Crumble Topping

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1/2 cup almonds
• 2 cups oatmeal, old-fashioned style
• 4 tbsp. oat bran
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 tbsp. coconut oil
• parchment paper

Makes 2 1/4 cups, 20 Servings (2 tbsp. per serving)

1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
2. Place brown sugar and almonds in a spice grinder or food processor. Grind to a fine powder. Combine almond mixture, oatmeal, oat bran, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in coconut oil until well distributed. Leave clumps.
3. At this point you can either bake the mixture and use it as topping or leave uncooked and bake on a crumble or fruit. If you bake it now, place mixture in a parchment-lines sheet pan. Bake in a preheated oven for 8 minutes, stirring periodically for evening browning. Cool.

WW POINTS VALUE: 3 pts.

 

Note: This recipe appears in the New Sonoma Cookbook. This homemade topping is so yummy it's better than store bought. This crisp bite is so good on any fruit combination from fall & winter fruits such as apples and pears to your favorite summer berries. Grinding the almonds with sugar prevents them from becoming almond butter. This recipe has many variations: replace oat bran with wheat bran, replace coconut oil with canola oil or make it gluten-free if you use gluten-free oats and oat bran. You can use this topping in your yogurt, on your favorite fruit pies, or even in baked fruit muffins.

Oat Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 1/1 cups strawberries, halved
• 1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
• 1/2 tsp granular sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 tbsp oat bran
• 2 tbsp sugar-free pancake syrup
• 1/2 cup ice cubes

Makes 4 Servings

In a blender or food proccessor, combine the strawberries, yogurt, sugar substitute, milk, walnuts, oat bran, syrup and ice cubes. Blend until smooth and frothy.

WW POINTS VALUE: 3 pts

Note. This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Cookbook. This is a wonderful breakfast shake if you're on the go and can easily be made in 15 minutes or less. This shake also makes for a delicious light snack during the day. You can substitute quick-cooking oats in place of the oat bran and it will taste like an oatmeal shake and it still taste delicious. The orginal recipe calls fornonfat dry milk but I used skim milk to make the shake smooth and creamy. You can also use any kind of berry or even a berry mixture in this recipe. This shake is great during a heat wave and it's too hot to cook.