whole grain hot cereal, plain base- CROCK POT
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 94.8
- Total Fat: 0.8 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 59.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 19.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
- Protein: 3.7 g
View full nutritional breakdown of whole grain hot cereal, plain base- CROCK POT calories by ingredient
Introduction
This is a simple base, low-cal, high protein hot cereal to start your day. You can add whatever you want to it, I find it's easier to track with a recipe base and then I just add what I fancied that morning for breakfast. My main problem with the other hot cereals I've found on spark is that they come with spices, etc. already added, and I don't want those in my calorie count-- I want to make a different breakfast every day! I have savory and sweet suggestions in the "cooking instructions."This is a simple base, low-cal, high protein hot cereal to start your day. You can add whatever you want to it, I find it's easier to track with a recipe base and then I just add what I fancied that morning for breakfast. My main problem with the other hot cereals I've found on spark is that they come with spices, etc. already added, and I don't want those in my calorie count-- I want to make a different breakfast every day! I have savory and sweet suggestions in the "cooking instructions."
Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
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5 cups of water
.5 cup Steel Cut Oats, Dry
.5 cup Barley (pearled, raw, dry)
.5 cup Wheat Berries (Red Spring, Dry)
.25 tsp salt
cooking spray
*recipe is loosely based on the hundreds of whole-grain crock pot oatmeals/cereals online.
Directions
spray crockpot with cooking spray, dump in all ingredients, and cook on low, covered, for 8-9 hours. (Bedtime breakfast prep)
Stir directly before serving.
Serving Size: makes 10 .5-cup servings
Serving suggestions:
Savory: one poached egg, salt, pepper, onion powder, cayenne
Savory: steamed veggies (broc, caul, carrot), soy sauce, chinese 5 spice
Savory: garlic powder, broccoli, italian seasoning, mzithra cheese
Savory: Roasted red & green bell peppers, roasted onions, corn, chili powder, cayenne, worcestershire sauce (this is a great way to deal with leftover veg from a fajita nite!)
Savory: Peanut butter, bean sprouts, basil, soy sauce, chopped peanuts
Sweet: Peanut butter, banana, chocolate chips
Sweet: frozen blueberries, vanilla soymilk
Sweet: Raisins, cinnamon
Sweet: Pumpkin, raisins, pumpkin pie spice
sweet: apples, cinnamon (add brown sugar to make super sweet)
Sweet: dried cranberries, orange peel (or orange marmalade to make it super sweet.)
super sweet: honey, soymilk
super sweet: mango, coconut milk, cayenne
You can make up some "instant topping servings" if you're in a rush in the morning, just measure out 1/4 c. raisins with 1/4 tsp cinnamon in separate baggies and you have a "no thought" breakfast. (same goes for the steamed veg-- I have the brocc/carrot/cauliflower measured into 1/2 cup servings in the freezer so it's ready to go in the am.)
Also: you can easily fry or scramble the egg in the savory section, but really, poached is the way to go-- the runny yolk really adds something.
Stir directly before serving.
Serving Size: makes 10 .5-cup servings
Serving suggestions:
Savory: one poached egg, salt, pepper, onion powder, cayenne
Savory: steamed veggies (broc, caul, carrot), soy sauce, chinese 5 spice
Savory: garlic powder, broccoli, italian seasoning, mzithra cheese
Savory: Roasted red & green bell peppers, roasted onions, corn, chili powder, cayenne, worcestershire sauce (this is a great way to deal with leftover veg from a fajita nite!)
Savory: Peanut butter, bean sprouts, basil, soy sauce, chopped peanuts
Sweet: Peanut butter, banana, chocolate chips
Sweet: frozen blueberries, vanilla soymilk
Sweet: Raisins, cinnamon
Sweet: Pumpkin, raisins, pumpkin pie spice
sweet: apples, cinnamon (add brown sugar to make super sweet)
Sweet: dried cranberries, orange peel (or orange marmalade to make it super sweet.)
super sweet: honey, soymilk
super sweet: mango, coconut milk, cayenne
You can make up some "instant topping servings" if you're in a rush in the morning, just measure out 1/4 c. raisins with 1/4 tsp cinnamon in separate baggies and you have a "no thought" breakfast. (same goes for the steamed veg-- I have the brocc/carrot/cauliflower measured into 1/2 cup servings in the freezer so it's ready to go in the am.)
Also: you can easily fry or scramble the egg in the savory section, but really, poached is the way to go-- the runny yolk really adds something.