Steel Cut Oats Recipes

video by Heather

 I started cooking steel cut oats in the crockpot so that my family and I could wake up to a yummy, healthy and FILLING breakfast. My family isn't always the easiest to please, but these recipes has been a success with the masses. You can cook this on low over night, or put on High for  2 1/2 hours at night then store it in the fridge and warm up in morning (just add a lil liquid-almond milk, milk before warming)

Here are a few recipes that our families like:
***makes3-4 Servings

Maple/Brown Sugar Oats

• 2 tbs real maple syrup
• 2 tbs flax seed (optional)
• 1 cup uncooked steel cut oats
• 3 tbs brown sugar
• 1½ C unsweetened almond milk
• 1½ C water
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbs coconut butter/ or butter 

Spray crock pot with non stick spray

Add all ingredients in crock pot and stir

Chocolate Oats

1 c. steel-cut oats

4 c. water

1/2 c. almond milk 

1 T. cocoa powder

1 t. vanilla

1/4 t. salt

2 T. coconut sugar or brown sugar

Spray crock pot with non-stick spray. Combine the water, milk, vanilla.

Whisk in the cocoa, sugar, and salt.

Stir in the oats.

Spray crock pot with non-stick spray (this prevents the oatmeal from sticking).
* This recipe is best cooked for 21/2 hours on high in the crockpot. It sticks too much for overnight cooking.

***my kids like to add some brown sugar when I use coconut sugar to sweeten it up. I prefer to add peanut butter~yum!!! Chocolate and pb!!! Yes, seriously, what goes better together then those 2 ingredients!? I put the mini health chocolate bars on top for effect. As much as I wanted to eat the lil melting morsel, I with strained since it was 6:30 am ;), I should get an award.

Apple Cinnamon Oats

• 1/2 C Steel Cut Oats
• 1 3/4 C water
• 1/2 C peeled & chopped apple
• 1/4 C raisins
• 1 tbs butter
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
  1Tbs Brown Sugar

Spray crock pot with non stick spray

Add all ingredients in crock pot and stir

A 1/2 cup serving of cooked steel-cut oatmeal without anything in it provides only 150 calories. It is a great  source of complex carbohydrates, and provides 4 g of soluble fiber, which works to lower cholesterol. It also provides 5 g of protein.  Some other great options to add to your oats to make it even healthier: berries, wheat germ, and all nuts! Get crazy! and get healthy!  Let us know how you like your Steel Cut Oats!

Written By Brandi