What are steel cut oats? Basically they are whole grain groats (the inner portion of the oat kernel) which have been cut into only two or three pieces. Normal oatmeal, like Quaker instant, is a rolled, steamed, processed oat.
Steel Cut Pros:
1. Eating foods in their most natural "whole" state provides nutritional benefits stripped by the processing of normal oatmeal.
2. Nuttier, chewier texture than rolled oats.
3. No sugar, unlike most of the microwave stuff. Add fruit for sweetness.
4. They only have one ingredient, oats.
Steel Cut Cons:
1. They take 30 minutes to cook.
2. No sugar, thus bland.
Apparently there is a quick cook version of steel cut oats in the Trader Joe's frozen section.
1 comment:
Most importantly - it is a cool name that makes you want to buy the things - even if you don't eat'em.
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