I really loved the flavor and texture of our oatmeal this morning! I made dairy free buttermilk by curdling some coconut milk with lemon juice for a few minutes, then continued as described. No one noticed an overpowering lemon flavor this morning...added some coconut butter and chia for goos measure Long with stevia and a splash of maple syrup...delish! Thanks Halle...curious to see how my body handles the oatmeal soaked....

I found a muffin recipe (http://www.brighteyedbaker.com/2012/01/14/confession-47-i-love-eating-healthy-cranberry-lemon-poppyseed-muffins/) using oat flour and I am wondering if there is a way I can soak it without messing up the recipe because the recipe does not call for any liquids.  It calls for 1 1/2 c yogurt and 3/8 c lemon juice.  I am wondering if it would work to soak the freshly ground oat flour in this mixture overnight to breakdown the antinutrients or if it would be possible to soak it in a mixture like you list and then drain and use less yogurt?  (Haha, this may be completely ridiculous.) Thoughts from your experience? :) Thanks!

Should this be done with other grains aswell? Such as quinoa and rice? I'm thinking it would, but thought I would check first.

yes, you certainly can. Let me check on the ratios, you might need more or less of the acidic medium.

Tracy, I have been experimenting with which acidic medium I like. I have tried lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and buttermilk and hands down I like the buttermilk. Tomorrow I am going to try yogurt, I think that one might be the winner for me. I agree with you, the lemon is a bit harsh, but once I added plenty of cream it mellowed the lemon flavor out. I will let you know how the yogurt soaked oats go. I am so glad it is working out for you. It's nice to be eating oats again :)

So, I've been doing this for a week now and they are doing just fine for me! Yeah! If I don't let them soak overnight then they feel like they are just kind of sitting in my stomach. Doing them this way, no problem! Thanks Halle! The only thing is I'm not really liking the taste of the lemon juice. It seems unnatural with oats. Maybe I'm putting too much in. Oh, I just read above about putting in buttermilk. I'll have to try that.

Thankyou Halle. I will have to get some buttermilk and try this.

and can you taste the lemon? How would you do it with buttermilk, would you still add water to it in the morning or more buttermilk?

Carolyn, I would soak the rolled spelt too and you can taste the lemon a bit. With buttermilk, just replace the lemon juice with buttermilk and then add water in the morning.

Should rolled spelt also be soaked in this way?

Thanks, Halle, I was just wanting to make sure--since everyone that posted only stated that they were eating oatmeal... I thought I might have missed something! ;-)

yes, I usually have a few slices of bacon with this and also top my oatmeal with cream and butter.

Just clarifying: Halle, you're still eating a protein alongside your oatmeal, correct?

I am a protein type. Could have been the banana, was hoping the coconut butter would add enough fat. My blood sugar has been weird lately. I think it is because of the stomach bug I had recently. I think my body is healing & adjusting. I went several days without eating much then I went into overdrive! Lol! Nothing bad necessarily just eating. I had salad today & it really did a number on me...miserable. I was so burned out on salads, I stopped eating them. I continued spinach with eggs & did fine.

Rhonda I do mine with butter and half and half and heavy cream and the fat holds me over just right. Maybe the bananas pushed you over on the carbs?? You're a protein type right?

I had steel cut oats this morning with some banana, cinnamon, and coconut butter It didn't quite hold me over. I could feel my blood sugar start to drop about 1030.

I do my 3:1 ratio as that is how I was told to cook them and it works out great but either way they are good especially with alittle pure maple syrup and scrammble eggs mixed in

How funny Lorenda, I was just going to tell Rhonda that she would be fine with steel cut but to cook them a bit longer. She can still soak them in a 2:1 ratio, it should work out just fine.

Rhonda the steel cut oats are great I love them better than regular oats. I soak them over night and in the morning I cook for about 10 minutes maybe less but they are great

Thanks for sharing this.

Let me know how it turns out Tracy...It is night and day for me...I must soak mine, I feel so much better after I do and they sit with me great! @ Rhonda, steal cuts are fine to eat, I haven't tried soaking them however, I have always used rolled oats and not the quick oats.

Thanks Halle. I have been having oats each morning lately and they kind of feel like they're just "sitting there" lately. I'm going to give this a try tonight for tomorrow.

What are your thoughts on steel cut oats? A

Hi- thanks for this.

I have a couple of questions. 1) Normally when I cook oatmeal, the ratio is 4:1. Here it is 2:1. Is that because of the soaking?

2) I use steel cut, not rolled oats. Would there be any difference in the soaking time or amts. of water? (And maybe that is the answer to #1?)

3) Can you also do a post about the need (is there one?) to soak nuts? I have heard that the skin on the almond should be discarded and that they should be briefly par-boiled to release some poisons?

Thanks for all your wisdom.

Candace Davenport

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