Thanks so much - its greatly appreciated. What do you like to eat the oatmeal with to make it a good zone meal?

I am different, 1-1/2 Tbl is 1 block Fav Carbs, raw.
I like it raw, and eat it that way about 2 and sometimes 3 1 block servings per week.
Sometimes straight, sometimes sprinkled on a dinner salad, and sometimes in a breakfast smoothie,
but mostly chew on it raw.
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Last winter, I used to microwave it occasionally; however, I am minimizing use of the microwave.
When i did, i added frozen wild blueberries, and a touch of pure NH/Vermont maple syrup.
(We live in New England.) And though unfavorable, in small amounts, less than 25% as unfavorable, pure maple syrup has been found to have at least 17 beneficial nutrient ingredients. (and more...)
Some times I mixed an equal amount of Protein Powder and EVOO to get a balanced meal.
This winter, we will probably try the overnight recipe, so my wife cam eat it before work,
and heat it up other days - without having to use the microwave.
(I work from home, so more flexible...)

I am stumped -- the baked oatmeal recipe I see on the website: http://www.zonediet.com/0/zonediet/...emid/2398.

calls for 1/2 cups of slivered almonds. if 1 tsp of slivered almonds is one block (0.02 cups), this works out to 25 blocks of fat!!!! How can that be considered in the zone? By my calculations
this recipe also has about 11 blocks of C and 11 blocks of P.

Also, I have been looking for a good iPhone App or website where I can punch in the ingredients and the amount (g or cups or teaspoons or ounces), and get the blocks calculated for me of P,F, C. Anyone know of one?
I see lots of websites that will calculate my block needs -- I don't need that, that is easy. I need something ongoing that I can use to adapt recipes to Zone diet.

Thanks!

Remember 1 Block of Fat is 1/2 of the Fat required for 1 Block of Protein.
11 Blocks of Protein requires 3 grams fat x 11 blocks = 33 grams fat.
With 25 Total Blocks fat - that is actually 12-1/2 equivalent blocks of fat per 11 blocks Protein.
And a little additional fat is OK.

Put another way:
11 Blocks of Protein is 11 Zone servings of Protein.
25 Blocks of fat is 12.5 Zone servings of Fat.

I am still stumped. The "Enter the Zone" book, the original, has an equal number of blocks of protein, carbs, and fats (see p. 88). For for each block of protein (7 g) and each block of carbs (9 grams), you should have 1 block (1.5 g) of fat. "Each fat block containes approximately 1-1/2 grams of fat", p. 87. So I think you are confusing an equal number of grams of P,C,F with an equal number of blocks of P,C,F; blocks are not equal to grams.

I am calculating the blocks of fat, carbs and protein in the entire baked oatmeal recipe, because I wanted to divide it into 1 block servings to use as an on-the-go snack when hiking. So if there are 11 blocks of protein and 11 blocks of carbs in the oatmeal recipe (which is what I estimate), then there should be 11 blocks of fat in the recipe, not 25 blocks of fat. The recipe uses 2 tsp. of olive oil, which is 6 blocks, then using 2% milk (1 cup = 5 g of fat; in addition to the blocks of protein in milk) or 3 blocks of fat (1 block is 1.5 grams so 3 grams is just over 2 blocks). So 6 + 2 = 8 blocks of fat without the nuts. I am guessing the recipe meant 3 tsp. of slivered almonds, or something similar to add 3 more blocks of fat to bring it up to 11 blocks of fat to match the protein and carbs. 3 blocks of almonds is 3 tsp. of almonds, not a half a cup.

Laura

That's because low-fat protein has about 1.5 grams of Fat per 7 grams Protein.
However, when using no-fat protein or when calculating total fat in a meal, one needs
3 grams of fat (2 Fat blocks) per 7 grams Protein (1 Protein blovk).
So, essentially total Zone fat serving per 1 block of Protein is 3 grams Fat.

Does anybody from support team check these recipes before placing them on this site?

Yes, and we continue to fine turn them. We do not run every recipe on the blogs.. but for the most part John, Cranberry, Sue or others will let you know if it is off by much.