Saturday, December 11, 2010
oat groats!
What are oat groats? They are whole oat grains. They look a lot like brown rice. This article describes a little more about them, and how to cook them. I didn't bother to find out before making them. I soaked 1/4 cup overnight in 1/2 cup water, then cooked them in the microwave for about 10 minutes over all. I'd separate 2 minutes with several minutes of soaking, then repeat 3-4 times. I wasn't in a hurry. This saves dirtying a pot. This seemed to work fine. Then I added some frozen blueberries, mango, and sliced banana. I microwaved some more to thaw the fruit. I enjoyed it. If you want it sweeter, you can add chopped dates or raisins or date syrup. You can also add chopped nuts.
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Is this like steel cut oats?
I have had to stay in hotels lately for work, so I have figured out a way to cook steel cut oats in my room
I soak 1/2 C steel cut oats with 1 cup water, couple tablespoons of raisins, 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice and some canned pumpkin 1/4 c if I have it, over night in a 1 quart glass pyrex measuring cup.
When I get up, I add maybe 1/4 C almond milk and stir.
I put it in the microwave on high for around 6 min. or until it reaches the top of the pyrex. take it out and stir. Then put it in for another couple of minutes. This time it boils and reduces. A total of 10 min or so of cooking and minimal watching and I have 2 servings of oatmeal that is perfect. It's so much better than Holiday Inn Express stuff.
This keeps me going til I get my salad at 1:20pm and my half hour break.
Patti
Thanks Patti, that sounds great. I love pumpkin flavored things! I think you would be best to stick with the steel cut oats in this recipe, not the oat groats. I'll be traveling in a few weeks. I will bring this recipe along!
-barb
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