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Default Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal

ImStillMags wrote:
> "A more accurate description than “100% natural whole-grain oats,”
> “plump raisins,” “sweet cranberries” and “crisp fresh apples” would be
> “oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
> you would never keep in your kitchen.”
>
> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>
> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>
> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>
> ....
>
> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>
> "Here’s the thing: McDonald’s wants to get people in the store. Once a
> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they’re o.k. with that. But they
> know that, once inside, you’ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
> anyway.
>
> And you won’t be much worse off. "
>
>



One of the better (nutritionally) breakfasts at McD's is the Egg
McMuffin. That's what I get when I'm stuck going there for breakfast.
BK has a sandwich almost just like it on their dollar menu, but I
think it's made with sausage. The important thing is getting an
English muffin sandwich and not a biscuit sandwich. That, and not
ordering fries or hashbrowns with it. ;-)

I usually eat rolled oats raw when I have them for breakfast. Just
soak them in milk for a few minutes, then stir in a little bit of
something sugary and crunchy to make it interesting -- like frosted
raisin bran.

Steel-cut oats get cooked the night before, then warmed up in the
morning with dried fruit and a little cream.

-Bob