My kitchen has seen everything from Chocolate Oatmeal to Peanut Butter Oatmeal.
And a quick google search for “oatmeal recipes” will show you that I’m hardly alone in my proclivity for oatmeal experimentation. Recipes exist for carrot cake oatmeal, spinach oatmeal, Oreo oatmeal, soy sauce oatmeal…
However, sometimes the classic is best.
(I’m looking at you, soy sauce oatmeal!)
Oatmeal-raisin is always a classic; like the little black dress of breakfasts. It will never go out of style.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Oatmeal
(Makes 4 servings)
- 3 cups milk of choice (720g)
- 1 cup steel-cut oats (160g)
- 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt (I think oatmeal tastes much better with a little salt, but you can use less if you normally make–and enjoy–oatmeal without salt.)
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon (level)
- 1/2 to 1 cup raisins (70-140g)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (4g)
- sweetener and toppings of choice
If you have a slow cooker: Lightly grease the bottom of the crock pot, then add first 5 ingredients and stir. Cook on low for 3 1/2 hours. Turn off heat, then add the vanilla, sweetener of choice, and any other toppings or mix-ins you wish. (If you don’t have a crock pot, bring the milk to a boil and then add the next four ingredients. Lower to a simmer, and simmer 20-25 minutes or until thick. Then stir in the vanilla, sweetener, and other toppings of choice.) You can store leftovers in the fridge – it’s a good idea to add a little extra liquid (milk or water) when reheating.
I made sure to wear green yesterday, had my Irish oatmeal for breakfast, and also attended a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. It was a crazy party: 4 girls, drinks, and an entire key lime pie cheesecake (my recipe) all to ourselves. That’s a party, right?
If there is cheesecake, it’s always a party!
(Ugly nighttime lighting. Really good cheesecake!)
Question of the Day:
Would you be brave enough to try soy sauce oatmeal?
Or spinach oatmeal? Oatmeal with spaghetti sauce? Since oatmeal is a grain just like pasta and rice, I guess it’s not as weird as it sounds to flavor the grain with something like soy sauce. Still… I think I will stick to the raisins!
Link of the Day: 25 Healthy Oatmeal Recipes
I totally munched on raisins and oats today with coconut milk! Yum!
Mmmm – how have I never thought of making this? So simple, yet delicious – sounding!
I absolutely adore oatmeal – my favourite being chocolate mint =)
I am nowhere near adventurous enough to try soy sauce oatmeal (ew!) or anything that is a weird variation on this breakfast food.
I make savory oats all the time! I love adding some salsa and avocado. Soy sauce might be too extreme, even for me, however!
Yum… I love this idea. I can’t wait to try it soon! Thanks!
OOPS… I made this, but I scaled it into a quarter of the recipe… but forgot to quarter the salt! I’d strongly disadvise doing this, lol. I re-made it with the correct amount of salt and it was delicious!!
I make a cherry pie oatmeal where I add vanilla stevia, cocoa powder and frozen chopped cherries, its really good!
Looks so good! I already made this variation back when you posted your first slow cooker oatmeal recipe! In fact, I have tried all the variations 🙂 My favorite is the pb&j!
Considering that I do not like raisins, soy sauce oatmeal sounds better to me than the traditional raisin oatmeal. 🙂
Yum, I eat oatmeal practically every morning and recently reverted to classic cinnamon raisin a couple of weeks ago as the current farmer’s market fruits aren’t ideal for oatmeal (Grapefruit oatmeal?). My roommate, who isn’t veg, cooks hers with cheese and adds a scrambled egg but I would rather use polenta or grits for a savory dish.
I also made your baked pumpkin pie oatmeal last night (subbed butternut squash because its cheap and from the market) so good!!
Katie-
You have the cutest blog. I love trying your recipes, and have never once made one I didn’t like. I love your writing style and photography. I recently started my own blog and would be stoked if you would check it out and leave a comment! Thanks for inspiring me:) Keep up the good work
I will be sure to check it out 🙂
I dont know if I could do soy sauce oatmeal? Just doesnt sound right…soy sauce is for stir fry 🙂 I cant wait to make oatmeal tomorrow though!
This was really delicious! I even added some quick cook brown rice to the mix because my husband doesn’t like the mushiness of oatmeal, and he actually liked it! I ate it for dinner after eating it for breakfast it was so good.
Soy sauce oatmeal sounds gross! I do add spinach from time to time to my oatmeal. I’m sure to add plenty of spices and/or pumpkin to mask the flavor (which is mild if you don’t use a ton). Gets the greens into breakfast!
“Oatmeal-raisin is always a classic; like the little black dress of breakfasts.”
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“You had me at hello!”
The little black dress! The healthy food! Oh, love the comparison.
Ha! Seriously. I love your writing! I love that you use “exist” as a verb like I do (chastised at my blog for doing so)! And I love that I found your site by way of my gorgeous friend Jessica of AlmostOverNow.
So would I try soy sauce oatmeal? Absolutely! If you were concocting it for me. Would I have the patience to make this myself? Heck no. But it’s gorgeous, and I’ll be reading you regularly!
I love oatmeal! I like the idea of making it in a crock pot, I normally make mine on the stove with chia seeds and egg whites.
Talking about savoury oatmeal it’s got me wondering how else you could mix it up a bit. I love chilli with sweet things. I am wondering how coconut, chilli and agave might go. Chocolate chilli would be good, and I think so would caramel chilli.
What size slow cooker do you use for this? Would it be possible to add more milk, or maybe some water, and cook it overnight? I love the idea of being able to put it on the night before and having it good to eat in the morning.
4 quart, I think. Mine is so old it doesn’t actually say!