Food to Live Organic Oat Groats, 5 Pounds – 100% Whole Grain, Non-GMO Seeds, Kosher, Raw, Non-Irradiated, Vegan, Bulk, Low Glycemic, Rich in Protein, Fiber, Copper and Manganese

Against what the directions state on the side of the bag, at least ~40-45 minutes for cooking, took more than an hour for fully soft/busted cooked oats!.When I coarsely grind groats or whole oats, then cooking only takes ~40-45 minutes for fully cooking/soft oats. I've since ceased grinding oats, and just boil an hour or use a pressure cooker.No other problems with quality here. Good stuff!Stove/Range Cooking~60 minutes3:1 ratio, three cups water to One cup of oats.Pressure Cooker, second/high pressure ringWARNING: oats can boil over clogging safety valves, only fill pot halfway?~15 minutes preserving oat texture~30 minutes until oats bust open3:1 ratio, three cups water to One cup of oats.American Test Kitchen has a good basic oatmeal recipe, using apple sauce, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt. Typically, I just add cinnamon, nutmeg and sometimes salt. Once cooked, I then use no fat milk and maybe a little maple syrup or sugar substitute.

This was my first time trying Oat Groats. I like this much more than regular Oatmeal or steel cut Oatmeal. I like foods with texture and this is chewy and tasty. I eat this almost daily as part of a healthier diet. I love that it's so versatile - I can go sweet or savory, depending on my mood. Easy to cook. This is now a staple and I keep a pack in my freezer as a backup. Highly recomnend.

My favorite oat groats for grinding my own flour.

Love these oat groats! Such a satisfying grain. Highly recommend these.

I have been buying this brand of oatmeal for a long time and everything has always been fine, I was satisfied. Usually I bought 3-5 pounds, this time I bought 25 pounds. I opened the package, poured it into a container, but there was a horror when I prepared for cooking (washed), there were a lot of black, incomprehensible grains in the cereal, which were not washed off completely. Well, I cooked and as if they were not visible in the cooked oatmeal, but when I began to eat, there were a lot of them in the cooked oatmeal, they got on my teeth, I almost shook my teeth. I have never seen such a dirty grain. I'm going to return this cereal back. If I bought 2-5 pounds, I would not return. But I bought 25 pounds, what should I do with this dirty oatmeal? ... these are just a few dirty, incomprehensible, hard “pebbles” or grains that I took out of my plate, I threw out the rest of the oatmeal, otherwise I would have definitely broken my teeth ...

Good, consistent groats however have gotten very expensive!

We always try to eat healthy - this item definitely helps do it. We actually cooked a large amount in the instapot to use through the week. I can be used as regular oatmeal. I can see it used as a rice too with chicken and gravy over it. I've added frozen fruit and reheated in microwave. Also brown sugar and cinnamon are good. Definitely try it.

Great product.