You set the crockpot on low and wake up to a fragrant hot cereal. What could be easier than that? For a quick and delicious meal, just add the following ingredients to the crockpot and cook on low overnight.

Ingredients

2 cups Irish or steel cut oats
1/2 cup coconut milk
pinch of cinnamon

Optional

Cranberries and orange zest
Cinnamon and raisins
Toasted coconut, nuts and chia seeds
Berries or Sliced Banana

If making oatmeal stove top, bring oats and liquid to boil. Reduce and cook over low heat, constantly stirring. Add any optional ingredients.

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Leslie Myers

Leslie Myers is a culinary professional with over thirty years of experience including healthy eating and cooking specialist, culinary instructor, restaurant owner and operator, caterer, operations manager, pastry chef, raw foods chef and culinary instructor. She is the owner of Foodsense, Now, a Solana Beach-based company which focuses on healthy eating for athletes. She is also the Professional Chef for Home Care Assistance, where she creates delicious recipes that promote brain health and healthy longevity and are appropriate for the changing dietary needs of seniors.

Easy Overnight Irish Oatmeal

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