This week’s post is short and sweet, just like this recipe!

I get asked all the time if I am Irish. It’s probably my vampire child skin. While I may not technically be Irish, I did marry someone who is Scots-Irish. So that counts, right? Sure.

In any case, we (I) love oatmeal so much. I could honestly eat it multiple times a day. I put steel-cut oats in everything. But oatmeal can sometimes seem boring. Finally I found an overnight Irish oatmeal recipe that works for us, even while we are still on a low-carb diet. I made a few substitutions to the original recipe, but I won’t be greedy… I’ll share the good ones with you. Trust me, this recipe will make you see oats in a whole new light. The best part about it, is you leave it overnight and wake up to a house filled with apple cinnamon goodness! Perfect with fall right around the corner.

Here’s what you will need:

1 cup steel-cut Irish oats

3 cups water & 1 cup almond milk (Original: 3 cups water & 1 cup cream)

2 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg

1 apple, skinned & chopped

(Original: 1/4 cup raisins)

No calorie sweetener to taste (Original: brown sugar to taste)

 

Now what do you do?

1. Skin and chop apple.
2. Add apples, raisins, nutmeg and cinnamon to crock-pot.  Plus 1 cup steel-cut oats.  Then 4 cups liquids.
3. Stir everything up and set crock-pot to low setting for 7 hours.
4. Go to bed… seriously that’s it!

When you wake up in the morning your house will smell like everything fall. This oatmeal is so good, you will want to eat it all! When you are ready to consume add the sweetener of your choice. Then perhaps some milk or nuts… Bailey’s anyone? Pour yourself a cup of coffee (or tea… if that’s your thing I’m not judging) and enjoy! You can thank me later 🙂