Ingredients:
Steel cut oats
Chicken or vegetable broth (we like to use bone broth!)
Shallots or onion
garlic
Salt
Pepper
Turmeric
Egg for a little extra something
And as many veggies as you’d like. A great time to clean out the fridge:
carrots
Zucchini
Frozen peas/broccoli
Mushrooms
Our favorite combo is shallot, garlic, broccoli and peas. We use frozen broccoli and peas. They thaw out and cook right in the oatmeal!
Instructions:
Make steel-cut oats according to the package. I add a lot of broth! If you don’t have chicken or veggie broth water is fine.
the steel-cut oats absorb a lot of water. So keep adding broth and mixing.
add black pepper, salt and turmeric to the oats while they are cooking. Hence why they look yellow.
On the side in a frying pan:
sauté shallots or onions until soft
add crushed garlic
add in all or any: carrots, zucchini, frozen peas, frozen broccoli, mushrooms etc.
*TIP: Start cooking the harder veggies like carrots and end with the frozen stuff. Mix.
If I have roasted sweet potatoes in the fridge I’ll add that in at the very end. SOMETIMES if I get crazy I’ll add in 2 eggs and mix into the oats until it gets cooked. You can’t taste it but adds a little more protein and nutritional oomph.
After the oats are cooked:
add in the veggies. Mix it all up. Ta-da you have a rockin’ dish.
This is a great way to use the veggies in your fridge. The steel-cut oats take a while to cook so be patient. I make a lot and the leftovers are always delicious. Can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
