Description
Using steel-cut, gluten-free oats, this is the recipe you need to kickstart a love of oatmeal. It’s easy to prepare and, unlike those overpriced oatmeal packets sold in the store, totally natural.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups of water
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- ½ cup dates
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Add the water and oats to a pot and bring to a boil.
- Turn stovetop off and cover the pot to soak oats overnight.
- In the morning, drain oats and 1 cup of water to the pot. Heat over medium-high heat. Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add oats and dates to food processor and blend until well incorporated.
- Distribute in bowls and sprinkle cinnamon on top, along with any other fresh fruit such as cut-up strawberries or bananas, or blueberries or raspberries.
- If you want to add some more liquid, add a little unsweetened almond milk.
Notes
To add some healthy fats, consider adding slivered almonds or even almond butter to each bowl.
- Prep Time: Overnight
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Category: Breakfasts
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 205
- Sugar: 11.7g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 2.8g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.8g
- Carbohydrates: 40.2g
- Fiber: 5.9g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 0mg