If you are in real need of recovery I would just eat what sounds the most tasty and appealing. A good combination of starches and sugars – preferably the ones that are the most concentrated (lower water content). Bread and jam beats oatmeal and apples any day.
If you are a hard-training athlete I would be eating a buttload more fruit and not stressing about your starches – eating lots of oats, corn, potatoes, yams, bread – whatever you can get your hands on.