The next two recipes in Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Cooking was Steel-cut Oatmeal, seven-ways and Wild Rice Flour Pancakes.
I only tried the oatmeal two ways. My usual way to eat oatmeal–the boring, traditional way–with raisins, brown sugar, and a little bit of milk. And one way suggested by Heidi–with pomegranate molasses and toasted walnuts. Both were delicious.
You can find pomegranate molasses in Middle-Eastern or gourmet/specialty grocery stores. I found it at my local, non-chain gourmet grocery. I liked it as an addition to oatmeal and I think it would be great on plain vanilla ice-cream. The tart flavor of the molasses would complement the sweetness of the ice cream.
The wild rice flour pancakes were another story. I won’t make this recipe again. I don’t like wild rice, so it’s no surprise that I didn’t like pancakes made with wild rice flour. Even with only a 1/2 cup to the 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour, I could still taste the woodsy flavor of wild rice. Yuck! At least I tried it…
You’re doing better than me–I won’t even eat oatmeal one way! =) It’s pretty neat that you’re trying new stuff. Most days, I feel like I’m doing pretty well to put some whole wheat flour into my baked goods…
I love oatmeal and have a tin of McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oats. I need to get some pomegranate molasses to try this. It looks delicious.
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I love steel cut oats too. I pour the hot cereal over fresh raspberries, sprinkle Saigon cinnamon, then a drizzle of maple syrup. So yummy! I’m surprised you don’t like the nutty flavor of wild rice if you like steel cut oats. Oh well. No worries.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
AmyRuth
Pomegranate molasses? You are kidding me. I am going out to get that. Thanks for sharing! 😀
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