Instant Pot Steel Cut Apple Oatmeal

You’ll need:

1 cup steel cut oats (regular or quick oats will not work for this recipe)

1.5 cups plant milk of choice (I used unsweetened oat)

1.5 cups water

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp salt

2-3 apples of choice

Pumpkin seeds (if not tolerated, chia seeds or pistachios also work well)

Vanilla extract (optional)

Honey or maple syrup (optional)

Instant pot

Directions

1. Add your oats, salt, milk, water, ginger and coriander to the instant pot.
2. Decide if you want to peel your apples. Keep in mind, most of an apple’s quercetin is in its peel, but peels can be hard to digest for some. Either way, definitely remove the seeds and core before dicing into bite sized pieces and adding to the pot.
3. If you can tolerate vanilla extract, add that now. I don’t personally have issues with it because the alcohol cooks off. You can also add additional sweetener like honey or maple syrup at this time if you’d like, but remember that low histamine means low added sugar. Your apples will also give natural sweetness to the oatmeal.
4. Close your instant pot and turn it on. Set it to cook on high pressure for 4 minutes, then do a natural pressure release of 10 minutes before opening the valve and releasing any remaining pressure.
5. When you open the lid, the oats will seem watery, which is good. Let them sit for 5 minutes and watch them firm up.
6. Scoop into a bowl and top with your pumpkin seeds (or other substituted topping).
7. Remember to freeze your leftovers into single serve portions immediately!