I'm a girl who likes, as my husband calls it, a "serious" breakfast. If I have cereal or a piece of toast with nut butter and honey, within an hour I'm starving. Normally I have scrambled tofu with tomato, red onion, garlic and olives. Sometimes I have it with toast as well. But sometimes a girl needs a bit of variety. Of course, when a serious breakfast is required, finding different things to fit that bill can be seriously difficult.
Enter steel cut oats. I heard about them, and bought some. Then I put off making them for about a year, under a misguided impression of how difficult they'd be. But, when I finally did get around to making them, I couldn't believe how easy and delicious this healthy breakfast is.
Steel-cut oats are whole oat groats, which have been cut into two or three pieces rather than rolled into flakes. Incredibly high in fibre, whole oats are the perfect way to prevent heart disease and diabetes and to lower cholesterol. Whole oats are also an excellent source of maganese, selenium, vitamin B1 and protein. All these things combined with the naturally sweet taste and chewy texture of steel-cut oats, make for one wonderful bowl of breakfast.
To make
Note:
There is currently some uncertainty around whether oats contain gluten. Personally I avoid rolled oats, as they're often rolled in wheat flour. However, I've never had a problem with whole oats or the steel-cut variety. If you are celiac, you may not want to take the risk until more research is done on the matter.
Enter steel cut oats. I heard about them, and bought some. Then I put off making them for about a year, under a misguided impression of how difficult they'd be. But, when I finally did get around to making them, I couldn't believe how easy and delicious this healthy breakfast is.
Topped with chopped apples, blueberries, dried cranberries, walnut halves and cinnamon.
Steel-cut oats are whole oat groats, which have been cut into two or three pieces rather than rolled into flakes. Incredibly high in fibre, whole oats are the perfect way to prevent heart disease and diabetes and to lower cholesterol. Whole oats are also an excellent source of maganese, selenium, vitamin B1 and protein. All these things combined with the naturally sweet taste and chewy texture of steel-cut oats, make for one wonderful bowl of breakfast.
To make
Note:
There is currently some uncertainty around whether oats contain gluten. Personally I avoid rolled oats, as they're often rolled in wheat flour. However, I've never had a problem with whole oats or the steel-cut variety. If you are celiac, you may not want to take the risk until more research is done on the matter.
Comments
2. I love how this makes you feel full till lunch. Lately I've been able to have nothing but a muffin for breakfast, and I'm starving by 9:30! and then I eat my lunch at 10:30 and it's all downhill for the rest of the day
3. I personally eat honey. It's so good for you and so delicious! Especially when I have a sore throat, I go straight to honey-lemon-ginger tea, because that stuff works! I always get raw honey and try to get it locally, which usually means from smaller bee "farms". Backing up a bit though, I see eating and what you eat as a spectrum, not a black/white issue. I think going vegan is awesome for your health, the planet's health and for all our non-human friends, and every little bit (even just being a part-time vegan) helps. Sometimes I have a chocolate or two that have milk in them. Other than getting mad at myself because milk and refined sugar make me super sick and grumpy, I never get mad at myself for not being vegan for that one hot second. Do what you can and be nice to yourself :)