greeneyes and I were talking on another thread about cooking in a thermos. I was telling about my favorite morning cereal mix. Greeneyes has been experimenting with thermos cooking for past few days, and has a wowzer recipe for her favorite homemade “hamburger helper” and it works great in a thermos!
I get snack-sized ziplocks and put one serving portions of the following into them [with calorie designations]. I will make 2-3 weeks’ worth ahead of time:
ONE SERVING OF TEXOKIE’S MORNING MIX:
1 tbsp. rolled oats 25 cal
1/2 tbsp. chia seeds 30 cal
2 tbsp. rolled barley 20 cal
1 Tbsp. oat or wheat bran 15 cal
1 tsp. bee pollen 20 cal
1 tbsp. ground flax 30 cal
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TOTAL CALORIE COUNT FOR MIX 140 cal
Most days I will add a tbsp. (30cal) of coconut flour for the extra protein and medium chain triglycerides. [http://coconutketones.com/] Also a tsp. of coconut oil (30 cal)for the medium chain triglycerides.
I flavor it up with stevia, a little bit of vegesal, and cinnamon and add a 1/4 of a banana diced (approx. 25 cal).
Over this I will pour boiling water, stir, and cover with a saucer. About 15 minutes later, the chia and other grains have taken in the water and expanded and is hot and ready to eat.
For variety, I will use in addition or substitute the following ingredients:
rolled quinoa 1 tbsp. = 30 cal
rolled spelt 1 tbsp. = 20 cal
rolled rye [I’ve lost my piece of paper with that cal count
I think it is in the 25-30 cal range per tbsp.]
I haven’t done it yet, but recently I was able to obtain a grain flaker and I have plans to try rolling my amaranth seed and see how that works in my cereal mix.
All of this would work fine in a thermos as well, but it also works surprisingly well just in a bowl with the boiling water! 15-20 minutes after putting the saucer lid on!
I suspect if I wanted to cook the Scottish/steel cut oat meal, that would require the thermos.
That’s a very healthy Mix!