the quest for the perfect easy bowl of oatmeal

[Eden]

Am impressed by those of you and steel-cut oats. Guess I'm lazy...microwave works before 5:00 am for me. I have enough memories as a child asked to cook a big pot of oatmeal over stove for 7 other people. Did it often enough.

That's why a crock pot is so great... so easy, put your oats and liquid in before you go to bed and in the morning you have a nice pot of hot cooked oatmeal. Just scoop and eat - takes even fewer wakened brain cells than microwave usage.

I tried pumpkin in with the oats. It's pretty good, though I think I might need a little sweetener. Usually I make it without sugar and put some dried blueberries on. With the pumpkin it seems to need a bit more something sweet to bring out the flavor.

[buddha_bellies]

OMG! Steel cut oat tastes SO GOOD! After reading about it in here, I decided to buy some Bob's Red Mill steel cut oats. It has a texture similar to quiona. I quite like it. Though I don't think I can live w/o maple syrup in it. And a bit of nutmeg and almonds. Yum!! And it wasn't too hard to cook. I cooked it in an iron casted pot for 20 mins. Ate it with some soya milk and still had left over for next morning. I think cooking it this way the night before is the way to go for me. I just heat it up in the microwave with milk and it's pretty much instant breakfast the next day.

Question: How's Scottish Oat different then your reg. oatmeal? Is there a different in texture?

[newfsmith]

I find that if I use cider as my liquid I don't need to sweeten the oatmeal, just add cinnamon.

[Raindrop]

I like steel cut oats mixed with Quinoa cooked in the crockpot. In the morning I add some salt and pepper and a little butter...and eat it like the grains they are.

In the Summer I'll add fresh berries, but in the Winter...it's back to comfort food time.


P.S. Quinoa tastes like dirt to me unless I roast the grain a little before I cook it. I add it only because of the protein.

[OakLeaf]

In the Summer I'll add fresh berries, but in the Winter...it's back to comfort food time.

pick some extra berries and freeze them, and you can have them in your oatmeal all winter!

[buddha_bellies]

I find that if I use cider as my liquid I don't need to sweeten the oatmeal, just add cinnamon.

Do you mean apple cider?

[newfsmith]

Do you mean apple cider?

Yes, I didn't know there was any other kind of cider.

[Red Rock]

My version of oatmeal has changed a bit through time. I cook the basic old fasioned oats from quaker but then my addon list is this:

Wheat germ, walnuts-pieces, almonds-pieces, yogurt, grapenuts, flaxseed ground, rasins, and a banana.

I usually add cinnamon and flax to the aots when they are cooking.

surgtech1956-I grew up on Cream of Wheat. I agree with what everyone else has said about it being bland. However, I add cinnimon while it is cooking. Then once it is finished I add everything else from my other list. So it is never boring.

Also, I use Zoom. It is a whole wheat cereal as well. I just repeat my same process as above. It is realtivily cheap at 2.00 a box.

[shootingstar]

Breakfast is not my home meal where I spend much time nor creativity. Unless we have an overnight guest..which the meal usually morphs into a brunch.

But this recipe might meet your needs:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/re...cipe_id=682629

I've made this Cranberry Walnut Tabbouleh as a side dish several Thxgiving dinners ago:

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/re...cipe_id=682629

[ccbloom]

This is my favorite way to eat oatmeal, with some banana whipped in while cooking on the stovetop. Natural sweetness and it makes it sooooo creamy!!!

I learned the method here: http://www.katheats.com/kaths-tribute-to-oatmeal/