Multigrain Porridge
(from saymyname’s recipe box)
Source: In 'More Make It Fast, Cook It Slow' by Stephanie O'Dea
Serves 10 peopleCategories: Breakfast, Oatmeal, Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup brown rice
- 1/4 cup quinoa
- 1 cup rolled oat
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 2 granny smith apples, cored and diced
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4-1/3 cup brown sugar
- 10 cups water
Directions
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Use a 6-quart slow cooker; butter the inside of your stoneware insert.
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Rinse the brown rice and quinoa thoroughly in cool running water, and dump into your buttered crock.
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Add both kinds of oats, apples, vanilla, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
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Pour in all 10 cups of water; cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours, until the brown rice is completely tender.
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Take the lid off of your cooker and stir very well.
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Unplug, and let the porridge sit in the cooling slow cooker for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
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Add additional brown sugar, if desired, to taste at the table.