Oatmeal Recipe

Before the advent of insulin as a treatment, physicians asked their diabetic patients to eat oatmeal. It is surprisingly effective at bringing down hemoglobin A1C levels, even if one only eats oatmeal once in a while.  Learn more about this from Dr. Greger in this podcast or Youtube video. Rolled oatmeal is extremely easy to prepare and it tastes great.

Here’s my recipe:

Rolled Oatmeal

In a Pot, add

• 2 cups of any milk (I use oat milk, which tastes great and is a good source of calcium)
  • To speed up the process, I microwave the oat milk for two minutes in a Pyrex measuring cup before pouring it into the pot.
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Optional additions:
  • A pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 Tbsp almond butter
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• Bring the pot to a boil, then add 2 cups of rolled oats
• Cook for 3 minutes while mixing with a spatula

Serving

• Add sliced banana or any berries
• Leftovers hold up well for 2-3 days in the fridge. Just add oatmilk or other milk and microwave for 40 seconds.

* Modified from “The Best Creamy Vegan Oatmeal Recipe – Veggies don’t bite”

Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Steel-cut oatmeal tastes even better than Rolled oatmeal in my opinion. It takes longer to cook than rolled oats, but only requires about 5 minutes of prep time and another 30 minutes in an InstantPot. Here’s my recipe:

Instant Pot inner pot:

• Add 2 cups boiling water
• Add 2 cups oat milk (after heating in microwave for 2 minutes)
• Add 2 tsp vanilla
• Add 1 Tbsp maple syrop
• Add 1 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg (skipped on 5/12/24)
• Add ½ tsp salt (skipped on 5/12/24)
• Add 2 cups of steel cut oats

Cooking/Warming

• Cook on custom setting with high pressure for 4 minutes, switch off “keep warm”
• Takes 7 min to preheat (used boiling water/milk)
• Takes 3 minutes on high pressure cook setting
• Let it sit for 20 minutes, then force the natural pressure release

Serving

• Wash fruit (blueberries, raspberries or sliced bananas)

* Modified from https://www.wellplated.com/instant-pot-steel-cut-oats/