Bacon Cheddar Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Ingredients

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  3 cup or 710g

• Reduced fat milk

  Fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  1 cup or 244g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Steel Cut Oats

  365 Everyday Value

  1 cup or 160g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Cheddar cheese

  1 cup, shredded or 113g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  4 strip or 48g

• Parsley

  Raw

  1 tsp or 1g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. In a large sauce pan. bring the water, milk and salt to a rolling boil. Slowly, stir in the oats (slow enough so that the liquid doesn't stop boiling). Stir for 1 minute and reduce heat to simmer. Cover the pan.
2. Simmer for 30 minutes - stirring once every 10 minutes. Cook bacon in separate pan while oats are cooking. Set cooked bacon aside.
3. When oatmeal has reached desired consistency, stir in the shredded cheese, the chives (or parsley) and all but 1 Tablespoon of the bacon. Add pepper to taste.
4. Top each serving with the reserved crumbled bacon.

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