Turmeric Soaked Oats
This soaked oatmeal can be prepared in the morning and consumed for a late morning meal if you intermittent fast or prepared overnight as well. You can make it in batches too and portion it into multiple jars to take to work or school for breakfast over the work week.
I like oatmeal because you can “dress it up” as you wish – add more fruit to add sweetness or keep it savoury with some nuts and seeds depending on your mood that day. You can also add some maple syrup for the kids to help them begin to develop a liking for oatmeal. If I am making it in batches for multiple days, I will generally just add the oats, water/milk, and maybe cinnamon (keeping it simple) and then “dress it up” quickly in the morning before I head to work that way I can have a varied breakfast each morning.
Health Benefits
These soaked oats are great for increasing your dietary fibre to meet your daily requirements because of the oats and ground flax. Due to being high fibre, it can help with bowel regularity. Since oats are a soluble fibre, they can also help to lower cholesterol by binding bile in the gut. Bile is made from cholesterol in your liver and if you excrete the bile, your liver needs to take in more cholesterol from your blood to make more. If you notice you get bloated from oats, this may be an indication of SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) and may require a digestive assessment with a naturopathic doctor.
There is some turmeric in here to up the anti-inflammatory power of this breakfast. It doesn’t hurt to add some turmeric to meals to support the liver and help minimize inflammation BUT if you deal with chronic inflammation and pain, you may need more therapeutic doses that can only be obtained from a concentrated supplement so speak to your naturopathic doctor about this or book an appointment here.
Cinnamon just gives everything a little spice and also aids in blood sugar control!
Substitutions
LIQUID: You can replace the water for milk so that your soaked oats come out creamier and thicker if you like that consistency.
COLLAGEN: Also, feel free to substitute the collagen powder with a protein powder. Protein powders are a complete protein source because they contain all the essential amino acids where collagen doesn’t have cysteine or tryptophan since those two amino acids aren’t necessary to make collagen in our body. This makes collagen powder NOT a protein powder but they do add to your protein intake since they have amino acids.
Turmeric Soaked Oats Recipe
Ingredients (1 personal serving):
1/3 cup whole oats
¼ tsp cinnamon powder
¼ tsp ground flax
< ¼ tsp turmeric powder
1/3 cup milk of your choice
1/3 cup water (or milk)
1 scoop Hydrolyzed collagen powder
Method:
Grind oats in a food processor so the texture resembles coarsely ground oat flour.
Add the oats to your favourite mason jar or other glass container.
Add the turmeric, cinnamon, and ground flax to the jar and mix it around.
Add the milk and water and collagen powder.
Give it all a good stir so everything is mixed in. You may want to close the lid and shake it to ensure the oats aren’t stuck to the bottom.
Refrigerate for 5 hours or even overnight. It can be a good idea to give it a shake from time to time to make sure the oats aren’t all sticking to the bottom.
Once it’s been time, most of the liquid will be absorbed and the oats are ready to eat. The longer you leave it in the fridge, the thicker it will get as it will absorb more and more liquid.
You can eat is cold or warm it up in the microwave for about 30 seconds to 1 minute as it will absorb more of the fluid and give a warm temperature if you are like me and feel porridge has to eaten warm!
Add any toppings you would like and enjoy!
*** You can also warm it up for about a minute in the microwave if you want it a little warm. It will become thicker though as the oats will absorb the water and the turmeric will give it a brighter, more yellow colour.
