Beef and Oat Groat Soup photo by vsimon
Hum? Doesn’t barely have gluten? Yes, you are right.
But certified gluten free oat groats don’t. Please let me introduce you. Oat groats make a fantastic gluten free stand-in for glutinous barely.
Cream Hill Estates grows and produces certified gluten free oats. They are not cross contaminated with glutinous grains during growing, milling, package, or transport. Cream Hill Estates is offering a package of their certified gluten free oat groats to one random winner who comments below.
Oat whole grain nutrition.
Oat groats are truly whole grains. And no doubt about it, they are tasty, filling and nutritious. Two new pilot studies from Scandinavia show oats increase vitamin B1, magnesium, zinc, fiber, and antioxidants in the gluten-free diet.
Oats are a rich source of a unique fiber called beta-glucan. It lowers cholesterol and the risk of heart disease. It also enhances the immune response to bacterial infections. Beta-glucan helps stabilize blood glucose levels in people with Type 2 diabetes. And, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows a low glycemic diet, including oats, resulted in greater weight loss than a conventionally balanced diet.
Are oats right for me?
Only you will be able to decide. Please visit my Nourish column in the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness newsletter for more info. Scroll down a bit for the Oh Boy, Oats! article.
Hearty, and super simple in a slow cooker.
You can dump everything raw into the slow cooker. But you’ll get better brown color and flavor if you brown the beef in a separate pan first. This extra step isn’t difficult and immediately fills the house with beefy aroma.
Round steak is a flavorful, inexpensive cut of meat. And tough if cooked quick. Cooking low and slow magically makes it tooth tender.
Oat groats take a long time to cook too. Perfect for a slow cooker. They ooze body into the soup broth. And also add tender, not too chewy, not mushy texture to the chunks. I think even fans of beef barely soup wouldn’t recognize these are oats, not barely.
Of course, the onions are optional if you don’t tolerant them.
Beef and UnBarley Soup
| serves 6-8 | metric measures |
| 1 ½ pound beef round steak | .7 kg |
| 1 cup oat groats | 100 gm |
| 1 cup diced onion | 130 gm |
| 1 cup diced celery | 130 gm |
| 1 cup diced carrot | 130 gm |
| 8 cups gluten free beef broth (or 8 cups water and 2 tablespoons Better than Bouillon Beef base) |
2 liters |
Cube beef into small pieces. Brown in a large sauté pan.
Put browned beef and everything else into a 12 cup crock-pot.
Cover and cook on high for 8 hours.
Enjoy your day, and your dinner. 
Extras freeze well, so make a lot and save some for next month.
How to enter to win Cream Hill Certified Gluten Free Oat Groats.
1. Visit Cream Hill Estates recipe page and decide which recipe you would like to try first.
2. Tell us which recipe you chose in the comments below by February 10, 2010.
A winner will be selected by random number generator and notified by email February 11, 2010.
Full disclosure- Cream Hill Estates provided me with free oat products for recipe development. And I am happy to share simply, healthy dishes made with oats.
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