Multi-Grain Hot Cereal (Slow-Cooker)

Submitted by Chef #1531872

"Made with steel cut oats, quinoa, wheat berries, and brown rice. Adapted from a recipe from the Complete Whole Grains Cookbook by Judith Finlayson. I love it because it is super healthy, super easy, and reheats perfectly."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 12 cups
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice, rinsed & drained
• 1 cup quinoa, rinsed & drained
• 1 cup wheat berries
• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 11 cups water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 -2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 apples, peeled, cored & diced

directions

1. dump everything into a lightly greased, large crockpot.
2. Cook on low overnight (about 6 hours was enough for me); or on high for 4 hours.
3. The original recipe suggests adding additional dried fruits, like raisins or cranberries in the last hour before serving. I topped mine with some maple syrup.
4. *I used a brown, long-grain basmati rice, but I'm sure any length rice would work fine. Also, I didn't have any apples, but I had some dehydrated apple-chips which I crushed and tossed in -- they worked great.

Reviews

[cozeekitchen]

Nice to wake up to the smell of cinnamon and vanilla. Very easy to make. My crockpot only has an 8 or 10-hour setting, so the cereal was more creamy than I prefer but my husband topped it with brown sugar and added milk and loved it. Did not have wheat berries or steel-cut oats, so added barley and Freekah instead.

 

[Kathy]

This was my first time using wheat berries, and they were great. Love the mix of grains. I served the cereal with a few raisins sprinkled on top. A very good recipe and so easy to make.

 

[lowe.alicia]

Great recipe! I didn't have wheat berries, but threw in some extra Quinoa flakes that I had on hand, as well as a bit of Couscous to make up for it. Next time I will add some salt to the recipe to liven up the flavor a bit. I also froze the leftovers and they tasted great weeks later!

 

[snezhka]

Oh, yes. Finally I found it. However! The 1st batch I gave the whole thing to chickens. They were very thankful. 1st. Not enough water. The best proportion is 1 cup of steel cut oatmeal to 4 cups of water - there is already such a recipe. When you'll mix couple of times at the end, you will see it's not too much. 2nd. Even brown rice, no matter the brand, will turn to mush if you give it 4 hours in a slow cooker. Try steel cut oats, barley, wheat berries and golden flax seeds, 1 cup of each and 12 cups of water. Do not let it scare you. Yes, do add salt, I used a teaspoon, it's a large pot of porridge ;) Add everything else you desire at the end.