Creative Oatmeal
---> March 29th, 2006 by annie
Other than the basic soaked oatmeal recipe, there are a few other ways to make this nourishing food.
My 2 year old likes it best as “Fried Mush” (we tell her it is a pancake). Make extra soaked oatmeal one morning and save the left-overs in the fridge. I almost think kids will eat anything if you come up with a cool enough name. The next morning, whisk an egg (or two if you have a whole batch or a lot left over) to make a batter. Saute batter by the spoonful in butter or coconut oil. Serve with maple syrup or honey.
Based off a baked oatmeal recipe I found at Urban Homemaker (thank you Jenny!), I modified it according to Sally Fallon’s instructions for soaking. It turned out GREAT! We ate it up for dinner and then snacked on it cold later in the day as “oatmeal bars”.
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups filtered water
1/4 cup whole milk yogurt
1 egg
3 Tbls. melted butter
1/3 cup Rapadura (or brown sugar)
1 1/2 teas. non-aluminum baking powder
1 teas. cinnamon
3/4 teas sea saltThe night before, mix oats, water and yogurt in a bowl, cover with a tea towel and set out at room temperature overnight (at least 7 hours). In the morning, grease a 9×11 casserole dish with butter. Wisk egg, butter and sugar together in a seperate bowl. Stir baking powder, cinnamon, and salt into the oats. Add egg mixture and stir to combine. Pour into casserole disha nd bake at 350 for 35 minutes, until set and the top is lightly browned. Serve with just a bit of honey, as the sugar in the dish already makes it pretty sweet. Optional - add diced fresh apple to the batter just before baking.
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March 30th, 2006 at 8:36 am
Can’t wait to try your baked version! Can you tell me why you made the changes that you did? Absolutely LOVE the idea of fried oatmeal. I think we will do that this week!
Thanks
March 30th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Jenny - My family won’t eat 3 cups worth and I needed 1 cup of water per cup of oatmeal to cover it well enough for the overnight soaking. So that spurred the changes, plus cinnamon is good for you and it makes everything taste better, imho!
March 30th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Thank you so much for this, Annie! My one-year-old refuses to be spoonfed by me (which I know is a good problem), but this makes it rather difficult to give her oatmeal or yogurt - she can’t quite master the spoon by herself yet. I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with a healthy “finger food” breakfast for her, so I’m going to try this!
March 31st, 2006 at 8:35 pm
Is it OK to eat oats raw? We really like them raw, crazily enough!
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Sarah - Sorry to be so slow to reply to your comment. I am certainly not qualified to give real nutritional advice, but as friends chatting, oats are seeds and therefore contain enzyme inhibitors and I believe oats contain a bit of phytic acid, though not nearly as much as wheat. If your family digests it fine and is healthy, I wouldn’t worry about it, but if any problems appear, that would be the first habit to kick, I think.
You could easily soak or sprout them and then dehydrate them to make it seem like you are eating them raw and then they would be much more nourishing as well.
Tsh - My girls are now asking for “oatmeal cake” at all hours of the day! They will even eat it without sugar now.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Thanks for this recipe! my girls liked this much better than just the soaked oatmeal. Thank you also for being someone who “spurs others on to love and good works” in our homes. You have inspired and encouraged me many times through your blog lately!