While I was in Los Angeles, I reveled in the breakfast buffet the restaurant, Breeze, served every morning. I especially reveled in the steel cut oats. Mmmm... with a little cinnamon, and a healthy dollop of plain yogurt alongside, they were delicious.
I've found a source of organic steel cut oats here, and this morning is my first attempt at cooking them. (My doctor has given me until Christmas to show him I can lower my cholesterol through diet and exercise. This seems like a very good place to start.)
I searched the web for recipes for steel cut oats. The first few sites I found weren't quite what I was looking for. Their recipes added this, that, and the other thing to the oats. Not what I want. I then searched the words proportions water steel cut oats. This gave me much more useful hits. When I clicked on the one that seemed most promising, to my surprise (and delight) I found myself in the Apartment Therapy Kitchn!
Now if I just had the porridge plate that my aunt gave me when I lived in Saskatoon, but that I gave back when I moved, not being totally sure that she really meant for me to keep it...
If you'd like to enjoy some steel cut oats a la the AT Kitchn, here's the link.
Yummy! I love oats but I have to admit I have never tried steel cut oats. I know they're supposed to be the healthiest. It sounds like I'm missing out.
ReplyDeleteA porridge plate... what a cute concept. I wish you still had yours so you could share a picture. I usually eat porridge in bowls.
A porridge plate is a fairly flattish bowl with a flat rim.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm quite sure you'd like steel cut oats, Little M. Give them a try!
Hello and skritches to the Bros!
That is so funny, I was just thinking "they talk about steel cut oats on The Kitchn all the time!" Hope that it becomes a healthy new favorite! And I am jealous of all of your travels, so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI have never been a big fan of oat porridge, I don't like it's slimy consistency. Is the consistency different when made from steel cut oats?
ReplyDeleteI would call a porridge plate just a deep plate, that's how they are called here. Check here (Plate, deep 21 cm) http://www.arabia.fi/web/Arabiawww.nsf/en/tableware_arctica_parts_and_colours_white
Your description of a porridge plate sounds like what we call a soup bowl (and from which my husband insists he eat soup. For everything else, he is content with a cereal bowl.)
ReplyDeleteI love Roger's porridge oats. I can make it in the microwave in just a few minutes.
I hope the lowering of the cholesterol thing goes well.
Some would say that you might want to eat foods lower on the glycemic index than oats, though, in order to lower your cholesterol. Depends on whether they cause you a glucose spike or not....
@ Anne -- thank you! I'm really enjoying the oats, and the travel was so liberating for me! I can hardly wait until the next trip (possibly LA in the winter for a week or two).
ReplyDelete@ Leena -- There's still a bit of the glutenous quality to the steel-cut oats, but not as much. And because it's little chunks of oats, it's chewy and nuttier-tasting.
@ Alana -- Thanks for your concern. The books I've bought about lowering cholesterol (all very current) say that oats, when cooked, form a special form of gluten which is effective in soaking up cholesterol, especially in people whose cholesterol is high. Not in the miraculous ways that oat bran was supposed to do when it was being touted as a cure-all, but it seems to be a sound thing to add to a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. But thanks for looking out for my best interests!