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Posts tagged “oats”

10 Baked Goods That Won't Weigh You Down

Yesterday we featured a cake that's light on prep work, but today we're going all out and rounding up 10 baked goods that are easy on ingredients and your waistline. There's breads, muffins, pastri...

Winter Breakfast: Try Other Grains With Your Oatmeal

Want to get a little more out of your morning oatmeal? Try throwing in a handful or two of another grain for some different nutrients and extra protein - not to mention a more complex flavor and textu...

Slow and Easy: How to Cook Perfect Steel-Cut Oats

After fiddling with cooking times, temperatures, and ratios, we've finally landed on what we think of as the perfect method for making a pot of steel-cut oats. It's about time, too, since we have plen...

Porridge for Breakfast: 5 Hot Cereals To Fill You Up

Mush, gruel, hot cereal — none of the names for this genre of breakfast dishes is very appealing. But that's OK; we all know the truth. Warm, creamy polenta, or nutty, pearly oats — they'r...

Fall Breakfasts: A Return to Steel-Cut Oats!

All summer long, we've been eating loads of fresh fruit with yogurt for breakfast. But now that mornings are starting to get chilly, we're feeling the need for change. This past weekend, we finished o...

Five Ways to Eat: Oats

Oats! They are a powerhouse of nutrition and awesomely delicious breakfast goodness. Here are five ways to eat healthy, scrumptious, nutty oats — and none of them involve mush. ...

Sexier Than It Sounds: Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut
Recipe Review

This is one of our very, very, most very favorite cakes. And yet the photos don't quite do it justice. This is a moist, tender cake with a gooey topping of broiled coconut and sugar, and while "oatmea...

Recipe: Blueberry-Oat Quick Bread

It's hard to resist picking up a pint of fresh berries from the farmer's market this time of year, so why try? This quick bread recipe uses just one cup of berries to make a tender loaf that's perfect...

Quick Breakfast: No-Cook Overnight Oatmeal

Overnight oatmeal is a familiar thing; we often boil a pot of steel-cut oats and then leave them to soak overnight on the stove. Bring them back to a simmer in the morning and they're ready to eat. So...

Craving: Muesli for Breakfast!

We just got our first real snowfall here in Boston, and now we're suddenly craving muesli. This is a simple yet hearty breakfast brought to us by the Swiss - who mean business when it comes to fueling...

Flickr Find: Persimmon Oat Muffins

I was hit with the flu this week and did little of my usual eating, let alone cooking. One meal does shine through the haze, however – a nourishing bowl of oatmeal with Fuyu persimmon slices, me...

From The Files: Oatmeal for Breakfast (and More)

We love oats and oatmeal in nearly every form. Now that the season has turned into fall, we've been indulging in steel-cut oats for breakfast - nutty, chewy, and pearly - with dark brown sugar and a d...

Breakfast for Lunch: Steel-Cut Oats with Dates, Coconut, Cinnamon and Pecans

Do you ever eat breakfast for lunch? Today we wanted a bowlful of those pearly steel-cut oats, hot and fragrant. Here are the other things we threw in... ...

Recipe: Golden Oat Pancakes

This recipe comes to you courtesy of Tiffany, who asked a question recently about oatmeal. She followed up and demonstrated her love of oats with this family recipe for Golden Oat Pancakes. We made ...