I wrote a couple of months back that I was bored of having oats for breakfast. The trouble is, they are so cheap, easy to make and healthy, that I really want to still enjoy them – so I have been working on ways to still enjoy them and slow cooking them really make a difference. It made them really creamy and gave all the flavours a chance to really soak into the oats.
I made a big batch of this last night and it will last about 5 days for my husband and I and we will eat it as either breakfast, a snack or pre-workout fuel.
Ingredients – Serves 8:
- 280g/3 cups Oats
- 60g/ 1/3 cup pitted dates
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 apples, peeled, cored and chopped finely
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1.2 litre (1200ml)/40 US fl oz Milk (I used almond milk)
1) Put the dates and milk in a blender and blend to chop up the dates. If you don’t have a blender, just finely chop the dates.
2) Put everything into a slow cooker and stir. You will need a large slow cooker. If you have a small one, halve the ingredients.
3) Put the slow cooker on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
Nutritional Information – per serving:
Calories: 200
Fat: 4.6
Carbs: 34
Protein: 5
Fibre: 5
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I tried this and it came out like wallpaper paste – good flavor, but consistency was all wrong!! Could it be that I used steel cut oats? In any case, much more liquid would have been necessary.
Hi, I have a silly question as I am new to cooking clean and foods in advance. Can you reheat the portions during the week as I would be the only one in my house that would eat this – sounds very yummy
I have been making oats using wholemeal but would like to try something a little different before I start to get sick of them.
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I have this in my slow cooker now ready for tomorrow morning and it smells so good.
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Do you eat this by itself for breakfast? Or would you have something like eggs with it too?
Apple and cinnamon is one of my favourite flavour combinations. I have this in my crock pot now.
Thank you! I need more breakfast ideas.
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What type of oats? Steel cut? Regular? Thank you
Thanks for all your recipes. I love your blog.
I am so bored with oats after eating them every day for weeks. I will give this a go, as like you say they are really cheap.
I have been looking for a good slow cooker oatmeal recipe. I have all these ingredients (I bought the dates to make your brownies with were amazing!), so I am going to put this on now.