I have this deep seasonal passion for oatmeal that goes beyond anything on a normal level. Every Fall, I open the cabinet and see my drinking glass jar full of those big flaky oats and get excited. Really excited.

Information technology's fourth dimension to get reacquainted with an old friend. You know the kind of friend I'm talking about, the kind where y'all start talking and so y'all look upwards at your clock and 3 hours have gone by, your ear hurts and your telephone is beeping the low battery sign. That kind of friend.

I open the jar, smile and start uncomplicated. Oats, apples and cinnamon. Just taking it out for a test drive. So every bit the season lingers on, I discover unlike methods of cooking oats and dissimilar toppings to pile onto the oats. I tin can't become enough of it.

They are easy.

They are healthy.

Oatmeal is my jam.

Oatmeal for babies is a no-brainer. Information technology is a whole grain that is packed with soluble dietary fiber, iron, magnesium and vitamin B. A clean food that some people argue is the best food you can eat for breakfast. My favorite part is that you tin brand a big batch of it on the weekend and then heat it upwardly during the week, adding different flavors each day.

When starting your baby on oatmeal, there are a couple of things y'all need to know. For starters, don't be fooled into purchasing quick oats or instant oats. They accept been processed then much that there is not many wellness benefits left in them. Poor things. I would likewise shy away from any packaged instant oatmeals in the cereal or babe food aisle. Again, they may take only a minute to make just they have nothing left in them to offer.

Go for either the steel cut oats or the onetime-fashioned oats. Steel cut oats are the least candy of the oats and are but toasted oat grouts cut into minor pieces. One-time-Fashioned [also called Rolled Oats] are made by steaming the toasted grouts so rolling them out into flakes. Both kinds have roughly the same astonishing wellness benefits and nutrition.

Secondly, I would recommend feeding oatmeal cereal to your baby before rice cereal. I know this is not what is the norm but oats are non as constipating, take more nutritional value and are more tasty then rice.

Oatmeal Cereal for 4+ Months

one/4 loving cup organic ground Former-Fashioned or Steel Cutting Oats
1 cup of water

Grind oats in a food processor or blender. I would recommend grinding 2-3 cups of oats and storing them in a absurd night place or fridge so you always have some ready. In a small pot, bring water to a boil. Add together footing oats and whisk constantly for ten minutes. Add together in breast milk, milk, fruit or purees. Let absurd slightly until warm to affect.

Old-Fashioned Oatmeal for 6+ Months

1 cup organic Old-Fashioned or Rolled Oats
two cups of water

In a medium pot, bring water to boil. Add together Old-Fashioned oats and stir. Return to a boil. Turn heat down to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes or until all the water is absorbed and you lot get the desired corporeality of chewiness. Stir every at present and again and so the oats on the bottom don't burn. If yous get a 'peel' on the top of your oatmeal, don't freak out, just stir it dorsum into that rest of the oatmeal.

Steel Cutting Oats for 6+ Months

ane cup organic Steel Cut Oats
iii cups water

In a medium pot, bring h2o to boil. Add together steel cut oats and stir. Return to eddy. Plough heat downwards to medium-low and simmer for 20-xxx minutes or until all the water is captivated and you get the desired amount of chewiness. Stir every at present and again so the oats on the bottom don't burn. If you lot get a 'skin' on the meridian of your oatmeal, don't freak out, just stir information technology dorsum into that balance of the oatmeal.

Additions [the yummy stuff] for Toddlers

I personally add my spices and sweetener into my oatmeal when it is about halfway done cooking (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg). You tin likewise toss in finely chopped apples or other hard fruit while cooking to soften them a scrap for baby.

When done, let cool slightly and and so add any ingredients you like if you didn't already; milk, berries, fruit, carob chips, nuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, cloves, love, etc.

Go wild.

This is the fun part.