#23 Does Eat Oats!

Shownotes for #23 Does Eat Oats!

The music for the opening and ending of the show is Fast Food Rampage by the The Touch Ups, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

Stuff you need to know for this show's recipe:

All the recipes here are an hour or less. Total preparation time for is less than 30 minutes.

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The podsafe music used in the show:

This weeks music to eat oats by is Ocean by Zach Ashton. He is a self-taught musician from a small seaside town in Florida coast. Ocean is a bonus track on his album, "Mellow Dia."

Here is the lead recipe I describe in the show:

Creamy Maple Cranberry Oatmeal (adapted from the Quaker Oats website)

3-1/2 cups fat-free or low-fat milk
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 cups rolled, quick or old fashioned oats
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup maple-flavored syrup, regular or light
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ

1. In medium saucepan, bring milk and salt to a gentle boil. (Watch carefully.) Stir in oats, cranberries and maple syrup. Return to a boil; reduce heat to medium. Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of milk is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Let stand until desired consistency. Stir in wheat germ.
2. Spoon oatmeal into four cereal bowls. Drizzle with additional syrup, if desired. Serve with milk or yogurt, if desired.

Fake Jerky Strips

If ypou have a food processor, try this.

Ingredients
Meat:
1 pound ground beef
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
1 tablespoon A-1 Sauce
1/2 cup Quick Quaker Oats
1 egg white

Sauce:
2 tablespoons A-1 Sauce
2 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
2 tablespoons water

Instructions
Mix ground beef with all other ingredients, stir until mixed. Put into a food processor with chopping blade and chop for a good minute, until well- mixed together and consistency of putty.

On a floured cutting board, take ball of meat mixture and coat both sides lightly with flour so it won't stick and roll out with floured rolling pin, fold and roll until roughly 8-inch by 12-inch rectangle, 1/8-inch or less thick.

Using a pizza cutter, cut into 1-inch wide strips 8 inches long and carefully transfer to a wire rack.

Heat oven to 300 degrees F, place wire rack with meat in oven on oven rack in center of oven, with second oven rack one notch below. On lower rack, place cookie sheet under meat to act as a drip pan.

Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees F.

Mix together sauce ingredients in shallow dish. Remove rack of meat, roll each strip into sauce mix and return to rack. When all coated, return to oven and increase temperature to 450 degrees F. Bake for 15 minutes.

Remove rack again and recoat strips and return to oven for another 15 minutes or until strips become almost burnt around edges.

Remove from oven and coat one last time, then let sit and cool to room temperature.

Credits
Recipe from: George Fassett, Watertown, New York

Homemade Protein Bars

Ingredients
Nonstick spray
1 cup soy protein powder
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup oat bran
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 to 2/3 cup (packed) brown sugar
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 cups plain or vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for a glass pan). Lightly spray a 9- by 13- inch baking pan and a baking tray with nonstick spray.

Mix together the protein powder, flour, oats, oat bran, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Crumble in the brown sugar, rubbing it with your fingers to break up any clumps. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Measure the yogurt, oil, and vanilla into a second bowl, stirring until well combined. Add the wet mixture to the dry, and mix patiently until thoroughly blended. (You may have to use your hands -- it will be a thick batter, verging on a dough.)

Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan, patting it evenly into place with your hands. Bake in the center of the oven for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven and cut into bars of any size or shape. Place the bars on the prepared baking tray and bake for another 15 minutes, or until golden around the edges. (For extra-crunchy bars, turn off the oven and leave them in there for up to 45 minutes longer.) Remove the bars from the oven, and place them on a rack to cool.

Eat the bars within a few hours, or seal them in a heavy zip-style plastic bag and store in the freezer. For maximum crispness, "refresh" them in a toaster oven after defrosting.

Yield: About 20 medium-sized bars

Here's an additional recipe, not included in the show:

Baked Oatmeal "Brulee"

2 cups instant oatmeal or 2-1/4 cups rolled oats, uncooked
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
3-1/3 cups fat-free milk
2 eggs OR 1/2 cup egg substitute, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1. Heat oven to 350 F/170 C. Spray 8-inch square glass baking dish with cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, combine oats, granulated sugar and salt. In medium bowl, combine milk, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add to oat mixture; mix well. Pour into baking dish.
3. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until center jiggles slightly. Remove from oven to cooling rack.
4. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over top of oatmeal. Using back of spoon, gently spread sugar into a thin layer across entire surface of oatmeal. Return to oven; bake just until sugar melts, about 2 to 3 minutes. Set oven to broil. Broil 3 inches from heat until sugar bubbles and browns slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. (Watch carefully to prevent burning. It may be necessary to turn baking dish.) Spoon into bowls to serve.

Here is the shopping list for next week:

Next week you'll need another jar of nutella, some light cream, 6 oz of milk chocolate, eggs, cream for whipping, , a large ripe banana, a pint of your favorite ice cream, a package of frozen pie crust (two crusts), a bag of marshmallows, a bag of large chocolate chip cookies, like Famous Amos, a box of shredded wheat biscuits, some brown sugar, some honey, 2 cups of hazelnuts, 1 cujp of coconut flakes, 1 cup of pecans, 1 cup of walnuts, a cup of golden raisins, 1 pint of vanilla yogurt (low fat or full fat, your choice), milk (your choice of fat content here too), 1 bag of frozen fruit, mixed or your choice of fruit, and another banana. That"s two bananas, so you might as well buy a whole hand.