Start your day the steel cut way!
Makes 2 servings
Estimated prep = 13.5 minutes
Put the oats in a small sauce pan on high with the water. Turn you attention to making your morning coffee for a moment. As soon as you begin to see any simmer, turn your attention away from the coffee and turn the heat down to medium while stirring the pan with a wooden spoon. After a minute or two turn the heat down again to low or just above low and stir again. Stir occasionally. As the oats thicken up keep the stir on to keep anything from sticking to the pan. After about 12 minutes you can pour the oats into two bowls. Add the rest of the ingredients. If you'd like to warm the milk up, nuke the bowl in the microwave for 37 seconds. Stir up your bowl and enjoy!
A note on Omega - 3 fatty acids. Besides taste, I add the flaxseed oil and walnuts for healthy cholesterol maintenance, the anti-inflammatory properties, and it's other healthful benefits. Omega-3 oils are not produced by your body and need to be taken in your diet if you want its benefits. O-3's have been reported to have a positive impact on asthma, heart disease, cancer prevention, brain function, and other conditions (probably related to it's ability to reduce blood triglycerides).
Makes 2 servings
Estimated prep = 13.5 minutes
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 Tbl. brown sugar (est. for each bowl)
- 1 Tbl. flaxseed oil (est. for each bowl)
- small handful of walnuts
- 1 small banana chopped (if you'd like)
- pinch of cinnamon
- splash of milk
Put the oats in a small sauce pan on high with the water. Turn you attention to making your morning coffee for a moment. As soon as you begin to see any simmer, turn your attention away from the coffee and turn the heat down to medium while stirring the pan with a wooden spoon. After a minute or two turn the heat down again to low or just above low and stir again. Stir occasionally. As the oats thicken up keep the stir on to keep anything from sticking to the pan. After about 12 minutes you can pour the oats into two bowls. Add the rest of the ingredients. If you'd like to warm the milk up, nuke the bowl in the microwave for 37 seconds. Stir up your bowl and enjoy!
A note on Omega - 3 fatty acids. Besides taste, I add the flaxseed oil and walnuts for healthy cholesterol maintenance, the anti-inflammatory properties, and it's other healthful benefits. Omega-3 oils are not produced by your body and need to be taken in your diet if you want its benefits. O-3's have been reported to have a positive impact on asthma, heart disease, cancer prevention, brain function, and other conditions (probably related to it's ability to reduce blood triglycerides).