Overnight Apple & Miso Fall Spiced Oatmeal
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup steel cut oats
  • 2 Cups water
  • 2½ Teaspoons white miso paste
  • ½ Teaspoon salt (You might like less. I like my food salty.)
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • ½ Teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ Teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ Teaspoon ground cardamom (break open the shell and grind the black seeds with a mortar and pestle)
  • 1 Medium-sized honey crisp apple chopped into ½" chunks
  • Handful of pecans
  • Optional: For more creaminess add a pat of butter
  • Option 2: Substitute allspice for cardamom
Instructions
The night before:
  1. Bring two cups of water to boil.
  2. In a small bowl measure out your miso. Ladle out some boiling water and stir into miso. Mix with a fork until dissolved.*
  3. Add ½ cup of steel cut oats + ½ teaspoon salt to the pot with the boiling water and reduce to simmer. Add your dissolved miso mixture into the pot with oats.
  4. Cook for 1 minute.
  5. Cover and place in fridge once the pot has cooled down (about an hour).
  6. If you have a tight morning schedule grind your cardamom and grate your nutmeg the night before.
In the morning:
  1. Remove oatmeal from the fridge and heat over medium low flame.
  2. Add ground spices, maple syrup, and apple, mixing well to combine (add butter if your using).
  3. Cook for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick you like your oatmeal. Stir occasionally.
  4. Remove from heat and let stand for five minutes.
  5. A gelatinous substance might have formed on the top of your oatmeal from the oats. Just stir it into your oats.
  6. Serve with some fresh apple and pecans. Homemade peanut butter swirled in is incredibly good too!
Notes
*It is important not to mix your miso into the pot of boiling water. I don't completely understand the chemistry here, but boiling miso will eliminate its healthful effects.
Recipe by at https://www.thescratchartist.com/a-fall-spiced-apple-miso-oatmeal/