Yummy Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Fruit


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 167.5
  • Total Fat: 2.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 586.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 34.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
  • Protein: 6.2 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Yummy Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Fruit calories by ingredient


Introduction

You can assemble it in the slow cooker in the evening and wake up to a bowl of hot, nourishing oatmeal. It is important to use steel-cut oats; old-fashioned oats become too soft during slow-cooking. You can assemble it in the slow cooker in the evening and wake up to a bowl of hot, nourishing oatmeal. It is important to use steel-cut oats; old-fashioned oats become too soft during slow-cooking.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    4cups water
    1 cups steel-cut oats (see note above)
    1/6 cup dried cranberries
    1/6 cup dried apricots, chopped
    1/8 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Directions

This makes 4 1 cup servings.
Combine water, oats, dried cranberries, dried apricots and salt in a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker. Turn heat to low. Put the lid on and cook until the oats are tender and the porridge is creamy, 7 to 8 hours.


Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CAZLINR.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    This recipe is wonderful it got my 5 yr old eating a little healthier. The honey and berries were perfect. Many thanks - 3/31/10


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    Incredible!
    Really good to wake up to a bowl of hot oatmeal! It reminds me of having porridge in Scotland. - 3/13/09


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    We loved this oatmeal. We added sliced banana and bluberries to it just before serving and it was wonderful. Alittle honey added for the kids and they loved it too. - 2/3/09