This oatmeal breakfast is truly the ideal 300-calorie balance of healthy fats, whole grains, and protein. You can even make it from your office!
I hesitate for a long time to share this “recipe” because pretty much everyone knows how to cook oatmeal. However, as we all know, oats on their own usually aren’t enough to power you through from breakfast until lunch. And I prefer having three solid meals over snacking throughout the day (and breakfast happens to be my favorite meal). Sometimes I go to bed excited about having this for breakfast! (And after breakfast, I’m excited thinking about what I have for dinner.) Anyways, over the years, I’ve discovered the ideal way to get a perfectly balanced mix of whole grains, protein, and healthy fats to start your day right - by cooking equal parts rolled oats with egg whites and almond milk, and topping off with a scoop of nut butter. It’s simple, satisfying, and ever-so-customizable.
Even before I was a blogger I posted lots of oatmeal pictures, ranging from the comical to the delicious. I still post lots of #oats pictures!
Book club oatmeal bar! @malikaa1 @pwlovejoy @kwharton3 @rsgrant
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This oatmeal can be made on the stovetop or (usually how I do it) in the microwave in the office kitchen. If you don’t use a non-stick pot, this will be a pain in the a$$ to clean up and I’ve caused my mother much stress about the lack of our almost-clean pans. The egg whites make the oatmeal super fluffy with awesome texture, and the almond milk gives it a great creaminess. The cinnamon adds warming flavor. And for me, the addition of nut butter and fruit is enough sweetness so I never add any form of sugar.
I am actually a total rookie blogger when it comes to the oatmeal blogging scene. Want more oats-piration? These bloggers share their “go-to” recipes as well:
- Kath Eats has a whole page on oatmeal! Her recipe for overnight oats never fails. She even has a whole page dedicated to oatmeal!
- FannetasticFood shares her “perfect” recipe for whipped banana oatmeal. She makes it as often as I do mine!
- The Lean Green Bean passes along a great oatmeal pancakes recipe that she’s perfected over the years.
- Immaeatthat always posts her Instagram photos of her Pumpkin Oatmeal Bake that I’ve always wanted to try
- ⅓ cup rolled oats
- 2 egg whites
- ¼ cup almond milk
- Sprinkling of cinnamon
- Dash of vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp nut butter
- Fruit (optional)
- Pace ⅓ cup of oats with a sprinkling of cinnamon and vanilla in microwave-safe bowl or pot on the stovetop and cover with enough almond milk to soak all of the oats
- Then add in two egg whites - either cracked from whole eggs or measured from a carton
- If you make this on the stovetop, turn the burner on low to medium and stir frequently. It should take about 5 minutes to cook through
- In the microwave, cook for about a minute, take out the bowl and stir before continuing to cook for another minute
- Place your oats in your serving bowl of choice, and scoop a tablespoon of nut butter in (I usually go for peanut or almond) and maybe sprinkle on some blueberries.
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