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No Cook Overnight Steel Cut Oats

No Cook Overnight Steel Cut Oats

These No Cook Overnight Steel Cut Oats are a healthy breakfast or lunch idea for you. Steel cut oats have a nice chewy texture and slightly nutty taste. They are minimally processed, better for blood sugar control, and digest slower than rolled oats. Since they are less processed, they contain a tad more fiber than rolled oats as well. It's also a good one if you don't like the mushier texture of oatmeal. I mixed mine with flaxseeds and almond milk in this recipe, but you can easily use the soaked oats however you wish.
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Servings: 1
Course: Breakfast
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup steel cut oats soaked in water overnight 12+ hours (this makes 2-4 servings - the remainder can be stored for a few days in the fridge)
  • 2-4 TBSP flaxseed freshly ground - I measure the seeds after they are ground, not prior - I use a coffee grinder to grind them ( I use 4 )
  • 1/2 tsp Ceylon cinnamon - not Cassia as that will be too strong use less if using less flaxseed
  • 1/8 tsp cardamom
  • small dash clove powder
  • 1/16 tsp monk fruit powder or more of whatever sweetener you desire if you want them sweetened
  • 1/2 cup almond milk if using less than 4 TBSP flaxseeds, start with 1/4 cup and see how you want it. If not using any flaxseeds, you might want to omit the milk all together.

Method
 

  1. Add steel cut oats to a bowl submerged in water overnight - 12-16 or so hours. Make sure the water is a few inches above the oats, as the oats will expand as they soak.
  2. After soaking, drain and rinse the oats really well in a fine mesh strainer.
  3. To your serving bowl, add 1/2 cup soaked oats, 4 TBSP ground flaxseeds (start with 1-2 TBSP if not eating an extra high fiber diet so you don't have a stomach ache or blockages from too much fiber), 1/4-1/2 tsp Ceylon cinnamon (I use 1/2, but I'm also using 1/2 cup milk so adjust as needed), 1/8 tsp cardamom, small dash clove powder, 1/16th monk fruit powder or your preferred sweetener, and 1/2 cup almond milk (if you adjusted the flaxseed amount, use less milk and less spices). If not using any flaxseed, you may want to omit the milk all together.
  4. Mix everything together until well combined. Let sit for a few minutes so that the flaxseeds thicken up a bit and then enjoy. Store any remaining soaked and drained oats in a tight glass container to use the next few days.

Notes

The gluten-free steel cut oat brand I prefer on Amazon. 
www.herhealthystyle.com
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