When I was growing up, my MawMaw was my caretaker from before we woke up in the morning, to the time my mom got home from work. She is the best cook. She perfected the short-order, keep them happy before school, breakfasts. My sister almost always wanted CoCo Wheats, (it looks like a bowl of cow sh!t and tastes like chocolatey heaven) my brother wanted cereal, (boring!) and I almost always asked for toasted cheese or oatmeal. My MawMaw can KILL some oatmeal. She would toast the rolled oats in butter, add salt, water, and milk, and stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins, often topping THAT richness with coffee creamer. Incidentally, my Mom also made good oatmeal, but she NEVER added butter or creamora. Something about it not being healthy or something, she also might have been bogarting the Creamora for her coffee. Using things for their intended purpose:LAME. If we all did that, how would any of us know that baby wipes clean everything, if we were only wiping asses with them? BTW, my Mom kinda invented using babywipes for EVERYTHING. This is the key to her professional success, I am sure of it.
My MawMaw however, was a stay at home mom, and is the original, not evil, Paula Deen. She never made a burger on a donut, but she also never hid her (or developed) type II diabetes. Her food could be rich and decadent, but that woman would make you sit at that table for an hour if you didn’t eat your greens or your applesauce.To be fair to my mom, my mom’s vegetables were usually good. My MawMaw was the master of sweets and protein-NOT vegetables. Oats not broccoli!
In our family, oatmeal for breakfast is a near daily occurrence. For real , it is . It’s right up there with changing our underwear and complaining about celebrities we’ve never met. (I am only relatively confident my son changes his underwear daily.) I’ve made it a million ways, but to go with Saturday bacon , I love the ease of making it the night before in the slow cooker.
This way, in the mornings, I can just drink coffee, plan my run, and drink more coffee.
Slow Cooker Chocolate Oatmeal
by
Cat Tan
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
overnight
Ingredients (4-6 servings)
Instructions
In a pan on medium high, melt 1 tbsp earth balance
add brown sugar to the earth balance
add in sliced bananas and caramelize.
pour bananas and brown sugar sauce into slow cooker.
in the pan, melt another tbsp of earth balance
add in oats and salt
toast oats until they smell nutty
add into slow cooker
pour in remaining ingredients.
stir and set to low-medium overnight.
top with a nut butter and serve!
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When I was growing up, my MawMaw was my caretaker from before we woke up in the morning, to the time my mom got home from work. She is the best cook. She perfected the short-order, keep them happy before school, breakfasts. My sister almost always wanted CoCo Wheats, (it looks like a bowl of cow sh!t and tastes like chocolatey heaven) my brother wanted cereal, (boring!) and I almost always asked for toasted cheese or oatmeal. My MawMaw can KILL some oatmeal. She would toast the rolled oats in butter, add salt, water, and milk, and stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins, often topping THAT richness with coffee creamer. Incidentally, my Mom also made good oatmeal, but she NEVER added butter or creamora. Something about it not being healthy or something, she also might have been bogarting the Creamora for her coffee. Using things for their intended purpose:LAME. If we all did that, how would any of us know that baby wipes clean everything, if we were only wiping asses with them? BTW, my Mom kinda invented using babywipes for EVERYTHING. This is the key to her professional success, I am sure of it.
My MawMaw however, was a stay at home mom, and is the original, not evil, Paula Deen. She never made a burger on a donut, but she also never hid her (or developed) type II diabetes. Her food could be rich and decadent, but that woman would make you sit at that table for an hour if you didn’t eat your greens or your applesauce.To be fair to my mom, my mom’s vegetables were usually good. My MawMaw was the master of sweets and protein-NOT vegetables. Oats not broccoli!
In our family, oatmeal for breakfast is a near daily occurrence. For real , it is . It’s right up there with changing our underwear and complaining about celebrities we’ve never met. (I am only relatively confident my son changes his underwear daily.) I’ve made it a million ways, but to go with Saturday bacon , I love the ease of making it the night before in the slow cooker.
This way, in the mornings, I can just drink coffee, plan my run, and drink more coffee.
by Cat Tan Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: overnightIn a pan on medium high, melt 1 tbsp earth balance
add brown sugar to the earth balance
add in sliced bananas and caramelize.
pour bananas and brown sugar sauce into slow cooker.
in the pan, melt another tbsp of earth balance
add in oats and salt
toast oats until they smell nutty
add into slow cooker
pour in remaining ingredients.
stir and set to low-medium overnight.
top with a nut butter and serve!