Recipe: Cold Oatmeal with Yogurt and Fresh Berries

Don’t have time to make the yummier steel-cut kind of oatmeal? Here’s an easy-to-make ahead of time recipe from my second book, Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease (Three Rivers Press, PreventaSecondHeartAttack.com)so you can squeeze in some oats on those oh-so-hectic weekday mornings. Enjoy!

Food weight: 2.0

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup fat-free vanilla yogurt, such as Dannon Light and Fit®
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
3/4 cup fresh raspberries
3/4 cup diced strawberries
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 medium apple, peeled, cored and coarsely grated
3 tablespoons ground flax seed
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large bowl, combine oats, yogurt, orange juice and honey. Let stand 5 minutes. Gently fold in raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, apple, flax seed, and walnuts. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve cold.

Serves 6

NUTRITION FACTS
Per 1/2 cup serving: Food weight: 2.0 Calories: 202 Fat: 7 g (0 g EPA, 0 g DHA, 2 g ALA) Saturated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 1 mg Sodium: 26 mg Carbohydrate: 31 g Dietary Fiber: 6 g Sugars: 12 g
Protein: 7 g