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This was the first recipe<\/a> I tried.<\/p>\n [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:139]<\/p>\n I used the recipe as a jumping off point. I did:<\/p>\n 1\/2 cup of steel cut oats<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 2\/3 cup water<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1 tablespoon flaxmeal<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/2 cup plain Greek yogurt<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n pinch of salt<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n handful of frozen blueberries<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Then I put it all in the fridge overnight and mixed it up in the morning. I topped the mixture with some slivered almonds and 1 teaspoon of brown sugar.<\/strong> Honestly probably didn’t need the brown sugar since the blueberries were sweet enough but since I used plain Greek yogurt instead of vanilla yogurt, I thought it might lack flavor. Next time I know it doesn’t need the sugar.<\/p>\n It was really tasty. I liked the flavors a lot. The blueberries were sweet enough that it make the dish delicious but not overly sweet. The texture was a little weird. The steel cut oats were really chewy. Not too chewy but chewier than I think regular oatmeal would be. But the upside to that, it wasn’t a bunch of mush like I think regular oatmeal would be. I was also worried that eating cold oatmeal would be gross. It wasn’t.<\/p>\n It was super easy and fast. It was easy to eat while taking care of the baby. It was easy to clean up and not a ton of calories. I liked the convenience of it. I like that I didn’t have to spend 30 minutes cooking the steel cut oats. I think it would be a good breakfast for mornings when I go back to work–either eating at home or taking to work with me to eat it after dropping Logan off at daycare.<\/p>\n I wanted to experiment though and see if I could find the perfect recipe or create my own. I found another recipe and decided to use it as a base to tweak what I did originally. Here is that recipe:\u00a0OVERNIGHT STEEL CUT OATMEAL (PLUS MIX-IN IDEAS)<\/a>\u00a0 (Author:\u00a0Lovely Little Kitchen.)<\/p>\n I changed it up a little bit the second time. Here is what I did:<\/p>\n 1\/2 cup steel cut oats<\/p>\n 1\/2 cup plain Greek yogurt<\/p>\n 1 tablespoon flaxmeal<\/p>\n pinch of salt<\/p>\n 1\/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk<\/p>\n 1\/4 cup water<\/p>\n handful of frozen blueberries<\/p>\n This time I mixed the liquid with the steel cut oats before adding the other ingredients. Let it sit overnight, mixed it all together and added some slivered almonds to the top for texture.<\/p>\n Verdict<\/span>: I liked the texture a little better with more liquid and mixing it in before refrigerating it.<\/p>\n Flavor was still great. I don’t know that I noticed a different flavor using almond milk. To save calories I may just stick with water.<\/p>\n I realized that I was eating more than one serving.\u00a01\/4 cup of steel cut oats is actually a serving, not 1\/2 cup like several recipes I saw used. The upside to eating more, I didn’t need a snack mid-morning. But I didn’t want that to become a habit. So this time I made a little bit less to make sure that I was eating one serving and keeping my calories in the right range.<\/p>\nAttempt #2<\/span><\/h4>\n
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