Savory Golden Oats

I grew up eating tacos for breakfast, so I have been conditioned to believe that breakfast should be savory. I like oats, but I cannot eat a sweet breakfast every morning, so this is a healthy and satisfying alternative.
This recipe features turmeric. According to Dr. Vasant Lad, a world-renown Ayurvedic physician and founder of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque NM, turmeric can heal the entire body. In the West, we now recognize turmeric as a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, due to its curcumin content.
I added nutritional yeast to this recipe because nutritional yeast makes everything taste better! Nutritional yeast has a cheesy, umami flavor. Umami means "essence of deliciousness" in Japanese.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cooked organic steel cut oats, recipe linked below
  • 2 tsp ghee
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 dash black pepper to improve the nutrient absorption
  • 2 tbsp toaste pecans
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Over low heat melt ghee in a small saucepan. 
  • Lower heat and gently mix turmeric into the ghee. Take a moment to carefully fold the turmeric into the ghee to fuse the two ingredients. From biology, we know that our cell membranes are made of lipids, and lipids are required to permeate the cell membrane, so it seems to support the ancient Ayurvedic teaching that the mixture of ghee and spices is critical to transporting the spices deep into the cellular tissue of the body and reaping the medicinal benefits of spices.
  • Add cooked oats into the saucepan with the ghee and turmeric mixture. Add nutritional yeast and a hardy dash of black pepper.  Studies show that black pepper enhances the absorption of curcumin in the body by up to 2,000%.
  • Sprinkle the dish with toasted pecans. Enjoy.

Notes

I prepare steel cut oats overnight. Here is the recipe: 
http://hathaheart.com/basic-oats-recipe/
This savory porridge recipe is so simple and basic that it serves as a warm satisfying base upon which you can feature more exciting sides like sautéed mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, and onions, braised greens, or fresh avocado and tomato slices. Feel free to get creative. Adding delicious vegetables will amp up the nutritional content of your meal.
Savory oats can be served as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Do not use a microwave to melt the ghee. In the Ayurvedic tradition, microwave usage is discouraged for it is believed to destroy the Prana or healing energy of the food.
In the photo above, I served it with broccolini. See the recipe below.

Sesame Broccolini

In an effort to eat more veggies and to include veggies in every meal, I eat this porridge with a  side of vegetables. I think the sweet, nutty flavor of broccolini is a nice complement to this savory porridge.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1 bunch broccolini
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • sea salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Over medium heat melt ghee in a medium saucepan. Sauté broccolini until bright green.
  • While broccolini is cooking, place sesame seeds on a small plate. When broccolini is done, quickly take warm spears and roll in sesame seeds. Add a sprinkle of salt and serve alongside your porridge. Enjoy!