- Carmelizing Onions, hot cereal

[Guest guest]

Happy to!

I slice as many onions as my 2-quart crockpot will hold, either by

hand or with the slicing blade of the food processor. Thin, thin

slices are the best. I fill up the crockpot with the onions, drizzle

a little olive oil on them and stir them up a bit, and set it on Low

and put it in the utility room so the whole house won't smell of

onions (open floor plan, after all). By the time I'm ready to make

soup the next day the onions are soft and brown and sweet.

 

For the steel cut oats I start by bringing 4.5 cups of water to a

boil and stirring in 2 cups of steel cut oats to get them started,

then put the hot mixture into the crockpot, set it on Low and leave

it overnight. Multigrain cereal works pretty much the same way, just

follow the ratio of cereal:water of whatever sort you're making. You

can cook wheat berries (just plain wheat grains from a natural food

store -- organic is best) the same way. I like to add some fennel

seeds to the wheat for a licorice-flavored breakfast. I like to make

more than enough for one breakfast so I can just reheat leftovers the

next morning.

 

~ irene

 

 

 

> Irene,

> You mentioned that you carmelized Onions in your crockpot. Can

> you share

> how you do this, please?

>

> Also your recipes for the steelcut oats and the multi grain cereal?

>

> Thanks!

> Judy

[Guest guest]

Irene,

Thanks for sharing this. I will have to try this. I LOVE Onions!!! and

hot cereal!. Great idea about those carmelized onions!

Sorry I forgot to thank you for sharing this, before now!

Judy

 

Re: - Carmelizing Onions, hot cereal

 

 

Happy to!

I slice as many onions as my 2-quart crockpot will hold, either by

hand or with the slicing blade of the food processor. Thin, thin

slices are the best. I fill up the crockpot with the onions, drizzle

a little olive oil on them and stir them up a bit, and set it on Low

and put it in the utility room so the whole house won't smell of

onions (open floor plan, after all). By the time I'm ready to make

soup the next day the onions are soft and brown and sweet.

 

For the steel cut oats I start by bringing 4.5 cups of water to a

boil and stirring in 2 cups of steel cut oats to get them started,

then put the hot mixture into the crockpot, set it on Low and leave

it overnight. Multigrain cereal works pretty much the same way, just

follow the ratio of cereal:water of whatever sort you're making. You

can cook wheat berries (just plain wheat grains from a natural food

store -- organic is best) the same way. I like to add some fennel

seeds to the wheat for a licorice-flavored breakfast. I like to make

more than enough for one breakfast so I can just reheat leftovers the

next morning.

 

~ irene

[Guest guest]

Hi, Judy --

 

You're more than welcome.

I wonder how carmelized onions and hot cereal together would taste....

;-D

 

~ irene

 

 

> Irene,

> Thanks for sharing this. I will have to try this. I LOVE

> Onions!!! and

> hot cereal!. Great idea about those carmelized onions!

> Sorry I forgot to thank you for sharing this, before now!

> Judy