As promised, your first raw food recipe made with flaked oats. Now that it is November, I find myself wanting a little more than a green drink for breakfast on some days. The perfect solution? Flaked Oats! High in soluble and insoluble fiber, oats are know to reduce blood cholesterol. They can also help regulate blood sugar, aid in digestion and because they contain phytochemicals, they help reduce your cancer risk. Studies have also shown that they also help control blood pressure and are an excellent source of energy giving carbohydrates.
Now that I have found a great source for organic, flaked oats that I can actually use in a raw food recipe, I have put my occasional raw oatmeal back on the menu! This takes a little advanced preparation, and you will be using the dehydrator so plan accordingly. I normally make them right when I get up. They will be ready when you are done showering!
Raw Oatmeal with Goji Berries
- 1 C Flaked Oats
- 1/2 to 1 C Almond Milk
- 1/4 C Goji Berries
- 1/4 C Chopped Almonds
- Agave or Maple Syrup* to taste.
Place oats in glass bowl. Cover with almond milk. Stir in goji berries. Place in dehydrator at 145 (the food won’t heat above 116) for 30 minutes, reduce temp and continue for another 1/2 hour. You can also start soaking the oats the night before and then gently warm in the dehydrator. Top with walnuts and sweeten to taste.
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Your photos are absolutely beautiful. I have a question. I’m interested to try this with the raw oats, but I don’t have much experience with the dehydrator yet since I just got mine. How do the oats go in the dehydrator? Just scoop them out and place them on the tray after they have soaked in the milk for awhile? Also, I’m new to your blog and I haven’t done a lot of raw food eating, but I’m open to trying new things. So, I’m wondering if there are any specific health benefits to eating the oats raw?
You put the oats covered with the milk, mixed with the berries in a glass bowl and then put the whole thing in the dehydrator. The benefit of raw flaked would be that all of the nutrients, photonutrients, etc will still be intact. Steel cut and most other oats are processed with steam, etc.
Are you using raw oats? I’m confused – you said they were steamed. If so where would one purchase these?
Thanx.
M
I am using flaked oats. Flaked oats are not steamed. I said that most oats are steamed. You can see this post: Oats for more information.
Sounds delish! And, I love the serving dish!!!
Cheers,
Kristen
Wow. That is gorgeous and sounds delicious!!!
*smiles*
Michele
As always, you’ve done a beautiful job in both presenting the benefits of these oats as well as that lovely dish in your photo. All looks so inviting and makes me hungry.
Love the article onthe couple that provides the organic oats too! Very informative.
Great job,
Gayle
Is there a way to make some of your recipes without a dehydrator (namely, this and your yummy-looking flatbreads)?
i have seen raw oats on ani phyo’s site. FYI
I have actually addressed this here: Dehydration
Thanks for sharing this Susan!
xo
Eco Mama
I am making the onion flatbread. When I turned it over to peel off the teflex, it was white on that side. What’s up with that?
It is fine. It is not dehydrated yet and the moisture is causing that. Just continue to dehydrate.
Thanks! i am new to your blog and didn’t see that.
Hi Susan,
Love your blog! I stop in every now and then to peek in.
I am 100% raw.
I’ve been interested in raw oats also. Can these raw oats be stored
in fridge? Freezer? and still maintain nutrional value?
Thank you.
Fran
I am sure it is as with everything. They can be stored but over time, I would assume there would be some loss. But, if you actually buy the grinder and do them yourself, you can just get the organic groats and make them really fresh!!
Hi Susan: Thanks for the great post. I wanted to comment on storage of the oats. Since they are not heated and have no other preservatives they can get rancid over time due to the high oil content in the germ. It won’t hurt you but can give an off taste. We recommend storing them in the freezer if they’re not used in a couple of weeks. We’ve kept ours out longer and they’ve been fine but to be on the safe size the freezer is best.
Thanks so much, Marty! I just made a batch of cinnamon raisin cookies that are so good I am having trouble waiting for them to come out of the dehydrator!
I’ve tried Goji Berries only once because they are quite expensive and difficult to find, but I loved them! I am thinking about substituting it with cranberries =D