Steel Cut Oats in the Slow Cooker

During the winter Sarah and I had steel cut oats for breakfast most days. They were yummy, and super easy to make. 

Coconut milk, steel cut oats and water are all that need to go into the slow cooker.

Step 1: Empty can of coconut milk into the slow cooker.

Step 2: Pour 2 cups of steel cut oats in.

Step 3: Use the can from the coconut milk to measure a little less than 5 cans worth of water, put it into the slow cooker and give it a little stir.

Step 4: Put on the lid, turn it to low and go to bed. In the morning it should look like this:

If you're into raisins or crasins in your oatmeal, now is the time to mix them in. (The first time I tried this, I put raisins in at night, and they got way to oversaturated with water and lost most of their flavor).

One batch of this makes enough for four days worth of breakfast for Sarah and I. I immediately put some in six mason jars. I fill each one up to the 300ml mark on the side of the glass and throw them in the fridge. When it comes time to reheat them I put them in the microwave (two at a time) for two and a half minutes, possibly add some water, stir and pop them in for another minute and a half.

We top our oatmeal with some brown sugar and nuts. So far of the ones we've tried I enjoyed walnuts the most, but currently we're on a bag of almonds. 

How (not) To Make a Key Hook

Hello all! I've been toying with the idea of doing more videos in this blog, so lets see how this goes. Above I show you how (not) to make a key hook. Sarah and I have all our keys on hooks by the door that I made out of old, useless mystery keys. Unfortunately in making this video I only had one such key lying around and of course in trying to make it into a hook I just snapped it in two. I swear it can be done though (really, I promise). So if you have some keys lying around that you don't need any more this could be a project for you. Otherwise, I'll see you next Tuesday!