Easy Steel-Cut Oats
4 cups milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups steel-cut oats
2 cups apple, chopped
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts, chopped
Coat the inside of a 3-4 qt. crock pot with non-sick spray (or lightly coat with olive oil. Combine all ingredients in the crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until done. Be careful to not over cook. You can also cook this overnight on warm for 7-8 hours. I tried it on low at night and low just cooks it a bit too quickly. Refrigerate any leftovers. Reheats nicely.
I use our goat's milk when we have it, and organic ingredients. Delicious! If you don't like steel cut oats, you can also make this with old-fashioned oats. I simply chop 2 organic apples (I don't measure).
After a day of yard and garden work, the girls got the go kart out for a spin. Once around the path, and they discovered a wheel problem. It's not been used since the "send off" party for our oldest daughter, and may have gotten worked a bit too hard. It's under repairs, so the girls were bummed. Hubby was too tired to work all night on it, and he's still trying to find time to replace the brakes on my car.
Anyway, we discovered a cap to one wheel missing. We found it by the chicken barn. Hubby found the gas pedal cover out by the elderberry (newly planted ones) trees.
It looks like a welding job will be needed too. I guess the girls will have to come up with some other type of fun until it's up and running again.
I did challenge the kids to come up with some type of activity that did not involve electronics. Two rode bicycles. I think they will be getting out the badmitten set this week too. That was always an "after dinner" family activity for us. We really need to do that again.
It's been three days and no letters from our son in military training. However, the last letter we got from Daughter(20), said she was the only girl to pass the obstacle course. They are both pushing themselves onward.
As for the guy building the campground, I had to listen to his bulldozer and chainsaw the entire day (then their voice all night, and a dog barking). I'm writing a letter to the township this weekend. It's our last straw. Say a prayer.
5 comments:
What yummy looking recipes! I wish my hubby liked pasta as much as I do. (I could eat it every day, but then I'm a carbo type . . . and he's a protein type so I guess our preferences are understandable.)
Keeping our fingers crossed that your lovely homestead will be saved from the possible campground being planned. Saying a prayer, too.
That pasta dish looks De-lish!
Hope you get somewhere with the township.
Good luck with your wacko neighbor! Did he ever get permits, etc.?
Nancy, no he did not get any permits. He's out there with 4 wheelers again, but I think someone else called the Sheriff for loud music.
I love regular rolled oats, have all my life. Our Dad made the best (but it wasn't too healthy with the butter, brown sugar and cream [or half&half] that he loved adding to it I'm sure, yet I still make it that way myself. However I've been curious lately about the steel cut oats because several chefs/cooks on the Food Network have touted its flavors, textures and health benefits recently. I'm wondering how close in tasting it is to the old fashioned rolled oats, and if it's more difficult to make, or less so.
Praying for God to touch the heart of your neighbor with compassion and understanding, so he somehow gets to learn the hassles he's bringing upon others with his selfish foolishness.
God bless.
RB
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