Overnight Steel Oats
After a long night’s fast, your body needs some rib-sticking nourishment to start the day.
Course: Breakfast
Keyword: overnight oats, steel oats
Author: Kimberly Lord Stewart
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Topping 1: Combine 3 tablespoons dried cranberries, 2 tablespoons walnuts, ½ teaspoon cinnamon and a drizzle of honey.
- Topping 2: Combine ¼ cup hot chicken broth, 4 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese and 6 chopped basil leaves.
- Topping 3: Combine ½ cup blueberries, 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese and 1 tablespoon lemon curd.
Bring water to boil in a large, heavy saucepan. Add oats and salt. Stir constantly for 1 minute. If oats foam and boil over, remove from heat for a few seconds, and then continue cooking and stirring.
Remove from heat, cover and let sit overnight.
By morning, the oats will have absorbed all the water. Add one of the below topping combos.