Food On Friday – Is Baking With OATS a Healthier Option?

Let’s talk about food and healthy options.

Recently, I’ve noticed an increasing number of cookie and cake recipes on my FB feed that use oats instead of wheat flour. Keen to discover more, as part of my quest to reduce the number of ultra-processed foods in our diet and replace with healthier alternatives, I dived into Google for reputable and scientific sources such as the National Library of Medicine.

Oats (Avena sativa L.) have received considerable attention for their high content of dietary fibres, phytochemicals and nutritional value. It is believed that consumption of oats possesses various health benefits such as hypocholesterolaemic and anticancerous properties. Oats have also recently been considered suitable in the diet of celiac patients. Owing to their high nutritional value, oat-based food products like breads, biscuits, cookies, probiotic drinks, breakfast cereals, flakes and infant food are gaining increasing consideration. Research and development on oat and its products may be helpful in combating various diseases known to mankind. This paper provides an overview of the nutritional and health benefits provided by oats as whole grains and its value added products. It is designed to provide an insight on the processing of oats and its effect on their functional properties. The manuscript also reviews various uses of oats and its fractions for clinical and industrial purposes and in development of value added food products.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4325078/

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An article from the Kitchen Stewardship also seems well-researched and offers easily digestible facts. Food for Thought: What Makes Oats So Much Healthier Than Other Whole Grains?

After reading these, I have been experimenting with different recipes such as

Foodie Friday – Delicious Oat and Apple Cake

and today I tried a recipe for Chocolate Banana and Walnut Oat Cake https://youtu.be/UzdYRNVN_Qw?si=mFiUX75D6BGzuRfu I can’t embed the video, so I’ll write out instructions and post the recipe here

Chocolate Banana and Walnut Oat Cake

Recipe

The chocolate, banana, and walnut oat cake tasted AMAZING! Not too sweet. Perfect. Do you have any ‘oaty’ recipes to share?

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Resources:

https://www.globalresourcesdirect.com/blog/oat-flour-vs-whole-wheat-flour/

https://www.kitchenstewardship.com/food-for-thought-why-are-oats-so-good-for-me/