Tag: oatmeal

S’Mores Oatmeal For A Healthy Breakfast?? Use Oatmeal And Chia Seeds To Curb The 11AM Binge!

My name is Terri and I am a breakfast skipper.  BSA- Breakfast Skippers Anonymous, anyone? We need meetings! We all do it! Coffee only in the early AM and by 11 we are shoving anything and everything into our mouths.  On my quest for health and anti-aging, I have incorporated oatmeal 4-5 mornings into our family’s breakfasts.  Boring yucky oatmeal?  No way!  You should know me better than that by now!

Sidenote, the kids are eating it and loving it, too!
I have adapted my mason jar oatmeal recipes from this I found on Pinterest-
http://www.grocerybudget101.com/content.php/611-Easy-Refrigerator-Oatmeal

Photo from grocerybudget101.com. The flavors are endless!!
Photo from grocerybudget101.com. The flavors are endless!!

Basic Mason Jar Fruit Oatmeal Recipe:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup old fashion rolled oats,uncooked.
1/3 cup almond milk
1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
2 tsp. chia seeds
Additions based on flavor-
1/3 cup fresh fruit/nuts
1 tbsp. honey

Directions:
Add oats, chia seeds, yogurt and almond milk to a mason jar and shake well.
Add fruit and other additions.
Add plastic lid. (Get these on amazon)
Refrigerate overnight and use in 3-4 days.

Here is our favorite right now!

Berry Burst!! So delicious!
Berry Burst!! So delicious!

After shaking, we add strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and 1tsp. honey! Mix! Refrigerate! Use within 3-4 days!
Please visit their page- many, many flavors to try!!

I get my jars and lids on Amazon! $8.00/12 pack! Grab plastic lids, too- easy to work with!


http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Jar-Crystal-8-Ounce-Quilted/dp/B00B80TJUI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=wwwparmesanpr-20&linkCode=w00&creativeASIN=B00B80TJUI

 

Today, we made warm S’mores Oatmeal! It was a total hit!

Healthy and filling and delicious!!
Healthy and filling and delicious!!

S’mores Oatmeal!

Ingredients:
1 – portion quick oats, cooked
1 graham cracker crushed
1 tbsp.dark chocolate chips
1 tbsp. raisins
1 tsp. chia seeds
2 tbsp. mini marshmallows
A little drizzle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup!

Directions:
Mix in chocolate chips and raisins, chia seeds and marshmallows.
Top with graham cracker crumbles and drizzle with chocolate syrup!

Enjoy!
Ciao!

Warm Apple Pie Oatmeal! A Special Treat For A Rainy Weekend Morning!

Warm Apple Pie Oatmeal

Ingredients:
2 apples chopped with skin
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tbsp. nutmeg
1 tbsp. sugar
1 pat of butter 1/8 inch thick to coat pan.
1 cup water
1 cup Quaker quick oats

Do you have one of these apple corer dividers? So easy to use!
Do you have one of these apple corer dividers? So easy to use!

$9.99 on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00004OCKT/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

Directions:

Put a frying pan on medium heat.
Coat pan with butter, it will melt.

Stir and coat apples well with the spices.
Stir and coat apples well with the spices.

Add apples and spices and cook for 10 minutes until apples soften.

This would also be delicious with pecans! I didn't have any this morning!
This would also be delicious with pecans! I didn’t have any this morning!

Add water and when it is simmering add oats.
Cook an additional 3-5 minutes!
Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and serve!

Warm Apple Pie Oatmeal!!
Warm Apple Pie Oatmeal!!
My monkeys wanted theirs topped off with a squirt of whipped cream! Love them!
My monkeys wanted theirs topped off with a squirt of whipped cream! Love them!

Ciao!