So, today I learned that rolled oats and steel oats are the SAME thing. Nutritionally, like comparing oranges to 'oranges'. So sad. 
They are no better or worse than regular oats or so dr. google tells me.
Up on the soap box....
There are three basic types of oats. There are old-fashioned rolled oats, which are whole oats rolled flat. Then there are quick oats, which are rolled oats that have been ground up a little bit more to make them cook faster. Finally, there are the steel cut oats, where the whole raw oat was cut into smaller chunks.
They all start from the same grains, but they are cut differently. Rolled oats are steamed slightly to make them cook faster, but otherwise, they aren’t any different from steel cut oats.
The extra processing isn’t that big a deal, because you have to remember this process called digestion where you break down food to absorb it. So these oats are all the same once they get past your mouth.
So you see, rolled oats and steel cut oats are the same food, just cut differently. Saying they’re vastly different in nutritional value is like saying a sandwich cut straight down the middle is healthier than a sandwich sliced diagonally into triangles!
Down off the soap box....
- See more at: Difference Between Rolled Oats and Steel Cut Oats
They are no better or worse than regular oats or so dr. google tells me.Up on the soap box....
There are three basic types of oats. There are old-fashioned rolled oats, which are whole oats rolled flat. Then there are quick oats, which are rolled oats that have been ground up a little bit more to make them cook faster. Finally, there are the steel cut oats, where the whole raw oat was cut into smaller chunks.
They all start from the same grains, but they are cut differently. Rolled oats are steamed slightly to make them cook faster, but otherwise, they aren’t any different from steel cut oats.
The extra processing isn’t that big a deal, because you have to remember this process called digestion where you break down food to absorb it. So these oats are all the same once they get past your mouth.
So you see, rolled oats and steel cut oats are the same food, just cut differently. Saying they’re vastly different in nutritional value is like saying a sandwich cut straight down the middle is healthier than a sandwich sliced diagonally into triangles!
Down off the soap box....
- See more at: Difference Between Rolled Oats and Steel Cut Oats
I was a good girl. I hit the buffet and had fresh strawberries (smoked gouda), fresh cantelope and watermelon (smoked gouda) and some pineapple slices (brie cheese). The items in brackets are things I ate that I am NOT admitting to eating tonight. 
hehehe Thankfully, I ate before I left so wasn't really hungry but had to nibble anyways. My son however ate most of the strawberries that were there before he came back with a WHOLE plate of pineapple. hahaha It's going to be fun working and jogging in the rain tomorrow here as we have a big storm here right now. Last I checked, we are getting 2 inches of rain tomorrow with winds gusting to 25mph (it was tough to convert that to AMERICAN. HOLY!) so that calls for shorts. I know it sounds insane but in winter if it's pissing rain, I wear shorts as its easier for your legs to dry than for soaking wet clothes to dry. Yup, we Canadians are a wierd lot. hahaha
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