Irish Oatmeal Recipe with Healthy Toppings

 “The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.”  ~Waverley Root, Food(1980)

 Irish Oatmeal Breakfast Recipe

In honor of National Cereal Week, here is my family’s favorite go to breakfast.  It’s nutritious, sorry if that is repetitive, but the teacher side of me is always yelling to be heard.  The other great benefit is that it sticks to your ribs and keeps you full until lunch.  No more nagging hunger pains. Yeah!!! Irish Oatmeal with toppings For each serving place the water, a dash of salt and the oatmeal in a medium size pan.  Bring to a boil, lower the heat to simmer and cook for 30-35 minutes.

Meanwhile, gather your toppings.  We love toasted pecans, toasted walnuts, raisins and dried cherries.  Maple Syrup and brown sugar are also delicious.  Use any toppings that you enjoy. Toppings for Irish Oatmeal Since it takes a while to cook Irish steel cut oats, a nutritionist recommended to a friend of mine to use a crock pot to cook a week’s worth of oatmeal. Microwave each daily portion.

Here is a basic Irish Oatmeal recipe for the crock pot. Serves 8

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups steel cut oats
  • 8 cups of water
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Place all the ingredients in a crock pot.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours.  If you cook it longer, the oats come out mushy. Spoon out a portion and top with healthy items like nuts and dried fruit.

Toast pecans in a small frying pan on low for about 5 minutes. Toasting pecans

For more fun recipes using cereal check out the Vanilla Chex Brittle from the Chew.

 

Irish Oatmeal with Healthy Toppings

Irish Oatmeal with healthy toppings

By Patricia Rio Published: October 18, 2013

  • Irish Oatmeal Recipe with Healthy Toppings
    2 votes, 5.00 avg. rating (98% score)
  • Yield: 4 Servings
  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Cook: 30-35 mins
  • Ready In: 35 mins

 “The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.”  …

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. For each serving place the water, a dash of salt and the oatmeal in a medium size pan. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 30-35 minutes.
  2. Top with dried fruit, nuts, maple syrup or brown sugar
    Irish Oatmeal with healthy toppings
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