Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats

Steel cut oats use a 4:1 liquid to oats ratio. You can use any combination for the liquid – water, soy milk, almond milk, normal milk all work well.

Most of us are too busy to make breakfast in the morning, so a big pot of steel cut oatmeal made in a slow cooker is the perfect solution to make sure you always have a healthy meal to start the day.

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 8 hr

Total time: 8 hr 5 min

Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

Steel cut oats – 2 cups
Water – 6 cups
Milk (any type) – 2 cups
Apples, peeled & chopped (optional) – 2 to 3
Brown sugar – ¼ cup
Kosher salt – 2 tsp
Cinnamon – 1 Tbsp
Star anise (optional) – 2 to 3

Instructions

Optional: Give your slow cooker a quick spray of cooking spray or brush with cooking oil to prevent sticking of ingredients.

Put all ingredients in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or 4 hours on high. Portion out and reheat as needed!

Top as desired! Add Peanut Butter, fruit, coconut shavings!

For the 21 Day Fix Measure out your containers on the cooked oatmeal, add in your Tsp (PB or nut butters) any fruit etc.. as desired!