Apples & Honey Baked Oatmeal for the Jewish New Year!

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The saying goes, “apples and honey, it may sound funny, but it can make your new year sweet and sunny!” Celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) with apples and honey - in healthy and hearty baked oatmeal form!

Apples and Honey Baked Oatmeal | danicaliforniacooks.com Happy Rosh Hashanah! Shanah tovah! It’s the year of 5776! Time for some apples and honey!

To write this post, I first started by googling “what year is it for the Jewish new year” and “why do we eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah?” *smacks palm into face*. Sorry for being an uninformed Jewess over here. Apples and Honey Baked Oatmeal | danicaliforniacooks.com To answer my questions - it’s the year of 5776 and we eat apples and honey in the tradition of their sweetness - we hope it sets the tone for us to be granted an ultra-sweet year ahead! I swear I knew that - I thought maybe there was more to it! Apples and Honey Baked Oatmeal | danicaliforniacooks.com In all seriousness, Rosh Hashanah is not the most “fun” of Jewish holidays but it is still centered around a delicious meal. I purchased a small pasture-raised chicken from my CSA and I plan to attempt to roast a whole chicken for the first time for myself and Nate, and savor the leftovers. I tend to go to services like every other year when it comes to Rosh Hashanah, depending on where I’m located and if I can get someone to come along with me. This year I think we’ll celebrate the holiday by eating this baked oatmeal and enjoying a traditional dinner on Sunday evening. Apples and Honey Baked Oatmeal | danicaliforniacooks.com I honest to goodness cannot remember what I did last year for Rosh Hashanah. I do remember that I was in Israel for Yom Kippur - the other “big” Jewish holiday that happens around this time of year! Growing up, my family really didn’t have many specific Rosh traditions. There was a lot of brunching at family friend’s places and crashing their synogogue’s services until we joined our own temple. I haven’t established many of my own traditions yet around the holidays, but I do enjoy having the blog to experiment and document as I do so - like with these macaroons for Passover. And of course, these poptarts for Valentines Day! Apples and Honey Baked Oatmeal | danicaliforniacooks.com Anyways, happy new year! Make sure to eat some apples and honey for a sweet year ahead!

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Apples & Honey Baked Oatmeal for the Jewish New Year!
 
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Celebrate the Jewish new year with the tradition of apples and honey - in a healthy, gluten-free baked oatmeal form!
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Ingredients
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 eggs + 2 egg whites
  • 1 cup almond milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Dash of salt
  • 2 apples, sliced
  • 2 tbsp plus extra honey for drizzling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Lightly grease an 8x8 baking pan
  3. Mix the oats, applesauce, baking powder, ground cinnamon, eggs, almond milk, vanilla extract and salt
  4. Pour into the baking pan
  5. Arrange the apple slices on top of the oats
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes
  7. Serve with a honey drizzle!
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Single-Serving Baked Chia Banana Oatmeal

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Also known as the day I made #breakfastnipples for brunch. You should really follow me on Instagram to enjoy my fourteen-year-old boy humor on any given Saturday morning. I decided this food styling was certainly NSFW so don’t worry, you won’t see these #breakfastnipples again. Can’t make any promises about that hashtag though. Anyways….

10371354_10152864011667277_8549555727535296371_n Are any of you readers out there breakfast people like me? I often go to sleep excited about what I’m going to have for breakfast in the morning, and sometimes it’s even the thought of some PB and toast that will get me out of bed. The reason why brunch is so wonderful on the weekend is because it involves more time-intensive cooking than you’re willing to do at 7am on a weekday. Ain’t nobody got time for a wafflemaker on Tuesday. However, you definitely have time to zap a frozen homemade waffle, leftover from a large batch you made over the weekend. Meal prepping on Sundays is a fantastic way to make sure you have healthy things on hand throughout the week for breakfasts. So let me introduce to you your new favorite POWERHOUSE breakfast - Single Serving Baked Chia Banana Oatmeal. Each single serving is only 110 calories with 5g of protein, 3g of fiber, and only 3g of sugar. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

The greatest thing (besides the stellar nutritional profile and cuteness factor) about these single-serving oatmeals are their versatility. For those who are running out the door in the morning, I highly recommend spreading on a thick layer of almond butter on one of these babies and stuffing them in your mouth as you try and open your car trunk. Or put two of them and some blueberries in tupperware, zap in the microwave at work at eat them sitting at your desk - aren’t you civilized! Or eat one plain for a snack with a mug of tea at 3pm. Or make a double batch and freeze for a rainy day. Or bring them to your next brunch potluck - you know, because those happen all the time. I’m looking forward to heating up one of these in the microwave and topping with some PB and extra banana tomorrow morning!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA These are so simple to make, and consist of your typical oatmeal ingredients. Mix your oats, chia seeds, almond milk, baking powder, egg whites with a little cinnamon and vanilla extract. Mash up half a banana into the mixing bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Pour batter into a cupcake baking tin (almost to the top - these guys won’t rise all that much!) and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Voila! They are yours to enjoy throughout the week. And everything is cuter in “cupcake” form - with a little PB and chia sprinkles - right?

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Hope these inspire you to do some of your own Sunday prep to make sure you have healthy breakfasts to look forward to every morning. Need more food prep inspiration? Lindsey at The Lean Green Bean has awesome and simple ideasfor food prep throughout the week.

Single-Serving Baked Chia Banana Oatmeal
 
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This nutritional powerhouse breakfast treats are perfectly pre-proportioned for grab-and-go throughout the week.
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Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 cup almond milk
  • ½ cup egg whites
  • ½ medium banana, mashed
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Mix ingredients in a medium mixing bowl
  3. Portion out into a cupcake baking tin, pouring almost to the top of each cupcake mold. This recipe should make 8 servings in a normal cupcake baking tin
  4. Bake for 25 minutes
  5. Remove from oven, cool, and put into a tupperware in the fridge to have on-hand throughout the week!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 baked oatmeal cup Calories: 110 Fat: 2.5g Carbohydrates: 18g Sugar: 3g Fiber: 3g Protein: 5g