{"id":1228,"date":"2026-04-15T02:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:02:25","slug":"simple-whole-food-recipe-oatmeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/simple-whole-food-recipe-oatmeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Whole Food Recipe:  Oatmeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been proud of what I&#8217;ve been eating lately and decided I need to clean up and do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/greenhealthycooking.com\/clean-eating-for-beginners\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/greenhealthycooking.com\/clean-eating-for-beginners\/\">first recipes I came across <\/a>has changed my world view.  Oatmeal, that you soak in milk overnight.  You don&#8217;t even need to cook it.  Genius!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve never really liked oatmeal.  But topped with strawberries and a bit of maple syrup it&#8217;s delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s all there is to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3\/4 cup of milk and 3\/4 cup of old fashioned oats placed in the refrigerator in the evening.  I&#8217;ve read you could add some greek yogurt for more creaminess, but I used whole milk and it&#8217;s plenty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The next morning I warm it up a bit in the microwave and add slices of fruit and a drizzle of maple syrup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OvernightOatmeal-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been proud of what I&#8217;ve been eating lately and decided I need to clean up and do better. One of the first recipes I came across has changed my world view. Oatmeal, that you soak in milk overnight. You don&#8217;t even need to cook it. Genius! I&#8217;ve never really liked oatmeal. But topped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}