My question is: how
do you cook your oats daily?
What benefit
does cooking the oats, almonds and coconut add?
This may be a stupid question, but
do you cook the oats beforehand or just eat them uncooked?
Not exact matches
You
do not have to
cook the
oats or anything before adding?
What I like to
do is
cook up a big pot of plain steel cut
oats on the weekend / during my prep day.
I don't usually use any kind of milk on my
oats but like them
cooked or soaked on the thinner side, with more water.
Add
cooked oats and mix gently making sure that black beans
do not get smashed and yet the pilaf blends well with the flavors.
Here is what I
do: Take two 12 cup muffins pan and fill each muffin area with the
cooked oats.
Since the
oats aren't exposed to heat they don't soften up nearly as much as they would if
cooked, thus maintaining a very chewy, hearty texture that I happen to love, but if you're looking for something a little more similar to
cooked oatmeal, I'd recommend substituting rolled (also called old - fashioned)
oats.
My instinct was to grind the
oats, but I'm glad I didn't, because they didn't
cook through all the way, and everyone liked the texture they gave the bread.
~ Thoroughly
cook your
oats with the almond milk and water, either on the stovetop (medium heat, stirring often) or in the microwave (1/2 power, 3 - 5 minutes, stopping to stir so it doesn't bubble over).
Cooking steel - cut
oats is easy - peasy — boil water, add
oats, reduce heat, and simmer — but it
does require some patience.
They
do take longer to
cook than old - fashioned
oats as well as a bit longer than steel cut, but the method is just as simple, perhaps even simpler since whole
oats don't require stirring.
I don't usually grind my
oats, but to make a nice smooth porridge, they need to be processed fine, and they also
cook super fast
It takes the good part of an hour to fully
cook these
oats, but I
do hope you find it's worth the time to try it.
I love using quinoa flakes but they
do have a different texture and flavor than
oats, and quinoa flakes are quick
cooking so sometimes it makes the recipe work differently.
By the way, I used one quarter quick
cooking oats as I
did not have quite enough bread crumbs.
And if you
do cook for people who eat gluten - free always make sure to buy and use gluten - free
oats in your baking and
cooking.
I don't ever buy quick -
cooking oats or oat flour.
For quick breakfasts we often
do a Bananas Foster oatmeal — the bananas mixed with a little butter, vanilla, brown sugar and walnuts
cook up fast and I pour it on top of quick -
cooking oats and can be popped into a thermos.
(Steel cut
oats don't soak well and make creamy overnight
oats like quick -
cook or rolled
oats do).
This might be a silly question...
do you make the crispy nuts separately and then throw them in with the granola while it is
cooking or
do you soak the nuts with the
oats and turn them into «crispy nuts» while
cooking the granola?
Molly - Finally something to
do w / my leftover
cooked steel cut
oats and dead bananas that is also healthy.
But in my own
cooking I try and use the most nutritious ingredients and almonds and
oats have a great nutritional profile, especially compared to refined white flour which doesn't give you much other than energy.
I usually
do my oatmeal with steel - cut
oats in a slow
cooker and just recently started adding mashed bananas — so good.
The difference between yours & what I
did, is that you added
oats &
cooked them longer.
Not only
does it contribute additional, gentle sweetness, adding it (or any other liquid; you can use water or milk, too) helps the
oats to form big, crunchy clusters as the granola
cooks and dries.
Cassie's Notes: If you don't have old - fashioned
oats, quick -
cooking will work wonderfully; I just prefer the texture of old - fashioned.
-- I replaced the
oats with quinoa flakes (both in the muffin and in the granola)-- I didn't have any arrowroot so I just left it out:)-- I used pureed
cooked apple in place of banana (I don't eat bananas!)
I don't know whether it works like this in the US too, but here in South Africa we have 2 kinds of
oats: quick
cooking (the cheaper kind that boils into a mush?)
The only thing I
did differently was I only had old fashioned
oats, not quick
cooking.
Do you think rolled
oats are ok to use instead of quick
cooking?
I'm not sure how the steel cut
oats were supposed to be texture wise in this dish so I
did cook that part a little longer than called for.
Just baked left to cool for 10 mins but they were still gooie in the middle (half baked) although still a bit warm, i
cooked them for an extra 10 mins dispite this they taste amazing i suspect it could be the
oats i used i will defenlty try this recipe again with different
oats i
did nt have any liquid left over either the
oats very quickly absorbed it all when mixing
Hmm... I think the best way to
do this would be to
cook your oatmeal as you normally would (make sure you're using quick
cooking oats) and just add in the other ingredients.
I was wary of it at first because you don't
cook the
oats, but I ended up liking it a lot.
** When I used the gluten - free
oats, they didn't hold together as well when I was trying to shape them into patties, but once they
cook on one side, they firm up nicely and it's not an issue.
I've found that if I start the
oats cooking right when I get up, then by the time I take a shower and the kids are out of bed, all I have to
do is add in some flavoring and breakfast is ready.
3 cups (330 g) certified gluten free quick -
cooking oats * (or regular
oats if you don't need to be gluten free)
That's the beauty of overnight oat recipes, you don't have to
cook the
oats.
(If you don't have quick -
cooking or instant rolled
oats, throw rolled
oats in the food processor or blender and process a bit to break them down.)
Modifications were: - used traditional
oats because I didn't have quick
cook, just gave them a quick zap in the Nutribullet and kept 1/4 cup unground for texture - omitted hemp seeds because I don't have those - unsweetened applesauce instead of bananas (love bananas but wanted my blueberries to have center stage)- I'm not vegan so I used 2 medium eggs - replaced 1 tbsp peanut butter with mayo (love peanut butter but not necessarily mixed with other flavors)- threw in maybe 1/2 tsp chia seeds just for grins Baking time was right around 35 minutes in a 8 × 8 Pyrex baking dish and I left them to cool all day and cut them into 9 bars this evening.
If you don't have something that can go from stove top to oven, just
cook the
oats in a regular pot on the stove and then transfer to any kind of baking dish for the oven.
During the colder months I
do cook Miss ND's
oats after soaking overnight, I think little ones need something warm in their tummies in the morning before braving the elements before school.
Certified old fashioned gluten free rolled
oats (I buy it at Trader Joe's, and I grind some of into oat flour sometimes, or pulse it in a food processor a bit to make more like quick -
cooking oats — I
do not buy any other, more processed
oats because I'm cheap)
If you don't have a powerful blender and want to soak your instant
oats, oatmeal, porridge, quick
cook or rolled
oats, soak 1 cup of
oats with 1 cup of the liquid from the recipe.
I don't have a food processor, but the quick
cook oats added a nice texture.
I don't recommend using quick -
cooking oats, as their texture doesn't hold up as well.
Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar and
cook until the sugar melts and the
oats are golden brown, about 4 more minutes, watching carefully so that it doesn't burn.
So basically, by processing the old - fashioned
oats like you
do in your recipe, you are making quick -
cook oats.