - rolled oats, obtained by flattening grain.
The benefits of oatmeal
Oatmeal is widely used in cooking due to its quick preparation. Whole grains are cooked for a long time, about an hour, and rolled oats takes 10-15 minutes. The industry also produces flakes, which take two minutes to cook. In terms of useful properties, ordinary oatmeal and instant cooking do not differ, there is a slight difference in taste, everyone can choose what he likes best.
Oatmeal has proven itself well in dietary nutrition, and oatmeal is an excellent breakfast dish. For those who are overweight, oatmeal porridge is recommended to eat twice a week, after all, the cereal is high in calories. Oatmeal does not have an exquisite taste and does not look very appetizing, so many, especially children, do not like it, despite its usefulness.
Hercules charlotte
To deceive the taste perception, you can make a delicious dessert from oatmeal - charlotte. For her you will need:
- rolled oats - 2 glasses;
- milk - 1 glass;
- sugar - 3 tablespoons, can be replaced with honey;
- egg - 1 piece;
- apple - 3 pcs;
- raisins - a handful;
- cinnamon - to taste.
Knead the dough from cereals, milk, eggs and sugar. Grate the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and add to the mixture. Put the washed raisins and cinnamon there. Place the dough on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 ° C.
The finished charlotte can be decorated with fruit. It is served for breakfast, it can be a light dinner, children will gladly eat it. The cakes can become the basis, instead of a biscuit, for a diet cake.
