Morning Glory Oatmeal

Last Updated on December 20, 2023 by Christin Gillespie

Start your morning with this delicious Morning Glory Oatmeal. A tasty, filling, and healthy breakfast bowl that is loaded with warm flavors. It’s naturally sweetened with a ripe banana and is made with wholesome ingredients. This irresistible oatmeal bowl is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar free.

Say good morning to your next breakfast. This glorious oatmeal recipe is inspired by the classic flavor muffin, but is turned into a cozy and healthy oatmeal breakfast bowl.

A Healthy Morning Glory Oatmeal

Morning glory muffins for breakfast? Not exactly, but this tasty Morning Glory Oatmeal has a muffin twist to it.

This Morning Glory Oatmeal recipe has major muffin vibes. A delicious bowl of rolled oats, carrots, golden raisins, coconut milk, warmed with spices, and is sweetened with a ripe banana. It’s creamy, easy, and tastes like a breakfast treat.

By adding a ripe banana to the recipe, there is no need to add any additional sweeteners, making this oatmeal refined sugar free. Also, adding a ripe banana makes this oatmeal sweet and creamy.

Types of Oats to Use

This delicious muffin oatmeal bowl can be made with rolled oats, steel cut oats, or even quick oats.

• Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats: Rolled Oats, also known as old fashioned oats or whole oats, are my favorite type of oats to cook with. Their texture is great and they cook relatively quickly, compared to steel-cut oats.
• Organic Steel-Cut Oats: Steel-cut oats, usually take much longer to make, about 20 minutes. However, they contain more fiber.
• Organic Quick Oats: Quick oats are soft in texture and cook extremely quickly. They’re the best type of oats to use in the microwave versus cooking on the stove.

Whichever type of oats you select, before preparing, be sure to read the package instructions, for the liquid oat ratio, because the amounts may vary.

Now let’s get cooking!

Morning Glory Oatmeal Ingredients

• Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats: I used old fashioned rolled oats, but steal-cut or quick oats work as well. However, be sure to read the package instructions for the liquid oat ratio and the cook time, because they will vary. This recipe is written for old fashioned rolled oats.
• Organic Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk: Use your favorite non-dairy milk. I used organic unsweetened full-fat coconut milk, from the can.
• Organic Carrot: Just 1 shredded carrot is needed for this muffin oatmeal.
• Organic Raisins: I used golden raisins, but regular will work as well!
• Organic Banana: Adding a ripe banana to the recipe makes this breakfast sweet. Also, the riper the banana, the sweeter your breakfast will be.
• Organic Coconut Flakes: A little bit of coconut, but is optional.
• Organic Spices: A dash of ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, to achieve the classic muffin flavor.
• Organic Walnuts: Something nutty for this oatmeal. You can also use pecans.
• Organic Ground Flax Seeds: Ground flax seeds are loaded with nutrients, high in omega-3 fats, rich in dietary fiber, and you can’t even taste them. They are completely optional, and be substituted with chia seeds, so no problem if you don’t have them…yet!

How to Make Oatmeal

Making oatmeal for breakfast is super easy and this recipe is no different. There is only 3 steps to achieve your morning breakfast.

1. Combine: Begin by adding the mashed ripe banana to a small saucepan. Add the oats, flaxseeds, raisins, spices, coconut flakes, walnuts, non-dairy milk, and stir to combine.
2. Cook: Simmer until the milk has absorbed into the oats, about 4 to 6 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
3. Serve: Place into a serving bowl. Top with additional walnuts, coconut yogurt, and enjoy!

Tips for Making this Oatmeal Recipe Perfectly

To make the perfect Morning Glory Oatmeal, be sure to follow these tips!

• For the best texture, I suggest using organic gluten-free rolled oats, but you can use quick oats, or if you have more time, you can also use steel cut oats.
• If you prefer your oatmeal to be thicker, you can cook your oats on the stovetop for a couple more minutes. On the other hand, if you prefer it thinner, cook your oats for a slightly less time.
• Be sure your banana is ripe. The more ripe your banana is, the sweeter your overnight oats will be.

Oatmeal Toppings

The options are limitless when it comes to topping your muffin oatmeal breakfast bowl. I personally topped mine with additional walnuts and coconut yogurt, but you can top your muffin oatmeal bowl with whatever you want!

• Organic Coconut Yogurt
• Fresh or Frozen Organic Berries: cherries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc.
• Organic Banana Slices
• Organic Dark Chocolate or Organic Dark Chocolate Chips
• Organic Nut Butter or Seed Butter: almond butter, creamy peanut butter, pecan butter, cashew butter, hazelnut butter, etc.
• Organic Hemp Seeds or Organic Chia Seeds
• Organic Chopped Nuts or Seeds: almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, pecans, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.
• Organic Coconut Flakes or Organic Shredded Coconut

No matter what you top your morning glory muffin with, it will be a glorious breakfast bowl!

More Oatmeal Recipes to Try:

• Carrot Cake Oatmeal
• Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Blended Baked Oats
• Almond Butter & Jelly Oatmeal Bake
• Chocolate Orange Oatmeal
• Caramel Apple Pie Oatmeal
• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Oatmeal
• PB&J Oatmeal

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Xoxo.

Christin.

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