Do you ever wish for an overflowing oatmeal bowl?
As opposed to the measly amount you get from one serving of oats? If you answered “yes” to the above, then the Voluminous Oatmeal Trick is for you!
*Ends sales pitch*
What is the Voluminous Oatmeal Trick?
The idea is to add more than the recommended liquid to the oats, prior to cooking. Then you can either microwave or cook on the stovetop, but stop before all the water is absorbed. Come back the next day (or a few hours later), and all the liquid has been absorbed, leaving you with pillow-soft oats that are double the size of regular oats!
Step One: Measure out one serving of dry oats (40g). I also add 1/4 tsp salt.
Step Two: Add a little over 1 1/2 cups liquid (I add 400g).
Step Three: Microwave or cook on the stove, but stop before all the water is absorbed. (I microwave for 4 1/2 minutes, then leave in the closed microwave for 5 more minutes. You might have to watch if for the last minute, and stop and start the microwave, so it doesn’t spill over. It depends on your microwave’s wattage.)
Step Four: Put in the fridge, uncovered. When you return the next day (or a few hours later), the watery mess above will have magically turned into 2 cups-worth of pillowy, voluminous oats! Now, I am strange and like my oatmeal cold (like pudding!). But if you want it hot, you can still re-heat the next day. Re-heat it just until it gets hot, and the volume will stay. Troubleshooting Note: Microwave wattages vary, and therefore if your oats haven’t thickened up by the next day it probably means you need to cook them longer next time.
Try this trick on any of the following:
The oatmeal pudding looks sooo good! I’ll have to make it.
My favorite childhood after-school snack was anything with cheese.
Favorite afterschool snack would be…oatmeal!
I too have fond memories of rice pudding. Definitely my favorite of all puddings.
My fourth will be spent at a wedding. (Who gets married on a holiday?!) Hope yours is a blast!
my fave childhood snack was either carrots and ranch dressing (not a vegan as a child obviously) or a peanut butter sandwich!
your pudding sounds AMAZING…
i need to make it soon!! hope you have a great 4th of july!! 🙂
Yum, looks delicious!
I always liked sugary snacks when I was younger (actually, I still do)…usually I could be found eating oatmeal raisin cookies or ice cream. Now I can be found eating chocolate soy ice cream or kabocha 🙂
Fav childhood snack was ranch doritos, but Mom NEVER let me have them!
If I liked rice pudding, I’d be all over your recipe. I guess I’ll just miss out and take your word for it, lol!
You are just a sneaky little experimenter, aren’t you?? Oh my goodness, I just know I need to try this! But it’s going to kill me waiting all those hours for killer oatmeal pudding! I know I’m crazy enough to do it though…I spend about 30-40 mins cooking up breakfast every day anyway. 🙂 You are a genius – I will never stop saying it!
YUM! My dad is a total Kozy Shack fanatic, so perhaps I’ll make this for him for his bday. Thanks for the recipe!
I’ve tried tofu in oats before but never to THAT extent and it’s definitely never looked that good. Must try this recipe!
I don’t even REMEMBER what my after school snacks were, how sad is that! I think celery with cheez whiz and “pizza” crackers with cheese and pasta sauce were pretty frequent after school eats though.
MmmMMM! I’m so glad you’ve been loving that combination! So creamy and voluminous, right?
YUMMY!
Thanks for the mention love pie!
So I tried this recipe yesterday. It is really voluminous and kept me stuffed for quite a while. I think I’d use a little less water next time because my oats didn’t absorb a lot of the water.
While I normally don’t use any sweetener in my cereals I added some maple syrup to the warmed up mix at the end.
I’d say this really is comfort food!
I think Kosy Shack is the extreme close up!!! I want the scale 😀
Perhaps this is the close-up…?
Entry for the close up giveaway photo contest!!! I want that scale soo bad!! That is nice of you to do this give away 🙂
Could this be a close-up? I’ll make another guess!
Ahh no way! I just barely uploaded a post yesterday with the “double the liquid” trick. Dang, I didn’t realize you all ready had. Sorry, I will make note of that.