Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Steel Cut Oats

My family and I must maintain a strict gluten free diet due to celiac disease. For more than ten years, we did not eat oats because it was included with the list of foods that were off limits: wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Then we learned that oats didn't actually have the offensive gluten in its composition, but was contaminated by farming procedures. Well, I thought, that's good to know — we'll just grow our own oats, not really, that's a location joke: we lived in central Texas which is rocky ranch country, not suitable for farming. Then I read that Bob's Red Mill, which had long since proven itself as a reliable provider of truly safe gluten free products, was growing their own oats, on their own wheat-free fields, harvested with equipment that has never touched ... MoreMy family and I must maintain a strict gluten free diet due to celiac disease. For more than ten years, we did not eat oats because it was included with the list of foods that were off limits: wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Then we learned that oats didn't actually have the offensive gluten in its composition, but was contaminated by farming procedures. Well, I thought, that's good to know — we'll just grow our own oats, not really, that's a location joke: we lived in central Texas which is rocky ranch country, not suitable for farming. Then I read that Bob's Red Mill, which had long since proven itself as a reliable provider of truly safe gluten free products, was growing their own oats, on their own wheat-free fields, harvested with equipment that has never touched wheat. Joy! We could actually skip the farming & purchase gluten free oats. It was like the return of a long, lost treasure! I had two children that had never had oats. We welcomed Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Oats into our cooking & discovered some new, favorite recipes and resurrected some old favorites. Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats was something different from the regular cuts of oats & quickly became a breakfast favorite with its nutty texture. Toppings of butter & maple syrup are current favorites with plans to try cinnamon apple topping soon.

Most steel cut oats from different brands are very similar. Chop one oat kernel 3 ways, 3 chops on a whole kernel. Great fiber for intestines.Different brands vary in price, texture refinement. I prefer BOB's cut for me. Eggs and toast for breakfast lasts me 1 hour, oats for breakfast with banana, or fruit lasts me 5 hours, just my experience.

This is some tuff cooking super absorbent oatmeal, but if you do it right it is the best. I use my Instant pot on the "porridge" setting for 40 minutes at a 1 to 4 ratio. This makes several servings all at once which I store in the refrigerator, then heat it up in the microwave in the morning.Compared to Coach's, Bob's requires a lot more cooking time. Unlike Coach's I like that Bob's doesn't come with glyphosate (Roundup) in it.