good maple syrup
Apples & cinnamon
banana and walnuts
brown sugar and nutmeg
blueberries and strawberries when cooking the oats in milk (doesn't work well with nutmilks)
peanut butter oats
overnight oats of various forms
protein tiramisu oats with cottage cheese
mangos
chocolate chips and nuts

All with no brands, all with simple, easy to find foods, tons of variety in types of flavors.

[–] realChem 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Totally agreed, but I was also surprised not to see raisins on your list! They're great cooked right along with the oats: they'll soak up a little water (or milk if you do it that way) and plump back up a bit, and they make for delicious bites. I also usually make steel-cut oats in a rice cooker – the raisins don't come out quite as delicious with quick oats because they don't get as much opportunity to soak up water, but they're still good.

[–] memfree 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try some cardamom spice in there, too -- but don't add it until near the end. Cardamom's flavor dissipates when cooked too long.

[–] realChem 1 points 1 year ago

Ooh, good suggestion, I'll give it a try!

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

I like that they listed the brands because some of the ones they mentioned aren't available in my area - so I like knowing I'd have to travel to get something else.