While many people still believe that
buying organic oats is a gimmick I will tell you exactly why they are worth the premium.
Are
you buying organic oats?
I don't know your thought on this but I recommend only
buying organic oats and flours for this reason.
I used to
buy organic oats at the HFS but now I just buy Quaker Oats because I can get it in giant bulk boxes at Costco — very cheap!
Not exact matches
Bulk items we
buy 2 or 3 times per year: chia seeds, millet,
oats, baking soda / powder / yeast, spices, herbs & teas,
organic cane sugar, chocolate chips
I switched to this gluten - free
organic rolled
oats variety last week, and it's denser and thicker than the
oats I used to
buy regularly.
Oat Flour: You can
buy organic oat flour on Thrive Market, oat flour is just ground
oats.
You must be somewhere where it still feels like Summer I'm not a stickler to a particular brand, but I often
buy Bob's Red Mill
organic oats.
I feel blessed to be able to
buy sprouted
oats that are both gluten free and
organic as well as taste amazing!
For the crust 1/2 cup (65 g) gluten - free oat flour (
buy or simply ground rolled
oats in a mortar or food processor) 1/3 cup (45 g) ground almond flour 2 tbsp corn starch 1/2 tsp sea salt 3 tbsp cold - pressed coconut oil or
organic butter 3 tbsp ice - cold water
This option will usually net you the best prices for
organic oats, and sometimes you can even
buy locally to support your community.
To use: Place 1 cup of rolled
oats and 1 cup of
organic chamomile loose tea (where to
buy) into some cheesecloth or an old t - shirt and secure tightly with a rubber band.
Meanwhile you can generally
buy 1 pound of
organic oats in bulk for less than $ 2.
I usually
buy Bob's Red Mill rolled
oats, may them be gluten - free or the
organic ones, but some
oats are drier than the other requiring more or less liquid or flour.