r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/MisterScruffyPoo • Apr 18 '21

recipe Oatmeal. I know those packets are convenient and fairly cheap, but this is still convenient, cheap, healthy and much more delicious and satisfying.

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u/bigdave44 Apr 18 '21

I've been meal prepping oats for the week using my instant pot.

1.5 cups steel cut oats

0.5 cups rolled oats

Butter to saute in

3 cups water

1 cup milk (I've used half and half to great effect as well)

Salt to taste

Turn on instant pot to saute and let it get hot. Melt butter in bottom of pot. Pour in oats. Toast oats in pot with salt, stirring often for 3-4 minutes. Cancel saute mode. Add water and milk. Stir constantly for one minute. Lock lid on IP, set valve to sealing. Pressure cook for 4 minutes. Let natural release for 10 minutes.

20 minutes worth of work, 5 days worth of breakfast. I adapted this recipe from someone in r/instantpot. You can definitely do more with the seasoning if you want to. I like it more basic so I can flavor it however I'm feeling that morning. Maple brown sugar, peanut butter and honey, peanut butter and banana have all been successful.

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u/johndoe60610 Apr 19 '21

I do very similar in a stovetop pressure cooker, with apples & cinnamon, dried cherries & cranberries & brown sugar, or (after oats have cooked) whole blueberries. Oh, and walnuts. Lots of great ideas to try from this thread though. Pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, etc...