My Steel Cut Oatmeal
Since I heard that I had high cholesterol, one of the things that Alli and I have been doing is having oatmeal on an almost daily basis for breakfast. It’s filling, tasty and supposedly good for my cholesterol count.
Since I’m so proud of the recipe and I think that everyone deserves a little oatmeal goodness, I thought I’d share it with you.
What you need:
- 2 cups of water
- 1/2 cup of steel cut oats (McCann’s are the best known and have the best packaging, but Bob’s Red Mill are cheaper)
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
- pinch of ground cloves
- dash of nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons of honey
- 1/4 cup of brown sugar
Here’s how it works (recipe serves 2):
- Bring the water to a boil and add the oats.
- While it’s boiling, add the vanilla and the cinnamon. This allows the oats to get infused while the cook.
- Allow the oats to cook at a rolling boil until the contents start to thicken.
- Turn the burner down to low and cover for 30 minutes.
- Add honey, brown sugar, nutmeg and cloves.
- Stir and serve with almonds. If you want some extra awesome, put some strawberries or bananas on top.
It should look like this:
6 Comments to “My Steel Cut Oatmeal”
pom.
I’m coming over for breakfast. I’ll take a cup of pike place also, pls. I hope you and Alli don’t mind.
- 2:22 pm on 10 24, 2008
Donna W
Hey, we do stuff like that with our oatmeal, too. Only I buy the generic stuff at Walmart. It’s the cheapest breakfast I can cook, and I’m a cheapskate.
- 6:32 am on 10 25, 2008
g2
i get my oatmeal at Marriott, – I just add raisins, and skim milk.
- 8:38 am on 10 25, 2008
pom.
One thing I must add for those reading, is that once you’ve had GOOD oatmeal, “Quaker’s Quick Oats” just won’t do it for you…there’s no substance to that slop.
- 6:00 am on 10 27, 2008
emawkc
I tried this recipe Sunday morning (who has time to devote 45 minutes to breakfast during the week? Oh, yeah, people who don’t have kids).
Anyway, I used the McCann’s oatmeal. I may have overcooked it a little bit, but it was still really good. Served mine with shaved almonds and banana slices (peeled from the bottom, of course.
Couple of notes for when I make this next Saturday: The cinnamon was a bit overpowering for my taste, so I’ll try using half the amount in the recipe. Same for the sugar. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so I’ll cut back the brown sugar to about two tablespoons. Can’t go wrong with the honey, though.
Thanks for the recipe, Shane.
- 9:30 am on 10 27, 2008
Kevin
Just tried the recipe this morning. I also found the cinnamon was too much, and that was even after doubling everything else in the recipe. I also replaced the clove with mace and it worked just fine. The one variable this recipe has is the nutmeg; a “dash” is an overstatement, because too much quickly overpowers everything else. Next time I’m going to try a pinch of allspice as well.
Thanks Shane.
- 9:39 am on 08 30, 2009
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