Summer Oatmeal Food

COOL SUMMERTIME OATMEAL

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine oats, milk, yogurt and honey. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Top each serving with cherries, blueberries and walnuts.

SUMMER OATMEAL

Steps:

• In a saucepan, mix the fruit with the sugar and simmer gently.
• Simmer only until the fruit is soft and the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the burner and cool until the fruit is body temperature or less.
• In a bowl that you can store in the refrigerator, mix yogurt and uncooked oatmeal.
• After the fruit has cooled sufficiently, stir it gently into the oatmeal-yogurt mixture.
• Refrigerate this for at least 7 hours.
• For fruit, we use frozen blueberries, blackberries, and peaches. I do not recommend pineapple or other highly acidic fruit. We also are not fond of strawberries in this.
• We use homemade yogurt cultured from a very old Caspian sea culture (it's a bit runnier than standard yogurts).
• For sweetener, I use either brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, or cactus honey powder.
• Add spices and dried fruit or nuts as desired.
• I also will use a roasted whole seven-grain cereal in this recipe, but it requires closer to 12 hours to soften the grains.

SUMMER OATMEAL

Steps:

• mix all ingredients, cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Serve cold, with milk if desired.

DAYS OF SUMMER OATMEAL

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients together in bowl and chill overnight. (If you like the dried fruits and nuts to be softer, add them also, at night.).
• Before serving, sprinkle with condiments.
• Taste before using the sweetener as it may be sweet enough for you.

SWISS OATMEAL (SUMMER OATMEAL)

Steps:

• 1. In 2-quart saucepan combine water and oats. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 8 minutes (oats will not be tender). Remove from heat; transfer to mixing bowl. Cool 5 minutes. Stir in milk, yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey, apple pie spice, salt, and dried fruits. Cover; chill 12 hours or up to 3 days.
• 2. To serve*, heat oatmeal in saucepan over low heat 10 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon honey. Divide among serving bowls. Top with almonds and sliced banana.
• 3. *Note: Oatmeal may be served at room temperature; let stand 15 minutes before serving.