Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Last winter I got a lot of good recipes from the "Crock Pot" thread. Among the posts (I'd have to go back and do a search, sorry I don't have names to thank!) there was a discussion of cooking oatmeal overnight in the crock pot to have it ready in the am. when you wake up. Now, no one in my family likes oatmeal, except for my husband, and it takes so long to make the "real" stuff that he never had time to make it before leaving for work in the am. I bought a small crock pot, just for his oatmeal and goggled a recipe and he just loved it! A nice, healthy and warm breakfast all ready prepared! (It takes about 2 min. to get it ready the night before.) Anyway, here's the good part, when he went for his check up at the Dr. this year, his cholesterol was down 65 points! The girls in the Drs. office were so impressed and wondering what his secret was! The secret is, you have to read all of the discussions going on at LP b/c you just never know what could change your life (or your family member's life) for the better!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter How cool is that! Could you please post the oatmeal recipe here? I'd love to try it.
Originally Posted By poohbear14 Sign him up for that oatmeal commercial! Does he eat oatmeal every morning?
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 >>Could you please post the oatmeal recipe here? I'd love to try it.<< Sure!!! 1 cup oatmeal (the old fashioned oats) 2 cups milk 1 tbsp. butter 1/4 cup brown sugar cinnamon small box of raisins or peeled sliced apple (don't try bananas, though! they were gross the next morning!) Place everything in the crock pot and cook overnight. The crock pot I bought only had one setting...ON...not low or high. If there is a setting on it I would recommend low. Also, the one I bought doesn't have a removeable crock, I am going to look for another one because it is a pain to clean. The recipe is enough for two mornings, you can microwave it the next day. You can always add some honey or bananas just before eating. I was thinking of throwing some pumpkin pie spice in there tomorrow.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Poohbear, that is so funny! I saw that commercial recently for the first time and the people were saying how their cholesterol was down 15 points or 12 points and I said "15 points! Big deal" He does eat it every morning except in the summer. I think he was eating it for about 3 months before he had his check up.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I'll have to try this sometime. It looks healthier than the instant I usually have.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 That's great! Someone else might have mentioned in as well as me, but I did mention in the crock pot thread that was the way I do my oatmeal. That is pretty similar to the recipe I use. I have also just done the oatmeal plain and then you can stir in what you want. My husband likes his oatmeal different then mine, he doesn't like raisins, so that works for us. It's been so hot I haven't made oatmeal in a long time, but I might have to make some soon.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Gosh, I wish I liked oatmeal. Does the quaker oats flake cereal count? Because I love that stuff!
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I cant wait to try this tonight. My brat boy loves oatmeal but I cant bring myself to make the instant and the brat girl does not like to be put down for the 1st hour she is awake so brat boy usually gets cereal or yogurt.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo We like steel cut oats, they have a wonderful texture. I have a crock pot recipe: 1 cup steel cut oats 4 1/2 cups water 1/2 teaspoon salt 2-3 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, prunes, apricots, dates) (optional) Serve with milk, to taste sugar, to taste cinnamon, to taste maple syrup, to taste Takes at least 6 1/2 hours. Stir it well before serving.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Where do you buy steel cut oats? A health food store? I don't think I've seen them at the supermarket. I'll bet the "steel" can really do a good job cleaning out the arteries! lol
Originally Posted By threeundertwo They're also called Irish Oatmeal and we get them at the grocery store <a href="http://www.netrition.com/mccanns_oats_page.html" target="_blank">http://www.netrition.com/mccan ns_oats_page.html</a>
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I've never seen them before! They sound better, like they wouldn't be as mushy as the flakes. (Not that I eat oatmeal...my breakfast was the brownies I baked last night that were filled with mini marshmallows and Reese peanut butter cups!)
Originally Posted By poohbear14 >>>my breakfast was the brownies I baked last night that were filled with mini marshmallows and Reese peanut butter cups<<< Sounds yummy! But I don't think it will bring the cholesterol down. :-D
