| Ever since I turned my family on to steel
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| | Steel cut oats are available in most
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| cut oats, they can't get enough of them.
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| | supermarkets, sold in cans or packages.
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| This includes one child who always made
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| | The two whole-foods type markets in my
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| faces whenever I tried to serve him
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| | community also sell steel cut oats from
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| regular oatmeal made from rolled oats.
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| | their bulk bins, which saves a little
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| A steaming bowl of steel cut oatmeal,
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| | money over the pre-packaged ones.
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| served with raisins or fresh fruit such
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| | The basic recipe for steel cut oats is to
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| as blueberries or strawberries, makes a
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| | bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a
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| hearty breakfast any day of the week.
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| | saucepan, slowly stir in the oats and
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| Steel cut oats are especially welcome on
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| | heat on high until the oatmeal begins to
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| a cold, rainy day. For me, there's
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| | thicken (about 4 to 6 minutes). Then
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| nothing better at such a time than
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| | reduce the heat, cover the pan with a
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| curling up with a good book and my
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| | lid, and simmer for about half an hour.
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| oatmeal while listening to the rain drip
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| | Serve with the aforementioned fresh
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| and splatter against the windows.
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| | fruit, or add a little milk, honey or
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| Steel cut oats are the inner part of the
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| | brown sugar. It's all good!
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| oat grain, known as the groat. The groats
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| | If you want to reduce the preparation
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| are cut in two or three pieces in such a
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| | time for those busy mornings when
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| way as to enhance the naturally nutty
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| | everyone is trying to get out the door,
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| flavor. They are golden-colored and
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| | here's a way to do it. The night before,
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| shaped roughly like small grains of rice.
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| | boil 4 cups of water in a saucepan or
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| Some other names for them are Irish oats,
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| | pot. Turn off the heat, stir in a cup of
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| Scotch oats, coarse cut oats, and pinhead
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| | oats, cover the pan or pot, and let sit
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| oats.
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| | overnight. In the morning you'll just
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| Besides being deliciously chewy, steel
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| | need to cook the oatmeal over low heat
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| cut oats are highly nutritious. They're
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| | for 10 minutes or so.
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| especially high in the B vitamins. They
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| | Yes, if you really must, you can
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| also provide protein, calcium and fiber
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| | microwave steel cut oats. The consistency
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| to your diet. An interesting fact about
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| | will be noticeably different, but many
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| oatmeal is that it is the only food with
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| | people prefer it cooked this way. Try it
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| naturally occurring GLA, or gamma
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| | and decide for yourself.
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| linolenic acid. GLA is an essential fatty
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| | This microwaving method works pretty
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| acid.
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| | well: Mix a half cup of oats with 2 cups
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| The one drawback to steel cut oats, and
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| | of water in a large bowl. Cover the bowl
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| it's a minor one in my opinion, is that
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| | tightly with plastic wrap. Place in the
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| they require a longer cooking time than
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| | microwave and zap for 4 to 6 minutes.
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| regular oatmeal. I rather like this
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| | Remove from the microwave, stir the
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| aspect of them. It means that to enjoy
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| | oatmeal, then return and zap it for
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| them, you have to slow down and step out
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| | another 4 to 6 minutes. Due to the
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| of the hurry-hurry modern world for a
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| | variances in microwave power, you may
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| while. And what's wrong with being forced
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| | need to experiment to find the right
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| to take such a break now and then?
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| | cooking times for your particular oven.
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