Breakfast Slow Cooker Recipes | Steel Cut Oats Slow Cooker

I've been looking to eat a little healthier lately, and I've swapped my usual breakfasts for steel cut oats.  I am  really enjoying the different ways you can enjoy oatmeal from the slow cooker.  

Getting up and having a healthy, hot breakfast ready for as each member of the family as they come downstairs in the morning seems like a miracle.  Slow cooker oatmeal for breakfast is even easier if you have a programmable slow cooker that automatically switches to keep warm mode when the cooking time is done.  That way everyone can come and help themselves when they are ready.  Great on a weekend morning when you want to have a sleep in, the children can each take what they want as they get up.

This recipe calls for steel cut oats. If you are not familiar with them, they are the tastier, more nutritionally available, best for you version of oatmeal oats.  They take longer to break down - which is one of the things that makes the perfect in the slow cooker - and one of the best reasons to cook them this way.

This recipe has a real nutrient boost with the added dried fruit, but watch the amount of maple syrup if you are trying to eat healthier - a little of the good stuff goes a long way when you are just adding it for flavor.

I really like the idea of oatmeal in slow cooker breakfasts, so I will be creating more recipes and reporting back later!  Meanwhile, do enjoy this one.

Berries and Steel Cut Oats in a Slow Cooker | Breakfast Slow Cooker Recipes

Cooks overnight on low for 7 to 8 hours, makes 4 servings

1/2 C dried blueberries
1 C steel cut oats
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
4 C water
1/4 C maple syrup to serve

• Before you head to bed, combine the blueberries, oats, salt, cinnamon and water in a 1-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker. Cover and cook on low 7 to 8 hours or until oats are tender and creamy. 
• To serve, stir in cranberries, dish out into serving bowls, pour over the syrup - enjoy!  
• Store any extra portions covered with cling wrap in the fridge and use within 3 days, reheat in microwave as required.

Special Feature | 1-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker

Do you need 4 servings of oatmeal?  Here's the perfect slow cooker for the job.  If you eat early and enjoy oatmeal, this is a great way to get a perfect, no fuss hot breakfast that is ready when you are.

You may want to check some customer reviews on the 1-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker and see how other oatmeal fans rated it!

Great for making my cut oats for breakfast.
5 out of 5 stars     By TBM, MI, USA     "If you enjoy cut oats for breakfast and don't want to wait for water to boil and then stand stirring for a half hour, this CrockPot is the answer. I place four cups of water and one cup of oats in, plug it in and let it go........it is much slower, but you do not have to be so involved. Stir it once or twice and you can store the unused portion in the ceramic bowl in your fridge."

5 out of 5 stars     By  KL, USA     "My husband gets up by 5 am and I... well, I don't! :)  I bought this unit to make hot cereal so I could offer my husband a hot breakfast without having to (painfully) alter my own sleep schedule. I fill it with water and whole grains around 9 pm. My husband takes his breakfast at 5 am and unplugs the unit. When my son and I get up around 6 or 7 am, the cereal has cooled to a perfect temperature to eat right away without exceeding the "maximum 2 hours at room temperature" time frame for food safety."

Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com

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