Vegetarian

Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats takes 360 minutes to cook.

Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats are:

1.5 cup Steel Cut Oats, dry
0.5 cup Bob's Red Mill Organic Whole Grain Quinoa (1/4 C dry = 1/2 C)
4.5 cup Milk, nonfat (skim milk)
6 tsp packed Brown Sugar
.25 tsp Salt
1.5 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Cinnamon, ground

Here is how you make Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats:

1. Spray slow cooker with non-stick spray. (Do not forget this step!)2. In a mesh strainer, rinse quinoa really well.3. Combine steel cut oats, rinsed quinoa, skim milk, brown sugar, salt, vanilla extract and cinnamon into the slow cooker.4. Stir really well and then set your slow cooker to low or, if you have a programmable slow cooker, set it to when you will wake up.5. This meal is ideal at 6-7 hours (best at 6 hours if you have a fact crockpot). After that it becomes mush and not so great.6. If you sleep 6-7 hours then turn it on low right before going to bed or set the program to start 6 hrs before waking up.7. Once you wake up, immediately turn it off and transfer to breakfast bowls.Serving Size: Serves 6Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BSEIGFRIED.

The nutritional information for Slow Cooker Overnight Quinoa and oats is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 251.9

• Total Fat: 3.1 g
• Cholesterol: 3.8 mg
• Sodium: 176.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 47.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
• Protein: 13.4 g