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Basic Overnight Oatmeal

Ingredients

Basic Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 cup steel cut oats
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half

Sweet & Spicy Oatmeal - use basic recipe above plus

  • 2 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice

Katie's Savory Oatmeal

  • 1 cup steel cut oats
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 2 cups kale or spinach torn up
  • 4 chestnut mushrooms sliced
  • 3/4 tsp kosher salt
  • ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

Basic Recipe Instructions

  • mix the oats, water, half and half
  • cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours/overnight

Sweet & Spicy Directions

  • mix the spices into the oats, add the water, half and half
  • stir, cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours/overnight

Katie's Savory Directions

  • mix the oats, water, milk & salt
  • cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours/overnight
  • mix the kale and mushrooms in a small bowl with a tsp water, cover & heat on HIGH in a microwave for 30 seconds
  • top the savory oatmeal with the kale, mushrooms, butter and season with pepper and sea salt
  • toppings
  • brown sugar, maple syrup or ginger marmalade
  • mix chopped apricots and toasted almonds
  • freeze-dried raspberries and dark chocolate pieces
  • chia, flax and hemp seeds