For whatever reason, I have this burning desire to take otherwise ‘normal’ recipes and turn them into spin-offs of my favourite desserts.
You might call this weird, but I call it totally normal…as long as I don’t look over my Recipes page all at once and then I start to think an intervention might be necessary.
My theory is that I am making up for lost time. After struggling with an eating disorder for 10 years, it is now time to have fun with food. Long gone are the days of eating the same 3 meals day in and day out and constantly feeling deprived. I like to have fun with food now, but at the same time, I want my food to work for me and leave me feeling my best.
This burning desire to recreate desserts is especially strong at breakfast time; although I will be the first to admit that I don’t care for something too sweet in the morning. Carrot Cake Oatmeal and Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats are on my regular breakfast rotation and I feel like I am beating the system getting to eat such delicious food first thing in the morning. And who doesn’t like to beat the system?
Naturally, the next dessert on my breakfast hit list is Apple Pie Oatmeal. It took me a couple of trials, but I was blown away by the taste of my most recent attempt and I knew I had to share it with you on this blistery Winter morning.
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Apple Pie Oatmeal
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2 small bowls
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A warm embrace on a cold winter day, this Apple Pie Oatmeal will remind you of delicious apple pie, but will leave you feeling energized and ready to tackle the day ahead. The leftovers (if there are any!) taste amazing chilled, too.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup rolled oats (use certified gluten-free, if necessary)
- 1 large apple, peeled and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1 1/3 cups)
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch fine sea salt
- 1 to 1 1/4 cups (250 to 310 mL) unsweetened almond milk, as needed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons (22 mL) pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon (5 mL) fresh lemon juice (optional)
Suggested toppings:
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- Diced apples
- Coconut sugar
- Cinnamon and ground ginger
- Granola
- Coconut Whipped Cream
Directions
- In a medium sized pot over medium heat, whisk together the oats, apple, chia seeds, cinnamon, ginger, salt, milk, maple syrup, and applesauce until combined.
- Cook over medium heat for about 9 to 15 minutes, stirring often. When the mixture thickens and the oats soften, it is ready.
- Stir in the pure vanilla extract and lemon juice (if using).
- Pour into a dish and serve with your desired toppings.
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This recipe really excites me because not only did I go crazy over the taste, but I love recipes that are based around simple, plant-based foods. They leave me feeling energized!
Add the oats, peeled and chopped apple, chia seeds, unsweetened applesauce, Almond milk, cinnamon, ginger, pinch of kosher salt into a pot and whisk well.
Cook for about 8 minutes over medium heat.
The applesauce, chia seeds, and chopped apple really bulk up this oatmeal! It turns into a huge bowl, which is always a good thing.
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts, cinnamon, and a drizzle of maple syrup!
Swirl.
and dig in to one of the most comforting bowls of oatmeal I have ever tried.
I also made someZucchini Bread Oatmeal last week…
Mmm. Zucchini Bread.
It was quite delicious, but the recipe still needs some tweaking before I am ready to share it! I am really excited about this one though.
You might want to check out my Carrot Cake Oatmeal too.
Monday mentionable:
1. Check out my new Favourite Sweets list on the right hand sidebar…I will be updating it on a regular basis with my favourite sweet treats.
Have a great start to your week!
YUM! Looks like I know what i’m having for breakfast tomorrow :)
Yummy! Did you know January is actually National Oatmeal Month. This is a great recipe to celebrate that! I think i’ll make something like this soon since I need to get back on track with eating some more oatmeal before winter is gone.
No I didnt but that is very fun! :)
I had something similar this morning and it was great! I love all your work on your blog.
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Oh my – this is BRILLIANT!
MMMMMM apples!
apple pie oatmeal and zucchini bread??????? mmmmmm
Thank you for the amazing inspiration and recipes. I have been making the carrot cake oatmeal at least once a week, and it is great. I have to try this one sometime this week.
Yum! Apple pie oatmeal sound delicious!
I told my husband that you posted this recipe and we are both excited to try it. We LOVE your carrot cake oatmeal!
Sounds so amazingly good! My sweet tooth is always kickin’ so I love the idea of eating these yummy treats for breakfast :)
I absolutely love oatmeal creativity! My favorite is oatmeal with peanut butter and chocolate chips. Sooo decadent!
I don’t really like apples in oatmeal, but my husband just picked up a packet of chai oats with apple and now I must try it.
I really love the zucchini bread oatmeal idea, but the apple pie one is really great too. YUM! :)
I have prepped this oatmeal for tomorrow and I am so excited! Thanks Angela! That bread looks great too. :)
This makes my college dorm room irish oats microwaved with a chopped apple, cinnamon, and almond butter look so much less gourmet… :)
Oh – but STILL oh-so-good! :)
Uh – yum? ;)
May I request Maple & Brown Sugar next possibly? :)
I admire how open you are about your previous eating disorder. Do you mind if I ask how you feel or your family feels about you being so open with it on such a, well, grand scale?! :) And also do you find that blogging or being around food all the time makes it more of an obsession or “fine line”?
I hope you don’t mind these questions! If not, ignore – you just seem very open and honest about them so I thought I’d ask :)
Peace.
I love all the new updates and changes to your blog..beautiful :) I am an apple pie freak, so this sounds heavently!
Looks amazing! I bet this would work great with quinoa :) I love apple pie anything, we made a apple pie parfait over the holidays, but now I want to make this!!!
I have added apples to my oatmeal, but it never looks aas good as yours. I’ll have to follow your recipe to a t. Your desserts always look so good and I love that you use natural whole foods ingredients.