baked blueberry oatmeal

Ingredients

• 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups unsweetened almond milk (or another unsweetened plant milk)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 cup blueberries (fresh or thawed frozen blueberries)
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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a 4cup baking bowl. Bake 45 minutes or until the top is slightly browned. Serve with a sprinkle of cinnamon and more almond milk. Yum.
This recipe came from Rip's blog- Engine 2. He makes it in 4 ramekins. I didn't have ramekins.
The more pudding like feel is very different that my hockey puck oatmeal.

Note - This oatmeal is best the day it is cooked. I have refrigerated and microwaved it but it's simply not even close.

Instant Breakfast- steel cut oats

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Instant Breakfast

I found this recipe on PopSugar Fitness. The premise is to make all these "oatmeal muffins" (which are just cooked steel oats) and freeze them. We call them hockey pucks. When it's morning and you want breakfast you simple place one or two in a bowl, microwave and add your special toppings. Easy! This one recipe has streamlined my mornings considerably!

This recipe makes enough for 10+ breakfasts if you use 2 "oatmeal muffins" per serving.

Ingredients

1. 8 8 cups water
2. 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
3. 2 cups steel-cut oats
4. 7 tablespoons pure maple syrup
5. 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions

1. Bring water and salt to a rolling boil. Pour in oats, stir, and reduce heat to simmer, cooking for 30 minutes.
2. Turn off heat and stir in the maple syrup and cinnamon. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
3. Lightly grease 21 sections of two 12-cup muffin tins, and pour in the oatmeal.
4. Freeze flat for five hours. Remove pan from the freezer and allow to thaw for a few minutes. Using a butter knife, gently pop the oatmeal "muffins" out of the pan, seal in a freezer bag, and keep frozen.
5. When you're ready to eat, place one or two in a bowl and microwave for 2-3 minutes. Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
6. When fresh berries are not available it works just as well to microwave with frozen berries. My fave is a puck and raspberries.  Top with flaxmeal and you have a fully-balanced, sustaining breakfast.

two pucks waiting to be heated

75 calories per puck

SATURDAY MORNING splurge breakfast, one TB of vegan chocolate chips added

Dreamy Creamy Oatmeal

I went to bed thinking that I'd make oatmeal for breakfast & I literally dreamed this recipe. This recipe is for one but you can simply multiply for more.

Dreamy Creamy Oatmeal

 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
(or your milk of choice)
3 teaspoons ground flax meal
1 Medjool date
1 tablespoon raw pepitas
5-6 strawberries

Pit & cut date into small pieces. Place oats, milk, 2 teaspoons of the flax meal & date in a saucepan, on medium heat. Cook, stirring often, into a creamy porridge consistency. Turn heat down if needed.
Cut strawberries into bite size pieces.
Place oatmeal in a bowl, sprinkle with the remaining teaspoon of flax meal & the pepitas. Top with strawberries & enjoy!

Here's a good link to the benefits of flax.