Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (40g) steel cut oats
- 1/2 cup water
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup skim milk (or your favorite milk substitute)
- 1/2 medium banana, sliced into thin pieces
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (Best. Vanilla. Ever.)
- 1 tsp stevia
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1/2 tbsp (8g) sunflower seed butter
Note: I accidentally used a full cup of water, that is why the consistency in the picture is a bit more watery than it should be.
Directions
The night before you plan to eat the oatmeal: In a medium size pan, heat the oats, water, and salt over medium-high heat, with a lid on. Once the mixture reaches a boil, turn the burner off. Make sure to keep a close watch, because a boil over can happen very quickly (speaking from experience). You do not want to lose half of your oats all over the stove top.
DO NOT REMOVE LID. This is very important. This keeps the moisture inside, which is going to continue to cook the oats. Leave the covered pot on the stovetop overnight.
In the morning, remove the lid, add the milk, and give it a stir to incorporate. Turn the burner on to medium heat. Once the mixture begins to simmer, approximately 5-6 minutes, stir in the sliced banana. Continue to stir until the banana breaks down and the mixture thickens. Add the pumpkin, vanilla, stevia, and pumpkin spice, while continuing to stir. You will know when it is done, because it will be thick like a porridge, not at all soupy.
Pour into a serving bowl and top with sunflower seed butter.
Nutritional Info
1 servings = per serving
Calories: 323
Fat: 7 g
Carbs: 56 g
Protein: 12 g
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what a beautiful bowl of oatmeal. Nice picture!
Wos this looks great. I’m actually quite scared to use pumpkin in my oatmeal, but I’ve been hearing such good things I’ll have to give it a go.
Sheila,
I am making a trip to Whole Foods tomorrow and want to make the oatmeal recipes. Will Whole Foods have the rolled oats and steel cut oats? Do you recommend a specific brand? Thanks so much!
Brandi – Yep, they sure do. I buy both kinds, rolled oats and steel cut, from their bulk section. You would be surprised, but the bulk organic oats at Whole Foods are actually cheaper than the non-organic version of many name brand packaged oats. Since I typically just buy them in bulk, I don’t really have a preferred brand.
Happy oat making!!
Joy – Thank you!!
Tanya – Yeah, it was very good. I used to be scared of pumpkin too, but now I add it to everything. I think the strangest thing I mix it with is cottage cheese. Sounds weird, but with a little pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon it is soooo good.
And yet, another incredible bowl of oats…
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