Eating breakfast makes me a better person. That's all there is to it.
Aside from the whole not eating breakfast keeps your body in starvation mode after a night of sleep thing, it also just makes me hangry. By 10am if I haven't had breakfast, the cranky comes out, and no one needs that. Least of all me.
Making baked oatmeal is another way to keep the breakfast game fresh and this recipe makes enough that you can have breakfast for a few days.
What You Need
2 cups old fashioned oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
the good stuff
1 cup berries, divided I used strawberries and blueberries
2/3 cup chopped walnuts, divided
1/4 cup shredded coconut, divided
1/2 cup chocolate chips, divided
2 cups skim milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter/margarine, sliced into small pieces
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ripe banana, sliced thin
What You Do
Preheat the oven to 375. Spray a 9x9 pan with cooking spray.
Combine the oats,sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and then half of all the good stuff (1/2 cup berries, 1/3 cup walnuts, 1/8 cup coconut, 1/4 cup chocolate chips), in a medium bowl. Pour this dry mixture into the bottom of the 9x9 pan.
In a large liquid measuring cup, whisk together the milk, egg, butter, and vanilla. Pour over the oat mixture, then add the other half of the good stuff. Finally, top the whole thing with the sliced bananas.
Bake for 30-40 minutes. It's delicious right out of the oven with the melted chocolate chips and all the other good stuff. Slice what you don't eat into breakfast sized pieces and put in an airtight container, using wax paper to separate the layers, and store in the fridge.
Meanwhile in Maui
Did you know that Maui has Rainbow Eucalyptus trees? You'll catch these on the Road to Hana.
How do you feel about oatmeal - baked or otherwise?
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a great week. Next Sunday I'll be landing in Hong Kong for a week of vacation. And possibly eating all the things.
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