Can I cook oatmeal in this? I am looking for a safe, slow cooker that I can put oatmeal in and have it cooked by morning?
1092762
I have only cooked yogurt in this on the yogurt setting. It is very accurate at 110 on that setting. It also has a low and high setting I'm sure would be good for oatmeal, but I have not tried oatmeal. It is a great size for something like that though.
1092763
I'm really not sure about oatmeal. The Vita Clay works really well for yogurt. Hopefully, someone else can answer your question.
1092764
I have only used it for yogurt, but I think it would be great for oatmeal too.
1092765
This unit is just a small slow cooker with 2 temp settings - HI & LO - plus a separate setting for yogurt making. You could use the LO setting (not the yogurt setting) for cooking oatmeal overnight. There are plenty of slow cooker recipes online.
1731550
The first few times I cooked oatmeal I did it by guess work...I think 1 cup is to much...make seure.your using 1 minute oatmeal too and open vent.
1585410
I have not used it as a slow cooker yet but I have read of people using it as such. The highest setting is warm so I'm not quite sure if it would get hot enough to completely cook meat (unless you let it cook in it ALL DAY but a side dish would probably be fine. I've only used it to keep things warm so far such as dips and taco meat. Sorry I cannot be of more assistance on this.
801856
Yes! I do it every nite. 1 rice cooker cup of oatmeal to 1 1/2 cups of water. I add raisins 2 the water & cook it altogether. I use the timer & its waiting 4 me in the morning! Delish!!!
2220843
Yes, but isn't it easier to make a lot of oatmeal at one time, put some in the fridge and heat it up the next day? You'll still have to wash this.
1651572
The baker will cook fine as long as it fits in your microwave. Length wise as well as width. It will be a tight fit.I love my cooker! Good luck
162881
It has to be a really small batch, I use half a cup of steel cut oats and two cups of water, overnight on the porridge setting. Comes out perfect every time. I tried cooking it with almond milk, and had boil over even with a small batch, so I just stick with water and add in more of whatever I want after it is cooked. If you need more than a couple servings of Oatmeal at a time, a cooker bigger than this one might be better, I lucked out in that this is all I need for my small family.
762780
I have not tried this in a slow cooker, but it is a great idea! I would think it would work well as long as it fits well in the bottom of the cooker.
1788109
Just use it in place of the regular lid. It can be used for any food that does not have to be pressure cooked, so slow cooking is fine. I have a new slow cooker which has a lid similar to this and it also has a small hole in the lid. Both work just fine. An added benefit is the glass lid allows you to view the food and it allows you to remove the lid quickly if you have to add a recipe ingredient towards the end of cooking as some recipes require.
2011419
Nope; sorry! I wouldn't recommend it. Just do that separately and then put it in the cooker.
447568
No; it shuts off like a crock pot; it remains on but in a warming-mode, not a cooking-mode. As an example, I make oatmeal in it every morning. 1 cup water, 1/2 cup oats. I set it to 10 minutes, and it takes a couple of minutes to reach a cooking temperature and start, and then it cooks for 10 minutes, makes an audible beep, shuts the cooking off and switches to warming mode. If I wanted to open it right away, I would release the pressure by rotating the dial at the top to do so...or I could wait a couple of minutes and the pressure would decrease anyway. I have used this to cook raw (but soaked) beans in 20 minutes, vegetables, rice, and some combinations of meats and other things. It is also nice in that you can set it, go run errands or do other things, and come back irrespective of time and the food is cooked. Using the oatmeal as an example, I have returned over 30 minutes after the oatmeal was cooked to find it cooked, and kept warm - and prepared as I liked it.
1817872
What kind of rice cooker are you talking about? I used to cook lentils a "ka-ching" rice cooker and it worked splendidly. I now have a rice/slow cooker combination and it actually seems to take a bit longer to cook--so does rice but that's another story. At any rate, just be sure to plenty of fluid; and your lentils will cook up nicely.
1091625
The cooker works best if it is filled at least half full. Smaller dishes that basically cover the bottom cook way too fast because the whole liner gets hot. I cook for two people all the time but when I use the slow cooker I make large batches of soups, green chile pork, spaghetti sauce, etc. I freeze the leftovers in freezer containers in portions for two servings. Then when you have a night you are rushed and don't have time to cook you can make use of that frozen "dinner."
1531975
There's a recipe site called RecipeGoldmine that has a section for Crockpots and a sub category called Crockettes that has recipes for small slow cookers like this. I think you'll like it.
763561
I also use it for various breakfast cereals - oatmeal, quinoa, steel cut oats,etc. 2 parts water to 1 part cereal has worked for me in every case. It's important for a cooker this size to use no more than a rounded 1/3 cup or less of cereal to avoid boil over. If you want to make cereal for more than one person get a larger cooker.
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You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered your question and gave you some new options. You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered... » Read More You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered your question and gave you some new options. « Show Less
1698308
I haven't used this slow cooker for oatmeal but I think it would be the perfect size for 4 large servings. I love this size for the two of us for so many things. I only use my 6 qt for making double recipes to freeze some.