They are a good complex carbohydrate, with soluble fibre (lowers cholesterol, prevents colon cancer), that keeps you full for a long time. In recipes they usually add chewyness and oaty flavour.
Yes, you can use quick oats instead of rolled oats in this recipe.
Yes, you can use old fashioned oats instead of rolled oats in this recipe.
Most people prefer to use old fashioned oats to make meatloaf. Quick oats do not bind the meatloaf as well as the old fashioned oats.
Yes Assuming that you are substituting "regular" oats for some sort of flavored oats...or oats with some spice additive.....
Yes Assuming that you are substituting "regular" oats for some sort of flavored oats...or oats with some spice additive.....
Yes, you can use quick oats to make oatmeal cookies.
Yes, you can use steel cut oats to make oatmeal cookies, but they will have a chewier texture compared to using rolled oats.
using a combine is the easiest way to harvest oats, yes
There are many uses for rolled oats in baking or cooking. They can be used in banana muffins, honey and oats bread, rolled oat burgers or sourdough rolled chocolate cookies.
Oats are oats, they are grown, not made. You can make cereal out of oats, but not oats out of cereal.
To prepare warm overnight oats, you can use a thermos or insulated container to store the oats after mixing them with hot water or milk before going to bed. The insulation will help retain the heat, keeping the oats warm until the morning.
If you are referring to using slow-cooking oats instead of instant or quick-cooking oats, I have used slow-cooking oats in recipes many times with no taste difference. I simply let the oats sit for a few minutes after mixing it with whatever liquid the recipe calls for, and this lets the oats soften a little, since it has not been processed as much as quick-cooking oats.