Carpe Diem Breakfast Bowl

Ready to seize the day!?  This bowl of steel-cut oats, fruit and healthy fats will cure any case of "the Mondays".  Serves 4

1 cup steel-cut oats

3 cups filtered water

1 pint raspberries

1 large crisp, sweet apple (Fuji, Gala or Pink Lady), thinly sliced

4 tablespoons nut butter

8 brazil nuts

8-10 walnut halves (about 1 oz)

1/4 cup coconut flakes (unsweetened)

2 tablespoons chia seeds


1.    In a heavy-bottomed stainless steel saucepan, combine oats, water and a dash of sea salt.  Bring to a boil, stir and reduce heat.  Simmer for 10 minutes, covered.

2.    Remove from heat and distribute evenly in 4 bowls.  Distribute the remainder of the ingredients amongst bowls and enjoy.

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Ingredient Insight
-Dirty Dozen™ Ingredients: apples, raspberries
-Steel-cut oats are the most unprocessed form of oats you can eat.  They are simply oat groats cut into 2-3 'chunks' using a steel blade (hence the name). 

The Scope on Oats
-Oats are intrinsically gluten-free however, due to the proximity of wheat and oat crops and their harvest seasons, they are most-often milled on shared equipment.  If not cleaned properly, oats become cross-contaminated with wheat proteins glutein and gliadin - the proteins collectively referred to as 'gluten'.
-If you have Celiac disease or high-sensitivity gluten intolerance, use  gluten-free oats - oats that have been processed in gluten-free facilities and tested to ensure  <10 parts per million of gluten.

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