Coffee Soaked OatmealMakes about 1.25 cups of amazing oatmeal.
this is a cheap, easy, and highly customizable recipe for making a quick batch of healthy oats for any meal (my favorite is breakfast, maybe with some eggs)
the main purpose of soaking the oats in coffee is to neutralize the Phytic acid. phytic acid binds to many minerals in your body, and makes them unavailable for absorption. physic acid is found in all (or most?) seeds, including grains. fermenting, sprouting, or soaking in an acidic solution are a few ways to negate the effects of the phytic acid. also, soaking them in coffee tastes great.
Apparently, one could also use viegar, citrus, or yogurt to acheieve similar results concerning the phytic acid.anyways
Ingredients:- ~1 cup oats (i use the rolled oats, however I'm attempting to go gluten free and will be ordering some gluten free oats from bobs red mill)
- ~1 cup warm coffee
- pint sized mason jar
- LOTS of cinnamon
- Parsley
- Fruit (can be frozen, i like frozen wild blueberries)
- quality raw HONEY
1) pour the cup of warm coffee in the mason jar, and fill it up with oats until its about .5 inch underneath the coffee level. put the lid on and let em soak overnight
2) after they're done soaking, pour them in a pot, along with 1 cup of warm water
3) stir to homogenize, then bring to a boil. after its at a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and stir stir stir. stir like every 1 minuteish (its ok if some burns to the bottom)
4) after the water has reduced to the desired consistency, add the frozen fruit (skip this step if using fresh fruit), and bring back up to a simmer, or whatever temp you want to eat it at
5) after water has reduced to the desired consistency, pour it out into a bowl, add the LOTS of cinnamon, fresh fruit, and parsley (or what until its a bit cooler to preserve the enzymes in the fresh food)
6) after its cooled sufficiently, add the enzyme rich quality raw honey (don't wanna hurt them enzymes, or you might as well be adding refined sugar with some flavor)
ENJOY
-the 1st pic is the soaked oats in the pot, without the water added
-the 2nd pic is the oats boiling, just about to turn it down to a simmer
-the 3rd pic is the finished oatmeal and has frozen blueberries and banana in it, before it get cinnamonated and honeyized, and also before mixing