it totally rocks a bowl of oatmeal.<\/p>\n
But, before I tell you the recipe, I have to back up a little.<\/p>\n
I love LOVE pumpkin bread. \u00a0But, as I’ve mentioned on here before, I’m on a crummy diet. \u00a0On this diet, gluten is not allowed. \u00a0Milk is not allowed. \u00a0Sugar is not allowed. \u00a0See, totally crummy. \u00a0Except, a little bit of butter is allowed per day. \u00a0And so, one day as I was eating my oatmeal while missing (mourning the lack of ) pumpkin bread, I got the idea to make myself some pumpkin bread (minus the bread) oatmeal. \u00a0And I decided to put my little bit of butter that I can have each day on the top.<\/p>\n
I use steel cut oats for this recipe. \u00a0Every Sunday night \u00a0I make myself a batch to carry me though the week. \u00a0Then I can enjoy hot breakfast for a week and have to only wash the pan once. \u00a0Win, win. \u00a0I use around 1\/3 cup of these plain, cooked oats and mix in whatever I want for that particular day. \u00a0If it is a day that I want pumpkin, then the ingredients and proportions look sort of like this:<\/p>\n
1\/3 cup cooked steel cut oatmeal<\/p>\n
2 T. or more toasted nuts (pecans and walnuts are great)<\/p>\n
1\/4 cup dried cranberries or raisins<\/p>\n
1\/4 cup pumpkin puree<\/p>\n
dash cinnamon<\/p>\n
drizzle of maple syrup (I usually don’t do this because I don’t like sugar in the morning…it tastes great with these flavors, though)<\/p>\n
drizzle of browned butter<\/p>\n
splash of almond milk, if needed<\/p>\n
So, put the pumpkin, oatmeal, dried fruit, cinnamon and almond milk (if desired) in a bowl. \u00a0Warm \u00a0in the microwave for a few minutes. \u00a0Stir it a few times during heating. \u00a0Remove from the microwave and top with the nuts, brown butter and maple syrup.<\/p>\n
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Happy first of November, y’all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
it totally rocks a bowl of oatmeal. But, before I tell you the recipe, I have to back up a little. I love LOVE pumpkin bread. \u00a0But, as I’ve mentioned on here before, I’m on a crummy diet. \u00a0On this … Continue reading