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Subject: OATMEAL

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Alyssa User is Offline
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05/20/2008 10:26 AM Alert 
Is 1/3 cup dry oatmeal the same as 1/3 cup cooked oatmeal???
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05/20/2008 2:17 PM Alert 
No, it's not the same. 1/3 cooked steel cut oats equals 1 C block. One cup dry steel cut oats cooked with 4 cups water will yield about 12 carb blocks.
sue

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05/21/2008 9:18 AM Alert 
make sure your getting STEEL CUT oats, not the quaker or rolled oats or anything like that, and especially not instant oatmeal
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05/28/2008 6:51 AM Alert 
just to clarify because I made the day 5 breakfast this morning...

the recipe asks for 2/3 cups of slow-cooking steel cut oats...

1. do they mean for me to measure out and cook 2/3 of uncooked oats?

or

2. do they mean for me to consume 2/3 cup of COOKED oatmeal?

I'm guessing it's the cook with 2/3 c of uncooked oats and consume the cooked product.

thank you very much for your help.
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05/28/2008 7:49 AM Alert 
Hi Erika,

The day 5 breakfast in the Women's Planner would be balanced if you measured out 2/3 cup of cooked steel cut oats (secnario # 2 in your post). Also note that it will not be a Zone favorabel meal if you were to use rolled oats (the flattened oats you're probably more used to seeing).

2/3 cup of dry steel cut oats would contain around 8 blocks, enough to make 4 of the breakfasts shown for day 5.
sue

lost 100 lbs 13 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil!

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Alyssa User is Offline
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05/29/2008 3:47 PM Alert 
Thank you all for the replies. I look back at my question now and I wasn't making any sense. I have been eating the 1/3 cup cooked steel cut oatmeal oats :)
I am back in "the zone" and loving every bit of it! I did the zone about 6 years ago and lost about 25lbs., went down 3 dress sizes and felt amazing! I went to college, didn't follow the zone and gained everything back and more. Now I am back in "the zone" and staying there.
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06/11/2008 10:39 PM Alert 
I'm having trouble finding steel-cut slow-cooking oats. The women's 5 day meal planner says not to buy McCann's, but that's the only kind I've found that takes at least 30 minutes? :angry:
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06/11/2008 10:43 PM Alert 
How many dried oats would it take to equal 2/3 cup cooked oats?
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06/12/2008 6:22 AM Alert 
Hi Dana,

McCann's is fine if you buy the variety steel cut oats that takes 30 min to cook. The planner is trying to let you know not to use the quicker cooking type.

1/2 ounce of dry steel cut oats would be 1 block. Refer to the Food Block List (click the EATING tab, then QUICK START GUIDE).
sue

lost 100 lbs 13 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil!

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Linda User is Offline
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06/25/2008 7:40 AM Alert 
I have just found Quaker steel cut oats in the cereal isle at my local grocery store. I bet if people asked for it, their local grocery store would carry it. Most larger chain grocery stores have a healthfood section now. Just a thought. I used the overnight method of cooking and they came out great. I froze it into 1/3 cup sections. When I choose to have it once in a great while, it will be ready!
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07/01/2008 11:02 PM Alert 
Hi Linda,

Yes I found them at the grocery store also. I've been getting them at the health food store and they are relatively inexpensive, but when I saw them in the grocery, I picked up a can.

I am notorious for checking expiration dates. Always have been, but for some reason, it didn't even occur for me to check. When I got home and was putting them away in the cabinet, I had to raise the canister above my head and there I saw it!
The bottom of the can was stamped: Best used by October of 2007!

Of course I had no intention of consuming them and took them back to the store. They refunded the money, but it made me think of the fact of how very few people (around here anyway) purchase steel cut oats. Otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting on the shelf nearly a year later!

So for now at least, I will be sticking to the health food store.And if I do decide to pick up another canister at the market, rest assured, I know where to check the expiration date! Just a heads up in case you all weren't aware. :)
Lisa
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07/07/2008 12:41 PM Alert 
I can find a McCann's "quick" steel cut oats at my grocery store-- they still cook, but in about 5-10 min, instead of 30. If you don't have time for the 30min type, I'm sure this is probably not ideal, but lots better than the Quaker instant ones you just add hot water to. Ask your grocer to order some for you (they'll do that if you want something they dont have)
Elsa User is Offline
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07/18/2008 10:09 PM Alert 
What are steel cut oats? I have been using the Quacker Oats and thought that was what it called for. Help!
Shannon User is Offline
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07/18/2008 11:40 PM Alert 
I have been buying them from iherb.com thanks to a tip I believe I originally saw here, the Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats. They're very inexpensive, even with shipping!
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