MANILA, Philippines—Holidays are the ideal chance to connect with friends, family, and colleagues. It really would be lovely if the food on your Christmas spread was both delicious and healthy.
You can now make healthier holiday dinners with Quaker Whole Grain Rolled Oats as a go-to key ingredient.
Quaker Oats has seven times more fiber vs. long grain white rice that aids digestion and powers up your day. It also has Beta-Glucan which helps lower cholesterol levels.
When meals are created with Quaker Oats, you will change the way you think about healthy food not being tasty! Now you can indulge in holiday eating with less guilt—all just the good stuff!
Intrigued in experimenting with Quaker Oats in your holiday cooking? Start with the recipes below:
CHOC’OATS FLAKES
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Try this as a midnight snack, or as Christmas gifts!
INGREDIENTS:
Serves 15-20 pieces
1/5 cup Quaker Rolled Oats
1 cup Chocolate (can be milk, white or dark)
1/5 cup Corn Flakes
1/8 cup Pinipig
2 tbsps Margarine
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
- Melt chocolate and margarine using a microwave oven or double boiler. Mix it often with a spoon to avoid burning it. Mix all ingredients together.
- On a tray or a plate (that can fit your refrigerator), place a parchment paper
- Using a spoon, create small piles (one-bite size) with the mixture. Leave it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours
- Remove it from the tray and plate.
OATS CHOCOLATE MUFFIN
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Best paired with your favorite cup of coffee!
INGREDIENTS:
Serves 4-6 muffins
1/3 cup Quaker Rolled Oats
1 cup Flour
1/2 cup Chocolate
1/3 cup Margarine
1/4 cup Milk
1 Egg
3.5g Baking Powder
I pinch of Salt
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
- Melt margarine in the microwave oven. Add milk and egg.
- In a bowl, using a fork or a whisk, mix flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and salt
- Combine these 2 preparations together slowly to avoid clumps. Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips to the mixture.
- Fill 3/4 of the molds and bake for 15-20 minutes at 200°C
- Serve and eat.
Oats & Tuna Mushroom Risotto
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Serve this as a main course in your potluck gathering, or during Noche Buena!
INGREDIENTS:
Serves 1 big tray
2 cups Quaker Rolled Oats
4 cups Broth (can be vegetable, pork or chicken)
1 cup Fresh or Canned Mushrooms
I can Tuna
1/2 Onion
7 Sprigs of Spring Onion
Salt (as needed)
Pepper (as needed)
*Mushroom can be substituted by any other vegetable
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
- In a saucepan, simmer chopped onions, spring onions, and mushrooms together until translucent, then add tuna.
- In another saucepan, put Quaker Rolled Oats and slowly add the broth (around half a cup each time) until the consistency is thick but flowing.
- Combine tuna mix and oats risotto
- Serve in a big tray and garnish with spring onion
Additiinally, remember Quaker’s Christmas offering, which provides a free tuna can with the purchase of a 1.2 kg bag of Quaker Rolled Oats for for only Php 180. Until supplies run out, this sale is now running in all major supermarkets.
By keeping up with Quaker Oats on their Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok accounts, you may engage further food experiments with tastier and healthier outcomes.