Instant Breakfast- steel cut oats

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Instant Breakfast

I found this recipe on PopSugar Fitness. The premise is to make all these "oatmeal muffins" (which are just cooked steel oats) and freeze them. We call them hockey pucks. When it's morning and you want breakfast you simple place one or two in a bowl, microwave and add your special toppings. Easy! This one recipe has streamlined my mornings considerably!

This recipe makes enough for 10+ breakfasts if you use 2 "oatmeal muffins" per serving.

Ingredients

1. 8 8 cups water
2. 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
3. 2 cups steel-cut oats
4. 7 tablespoons pure maple syrup
5. 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions

1. Bring water and salt to a rolling boil. Pour in oats, stir, and reduce heat to simmer, cooking for 30 minutes.
2. Turn off heat and stir in the maple syrup and cinnamon. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
3. Lightly grease 21 sections of two 12-cup muffin tins, and pour in the oatmeal.
4. Freeze flat for five hours. Remove pan from the freezer and allow to thaw for a few minutes. Using a butter knife, gently pop the oatmeal "muffins" out of the pan, seal in a freezer bag, and keep frozen.
5. When you're ready to eat, place one or two in a bowl and microwave for 2-3 minutes. Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
6. When fresh berries are not available it works just as well to microwave with frozen berries. My fave is a puck and raspberries.  Top with flaxmeal and you have a fully-balanced, sustaining breakfast.

two pucks waiting to be heated

75 calories per puck

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