This post is a long time coming. I have been making savory oatmeal for my boys for about 3 years. It is adapted from one of my favorite blogs, Happy Healthy Long Life. Whenever I bring this oatmeal to a potluck several people ask for the recipe. I love making a big batch of savory oatmeal and enjoying the leftovers for several meals. Preparing this oatmeal was one of the easiest ways to get vegetables into my kids when they were younger. It was my youngest boy’s favorite food for over a year. The boys would eat it for breakfast lunch or dinner. I still make a batch about once every two weeks. It is a great way to use up all of my greens and have a hearty side dish.
This video was shot a few years ago and is my first attempt at video editing. I hope there will be many more videos and my editing skills will improve with each one. You have to start somewhere, right?
Recipe is below video.
Savory Oatmeal Recipe:
First, water sauté the following ingredients.
1 small onion*
2 cloves garlic*
2 cups of mushrooms (any kind you like)
1/3 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes (look for the un-sulfured kind)
4 cups of greens (kale, spinach, bok choy, swiss chard, etc…)
Then add the seasonings.
1 tablespoon of seasoning (tandoori or cajun or southwest)
1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
1/2 teaspoon of chipotle powder (if you want to spice it up)
1/2 cup of lemon juice (optional, you can add at the end)
Then add….
2 cups steel cut oats
4 cups water
1/2 cup of nutritional yeast
* You can use onion powder and garlic powder if you do not want to use fresh onion or garlic.
Stir frequently! Once it thickens it likes to stick to the bottom of the pot. The oatmeal could take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to cook. The cooking time depends on the type of steel cut oats you use. Follow directions on the box.
Enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Can’t wait to try this! We need more recipes from you!
Thanks Marcelle! The next one will be a cheese post, I promise. Did I hear you were moving to CA???!
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Can you expound on the virtues of steel cut oatmeal? I’ve never used it. I just use rolled oats. Is there any benefit using one or the other?
Good question Barb. I happen to prefer the texture of steel cut oats to rolled oats. I looked into the difference between rolled oats and steel cut and it seems that the steel cut oats are lower on the glycemic index because they take longer for the body to digest. There is also less processing as the rolled oats are steamed and rolled. I also read in several articles that steel cut oats have 20mg of calcium per serving while rolled oats have zero. I’m not sure why that is. In general, high quality rolled oats are almost the same nutritionally to steel cut oats. Here is a link to a short article describing the difference between Steel cut and rolled oats http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400705/Why-Steel-Cut-Oatmeal.html. Here is another great article about the benefits of step cut oats http://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/happy_healthy_long_life/2011/01/cheezy-oatmeal.html Enjoy!