Oatmeal, Steel Cut Oats- What do you suggest?

I never cared for oatmeal until I encountered steel cut oats. Now, this is the only kind I eat. Anything less, tastes nasty to me and has no texture.

I started buying Trader Joe's frozen steel cut oatmeal (they come in a frozen hockey puck shape and you microwave one for about 2 minutes). I, like many of the others, add cinnamon and chopped up walnuts. Sometimes a tablespoon of brown sugar. Bananas, etc. are also good but i like to add FLAVOR to the oatmeal and stir it up before adding anything.

Now I buy Bob's Red Mill Farms steel cut oats and make my own oatmeal. I have made it in batches and just froze the portion sizes i want (cheaper than Trader Joe's).

Have fun! I bet you'll like it. (my daughter adds cinnamon and one tablespoon of vanilla ice cream to make it creamier. sweeten it up to start and then adjust it as your tastes change

I have switched to steel cut exclusively because of their texture and nutty flavor.. In a 2 quart saucepan, I pour a teaspoon of olive oil and pour in 1 cup of steel cut oats. I stir them over medium heat until they start to smell toasty (about three minutes). At this point, I pour in three cups of water and a pinch of salt and bring it to a rolling boil. As the oats and water begin to boil, I turn off the stove, cover the pan with a lid, and go to bed. When I wake up in the morning, I turn the heat back on (to medium) and stir in one more cup of water. Once they are warm, I scoop out what I want to eat and pour the rest into a Tupperware container and place it in the fridge. Whenever I want another serving from that batch, I scoop them into a bowl and microwave for about 90-120 seconds.

I put a handful of raisins and a little brown sugar in mine after they are in the bowl. I do not cook anything into mine.

Steel cut oats maintain their texture even after rewarming, unlike rolled oats which just get mushy.

Cup and a half of water.
Half a cup of steel cut oats.
1/4 cup of raisins.
Pinch of Cinnamon
Pinch of Salt

Heat under stupid low heat. (I use an induction cook top at the lowest setting) for an hour with the lid firmly on.

When done, stir in half a cup of soy milk. (I use Publix Vanilla Soy ymmv)

Put in a container toss in fridge, eat for breakfast. Its a shade over 500 calories, but it's an insane amount of fiber and fills you up like crazy.

You can reheat it easy, but I kind of like it cold, it's almost like pudding. Soy milk has some sugar in it so I don't have to add any and I've upped the soy to a full cup and added some whey protein when I think I'm not going to hit my protein for the day.

Steel cut oats are one of the only cheap things at whole foods if you get them in bulk. But I just get them from amazon.

I bought a small slow cooker and put it on a timer on the warm setting, I add a 1/4 cup of steel cut oats, a cup of water, a pinch of salt, a couple slices of my dehydrated apples. Set the timer for approximately 3 1/2 hours with the end time for when I am up and ready to eat. Tablespoon of Maple syrup and some cinnamon. To get a little protein I add a tablespoon of quinoa.

Great for lowering you cholesterol.

I put mine in the crockpot overnight with a mashed banana, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and half water half milk. I cook them on the keep warm setting and they are good to go the next morning. I eat mine with 2tbsp of peanut butter too- it is amazing!!