There are so many good recipes or oatmeal so you don’t have to eat it just plain if you don’t like it . . though we do like plain oatmeal too. Here are a few ways I’ve mentioned on the blog before.
This is a post I did about this time last year and there’s a great, fairly quick recipe or rolled oats down a ways in the post.
This is another post, from 2013, comparing the different oatmeals.
In this post, I described placing all the ingredients in the rice cooker, and setting the timer and using the porridge setting, the steel cut oats are ready in the morning. I like this method better than using the slow cooker, though the slow cooker definitely is a good way to go.
There are a lot of recipes for putting oats in the fridge and leaving them overnight. This is my favorite recipe. It uses regular rolled oats instead of quick oats, which a lot of the recipes use.
There are recipes online for making “oatmeal pucks” where a good bit of oatmeal is made and then frozen in muffin tins, dumped and they’re wrapped and frozen. I’ve done it and it’s pretty easy but it isn’t my favorite way to have oatmeal.
My current favorite oatmeal recipe is my own version of Blueberry and Almond Baked Steel Cut Oats.
Baked Oatmeal
The oatmeal shown in this picture is from that same batch of oatmeal.
Breakfast
As Mel states, there are so many variations of this recipe. During fresh fruit season, we use figs, apricots, peaches, pears .. anything we can pick from our own trees. This time of year, I use whatever is in the freezer, which is mostly blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. In a pinch, I’ve used canned (drained) fruit. I have not used pineapple but might just try that this week.
The best thing about this recipe, besides the great taste and, except for when I put whipped cream on top, the health benefits is this: Make it, stick it in the fridge, scoop out what you want each morning, microwave it and it tastes just like fresh made oatmeal. A friend’s daughter was telling me that when she was pregnant, because she needed to eat breakfast before heading off to teach school, she made a big batch of this every Sunday night . . for 9 months . . and put it in the fridge and had a quick and delicious breakfast each morning.
I’m not going to copy Mel’s recipe here but these are the changes I make:
- I cannot tell much difference when I use plain, white sugar or brown sugar instead of the maple syrup. I believe the sugar addict in me loves my oatmeal a bit sweeter and 1/3 cup maple syrup doesn’t do it for me. Maple syrup is a bit outrageously high around here so I pretty much use brown sugar instead of maple syrup and I use about 3/4 cup of brown sugar. That makes it ok for Vince but I still add a little more sugar to my bowl. It all depends on which fruits I’m using too. If I use figs or really sweet peaches, I use less sugar than if I’m using Granny Smith apples.
- Because I like to taste the nutmeg a bit, I use at least 1/4 tsp.
- I also use about 1/2 tsp. of salt.
- The butter or coconut oil doesn’t seem to make a difference so I don’t use it at all. I butter the dish but don’t add any additional butter/oil.
- I often use two kinds of fruits. For the batch in my photos, I used blueberries and Granny Smith Apples.
What’s not to love about such a great recipe that can be kept in the fridge for a week and heated up as needed? I wasn’t going to tell you this but if you end up with a hankering for something sweet and are really trying not to eat pie or cake, this is great to heat up and add a minimal . . say 3 big scoops . . of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream! How’s that for blowing a good, healthy recipe? 🙂
Torina from Tubaville says
Thank you. I’ll have to try this with my son. He likes oatmeal but has been complaining that the packets just don’t do it for him anymore. I can see him adding blackberries and honey. He adds honey to whatever he can. And, if I have it, whipped cream 🙂 Then I can sneak a few bites for myself to see if I like it.
Diana in RR,TX says
I will hopefully remember to get out the rice cooker and get this going for in the morning. I know it will taste really good for breakfast the next few days! Need to get Galen to put the heater in the fountain tonight so it doesn’t totally freeze over. We have one you can use in birdbaths etc. Comes in handy a few times a winter! Need to get the feeders filled again as well. They are really going through the food right now. Do all this today and tonight means we can stay inside in the morning and enjoy our oatmeal. Even though we don’t need to be up that early, the girls generally wake us up between 6:30 and 7. At least I can just open the door and let them out. That is about the only benefit to having fenced yards in a subdivision!
LINDA says
WISH I COULD EAT OATS, ALLERGIC TO THEM. HAVE TO WATCH ALL CEREAL, BREAKFAST BARS, COOKIES JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS.
LOVE YOUR BLOG
Donna Smith says
We love oats, and will definitely be trying your recipe very soon. Thanks.
Swooze says
Minimal 3 scoops? Boy you are being stingy!
Bon says
I quite often fix oatmeal in the morning. I use rolled oats, almond milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt, and dried granny smith apples. When it is done cooking I add a rounded tsp of brown sugar. Or sometimes I do rolled oats, almond milk, salt, and craisins. Again just before I eat it, I add brown sugar. Both work for me.
Some of those oatmeals fixed in the jars sound really good. I think I might try at least 1 or 2 of them.
Dar in MO says
This sounds like a dessert for anytime instead of a healthy breakfast meal. I love oatmeal fixed almost any way, so I know this would be delicious. I started doing the cook ahead and put into muffin tins that you showed a year or so ago. Still doing it that way since I’m the only one in the house that eats oatmeal. Thanks for all the choices. May try the cold method when it gets warmer. Tonight it is 2 degrees and going lower here in St.Louis. With wind chill, it’s -12 or worse. Brrrrr
Diana says
MMMMMMM… Ice Cream ! Now I am hungry !LOL
Susan says
My favorite way to eat oatmeal is in cookies with brown sugar only and golden raisins and cranberries and chocolate chunks. Yum! =) Oh, you meant healthy ways to eat it. Well, ummm… there are those raisins and cranberries.
Nann says
My husband has steel cut oatmeal every morning. He cooks several days’ worth in a 2 qt saucepan. He seasons it with salt, pepper, and butter. BTW, Aldi carries steel cut oats for about $2.59 per canister.
Ranch Wife says
I’m looking forward to trying oatmeal this way. Oats are so versatile! I’ve got a baked oatmeal recipe with apples that is a favorite. Time to try it with steel cut oats.