No Bread-maker Healthy Honey Oat Bread

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As you know I love oats. They are so versatile- cookies, cakes, on-the-go breakfasts, energy balls etc. The options are endless... but steel cut oats on the other hand. I never know what to do with them. I've tried eating them as oatmeal before, but I find it too grainy. So when I'm grocery shopping I try to stick with rolled or quick oats. Key word- try. One day while I was rushing around the grocery store (typical) I accidentally grabbed a ginormous bag of steel cut oats... it has been sitting in my pantry for months and I finally got the courage to experiment!

Full disclosure: I am not a master bread-maker nor do I own a bread-maker. Really, the only bread I have experience making is banana bread, and banana bread leans more on the side baking rather than the true art of bread-making so I thought this experiment would be a flop. It was worth a try nonetheless. 

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It may seem like I had crafted the perfect recipe before trying to create a seedy nutrient dense bread that could pair well with both sweet and savoury, but the honest truth is that I just made it up on the fly. 

Surprisingly, it was a huge success! A seedy nutrient dense bread it is- full of sunflower seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, avocado oil, and of course honey and steel cut oats. 

 

 

No Bread-maker Healthy Honey Oat Bread

See Real Peel Tips #1  and #2 under the tips on the tool bar. Flaxseed is most nutritious when it is freshly ground but I often have some ground flaxseed in the fridge ready to use. 

The honey that I love to use is local TrueBee Honey by Peachey Honey Farm

I get avocado oil from the local grocer the band I use is Chosen Foods

I don't often use yeast, unless I am making pizza dough, so I like to buy the small packets to avoid having a big jar of yeast  expire, but now that I know how delicious this bread is I might opt for the jar of yeast. The brand I have been using is Fleischmann's yeast. 

 
 
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Oven Roasted Whole Cauliflower

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This one is for all of you who hate chopping, dicing and slicing because this cauliflower is roasted whole! 

Not only is it super easy to make, but it adds a WOW factor to your meal, giving the impression that you have been slaving away in the kitchen all day. Little do they know you simply preheated the oven, rubbed on some seasoning and waited for the thing to cook. 

I don't know if it's just me, but it's also way more exciting to have a big head of cauliflower to cut into at the dinner table rather than just another pre-cut roasted veggie on a plate. 

I topped it off with a drizzle of Homemade Creamy Garlic Cashew Sauce- le pièce de résistance!

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