Raw oatmeal recipe

1 1/4 cup steel cut oats (or better yet, use oat groats)

1 1/2 cups water

1 chopped apple

1 tablespoon raisins

Directions

1. The night before, throw the water, raisins and then the steel cut oats into your blender. Let them sit overnight.

2. In the morning, start your blender. While the water and oats are blending, chop the apple and then add it to the blender, too.

3. Continue blending until the oatmeal is a nice, smooth texture.

4. Eat! I love to top this oatmeal with more whole raisins and a sprinkle of cinnamon. This recipe for raw oatmeal makes for a very filling breakfast.

PS: It has recently come to my attention that the rawness of steel cut oats and even oat groats in this recipe is disputed! Check out this discussion on the raw nature of oats.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

In the morning, my raw food breakfast is almost always either fresh fruit, a green smoothie, or--my favourite--raw oatmeal.

This recipe does take a bit of preparation because it has to be soaked overnight, but, with only a few ingredients, it's so easy!

If you click on this photo you can see the high-resolution version, which shows you how smooth and creamy this oatmeal is.

All this without "cooking" anything.