Milled Oat Groats and Yogurt

Some of you may be familiar with the no-cook oatmeal recipes out there -- you know, the ones where you take the rolled oats, mix them with yogurt and let them sit overnight in the fridge (with or without mixed fruit) and you have a delicious breakfast in the morning.

I figured, if you can do it with flakes, why not with coarsely ground oat groats?  I have been enjoying the following regularly:  I set the mill on very coarse, grind 2 ounces of groats into a bowl and then mix with 100-150 grams of vanilla yogurt.  You can eat it right away if you don't mind a lot of chew, but if you wait 30 minutes to an hour, it is a lot easier to eat as they soften up.

I usually add some fruit -- a cut up strawberry or two, or maybe half a banana.  The meal is pretty filling as well as tasty.  Sometimes I make it before work and eat it at the office, transferring the mix into  1/2 pint mason jar for transport. 

I think I wind up with fresher tasting "porridge" than I would if I used store bought oatmeal.  And the grinding the groats may let them hydrate faster than flakes. Not sure of that though.