Oatmeal w/ Berries

1 cup rolled oats (or steel cut)
1 cup water for soaking
1 cup water for cooking
1/2 tsp pure salt
berries of choice
sweetener of choice

• Soak oats overnight in 1 cup of water, covered in a warm place (right in the pot you’ll be cooking them in).
• In the morning, in a separate pot or tea kettle, boil an additional cup of water, and stir into soaked oats along with the salt.
• Cook on med-low heat, covered, for 3 – 5 mins.
• Mix in sweetener of choice, berries and any other optional add in.

Serves 2.

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SIDE NOTES:

~ Soaking old-fashioned rolled, or steel cut oats overnight cuts down on the cooking time in the morning and makes the grain more digestible – yielding a fast & nutritious breakfast.

~ Optional add-ins include nuts & seeds – either ground or whole, bananas, apples, pears, dried fruit, cinnamon, coconut shreds, coconut butter, coconut oil, milk, yogurt, cream, and butter.

~ FYI – Oats don’t inherently contain gluten, but the crop is often grown on the same fields that grow wheat, so cross contamination is inevitable. Certified gluten free oats are grown in areas strictly for gluten free crops.

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