McCann’s quick cooking steel cut oats are ready in 5 min or less. When I used to eat breakfast at my desk, I would put peanut butter, raisins, cinnamon, whatever, in a thermos, add a couple of tablespoon of oatmeal, pour in boiling water, and seal the top tightly. By the time I was ready for breakfast, it was cooked.

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone put in extra work the day before for their breakfast?

Personally I skip breakfast every day, but even if I didn't, I'd just do something with minimal effort like yoghurt and granola or some microwave sausages.

Eating breakfast is a pretty normal thing. The big bag of steel cut oats at costco is cheaper than most other oats sooo

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Anonymous wrote:Like where you just add boiling water and it's ready?

Never heard any advertised like that.

However you don't have to cook oatmeal to eat it, if you are eating steel cut "rolled" version of oatmeal, the flake kind. It's the best for your health overall, same as regular porridge steel cut but smooshed out so they are more easily digestible.

Who is chowing down on raw oats in the morning? This is bizarre.

I love steel cut oatmeal but I find that the "quick cooking 7 minute" steel cut oatmeal is a bald faced lie! It takes way more time and water than the package suggests. I make a batch in my rice cooker every three days or so. As soon as I wake up I pop down to the kitchen and throw everything in and set it for 30 minutes, then by the time I hop in the shower, get dressed, make kid breakfast, it's ready. Then the next two days I pull it out of the fridge and microwave.

Why would anyone put in extra work the day before for their breakfast?

Personally I skip breakfast every day, but even if I didn't, I'd just do something with minimal effort like yoghurt and granola or some microwave sausages.

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Anonymous wrote:You can make a giant vat of it and keep it in the fridge for the week, or freeze it in portions and microwave to reheat.

That sounds disgusting. Are you the same poster who freezes half a raw egg to use on a rainy day?

I’ll never understand DCUM’s oatmeal fascination

This made me laugh….

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I do:

In the evening after dinner, boil water, add salt and steel cut oats. Cook for one minute. Turn off the heat and let cool. Put the top on the pot and put the pot in the fridge.

In the morning, put the pot back on the stove and heat. They will be hot and cooked through in 3-5 minutes.

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Just do rolled oats. Takes 90 sec. Yummy.

Anonymous wrote:There's a brand called Better Oats that sells packets of instant steel cut. Takes a couple minutes and has that really nice texture. Original, maple, and an apples & cinnamon flavor. Fairly low sugar and seems clean ingredient wise. Just make sure you do not get their 100 cal version -- so disgusting! -- as the box looks almost exactly the same as the regular version. Easy mistake to make, especially if you get groceries delivered.

There's a brand called Better Oats that sells packets of instant steel cut. Takes a couple minutes and has that really nice texture. Original, maple, and an apples & cinnamon flavor. Fairly low sugar and seems clean ingredient wise. Just make sure you do not get their 100 cal version -- so disgusting! -- as the box looks almost exactly the same as the regular version. Easy mistake to make, especially if you get groceries delivered.

Here's what I do:

In the evening after dinner, boil water, add salt and steel cut oats. Cook for one minute. Turn off the heat and let cool. Put the top on the pot and put the pot in the fridge.

In the morning, put the pot back on the stove and heat. They will be hot and cooked through in 3-5 minutes.

I make a double portion on the stove once a week, add a little vanilla to the water. It takes 30 minutes but you don't need to do anything. I start it and then go shower. It makes 3 meals for me. I add some milk and fruit when I eat it.

Yes! Wegmans sells packets of them.

Anonymous wrote:I bought old fashioned oats, Wegmans brand in a cylinder… they cook quickly in water in the stove, like 5 minutes. Are they not as good for you as steel cut?

They are fine. More easily digested than steel cut, but slightly higher rating on the glycemic index. If diabetic, steel cut are less harmful. If not diabetic, then doesn't really matter which you prefer.

I bought old fashioned oats, Wegmans brand in a cylinder… they cook quickly in water in the stove, like 5 minutes. Are they not as good for you as steel cut?

Anonymous wrote:If you're ok with cold, you can make overnight oats with steel cut oats.

NP, I soak them overnight and then just zap them in the microwave for 30-60 seconds to warm them up. Easy as overnight oats, but not cold. And it's faster than boiling water for an instant variety.