Crock Pot Hot Whole Grain Cereal

From: cowgirl_cook

On Apr 24, 2008

Excellent recipe! I used brown rice, wild rice, oats, barley, and flaxseed as the grains, with dried cranberries and whole almonds. I tripled the recipe while using your 3 cups of water to 1 cup of grains rule and it turned out perfectly - it's so great to have a healthy hot cereal before work and not have to spend all morning at the stove. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

From: MrsDoty

On Aug 28, 2006

I'm a huge fan of hot, whole grain cereals as well as my crockpot. As such, I wanted so very much to like this recipe, but... it was just a crock full of dull grey goo. Even the fruit was grey. Maybe the flavor of the grains just overwhelmed each other. Back to the stove with me.

From: oriana

On Feb 2, 2005

This is a great healthy alternative for breakfast. The taste of the cereal completely changes depending on what fruit you use as it flavours the grains. I used brown rice and oats as I had no other grains and they are my favourite and did one with mix dried fruit and another with dried apricots, mangoes, pawpaw, pineapple, peaches. Use any fruit you want I like the tropical flavours best. I also plan to use dried apple or anything else I can find for that matter! Great for the kids too.

From: Heather U.

On Dec 14, 2004

Yum, this is great. Having opted to leave out the cinnamon, I loved the flavor of the vanilla permeating the dish. I used all brown rice and raisins. Next time I'll try a mixture of grains and fruits (I was lazy last night when I set this up!). Dried cherries and cranberries would be wonderful. I cooked this on low for 6 hours, and had no trouble with sticking. The raisins were softer than they'd be if they were cooked for a briefer period, but I didn't find this to be problematic. Thanks for posting! A great recipe with lots of options for variation.