Egg Whites, Oatmeal and a Recipe Suggestion! =)

Hello, hello!
I was browsing some topics and a couple of people mentioned adding egg whites to oatmeal. Other than added protein, what else does this accomplish? Does it make it fluffier or give it more volume? Change the taste/texture?
How many egg whites do you add, and how do you add it so that I don't get like.. scrambled eggs in oatmeal? =P Thank you!

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Recipe Suggestion:
Today I tried a handful of pitted cherries, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and Splenda... amazing! Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal!

*Shameless BUMP!*

Egg whites act as a binding agent and thicken in heat.  So your porridge would end up thicker than made with the traditional milk/water and with a gelatinous texture.  Yes it's adding protein but I think the resulting tasteless but stodgy bowlful risks spoiling a perfectly good breakfast!  There are other ways to add protein... milk, nuts, seeds.  They sound a little more appealing to me

Aw, that's too bad. I wonder if there's anyone with good reviews?

Yeah, if you want them just for the protein then you can add them like so:
Cook your oatmeal - i do it in the micorwave
Have your egg whites in another bowl
Add a bit of cooked oatmeal to the eggwhites. Like 2 tsps and mix well - its like tempring the eggs. If you just heat them they will solidify
Keep adding in the oatmeal one spoonful at a time until you cant really tell the difference between the two
Then add the egg to the rest of the oatmeal and stir well.
If you stove cook oatmeal, make sure you take it off the heat

So the eggs are essentially mostly raw, so make sure your eggs are safe.


If you add them hot your eggs will scramble and its feral.

Usually I cannot have oats plain like this. I need fruit otherwise its too eggy for me.

If i want protein i usually dump cottage cheese on top

Body buid,ers like it this way - try their forums maybe?

Eww! I think adding them in raw or cooking it together would quite disgusting. I would have the egg white from previously hardboiled eggs on the side or like someone else (red herring) suggested I would have some cottage cheese on the side for added protein.

I have also enjoyed scrambling several egg whites with one yolk thrown in and that is pallatable.

Yogourt and oatmeal can be a tasty combination.

 

 

In an attempt to get more protein into my breakfast -- without added fat, I tried this.  I basically beat the egg whites, took the oatmeal off the heat and added the egg whites while stirring the oatmeal the whole time.  When I was done you couldn't even tell there was egg white in there -- wasn't gloopy or anything, and there's no taste difference unless you add the yolk as well (ew).  I added my cinnamon and fruit -- tasted just as good as always.

I only eat steel cut oats by the way, the texture of the regular oatmeal, cooked, turns my stomach -- this may be why there was no noticeable difference to the texture of my oatmeal

Hey guys... The actual way to do it when people talk about eating eggwhites and oatmeal is this...

Mix egg whites and oats in a bowl, mix in some flavoured crystal light ( I use the strawberry,banana one!) Pour it in a pan and fry it up like scrambled eggs. It turns out kind of like a crumble. Its like eatin dessert! Its awesome. I usually eat it after the gym or whenever!

Oh Wow...I don't do it anything like that. I actually, make my oatmeal in the microwave, 1/3 cup dry measure.  Then I usually add frozen berries.  If they are fresh, then I don't add them until after the oatmeal is cooked.  Then, in a separate small bowl, I put my egg white in.  Add a little Agave nectar and some cinnamon, then I beat it until it's fluffly and frothy (merang).  Once the oatmeal is cooked, I fold in the beaten eggwhites, add a little almond milk to the top and voila!  Even my kids like it, it's so yummy!

I'll eat eggs and oatmeal together in the same meal, but never in the same bowl. Ew. :) OP, red_herring's method tempering the egg whites is good, standard cooking advice, and nelnor's idea about beating the eggs into a meringue also sounds promising, but I'd still just eat them separate. If I'm combining eggs and oatmeal in one bowl, they'd better turn out to be cookies.

I made my oatmeal with all milk instead of water this morning, and I stirred in a little neufchatel (like cream cheese, but lower fat) and a spoonful of peach preserves. Tasty, tasty! I've gotten so many ideas for oatmeal off this forum - maybe I'll even get brave enough for eggy oatmeal one of these days.