If you're in an early morning eating rut, Breakfast Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas will change that boring routine. This healthy baked oats recipe is easy to make ahead and freeze in portions. Just pop in the microwave and and enjoy a nutritious protein oatmeal start to your busy day.
We doubled the recipe and came out with a total of 18 servings. Wouldn't this be just the dish if you were having company for a breakfast or brunch?
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- It tastes delicious and is good for you.
- A real timesaver in the morning when you're in a rush.
- Easy to freeze in portions.
- Ingredients are easy to find and versatile with what you have on hand.
We've conquered our boring rut with this breakfast baked oatmeal recipe. Yessiree!! Monday and Thursday will no longer be oatmeal with nuts topped with protein powder mixed with yogurt. Tuesday and Friday won't be homemade granola topped with protein powder mixed with yogurt. Wednesday and Saturday won't be bagels with peanut butter and honey. Sunday, our special break out of the routine day, will no longer be two fried eggs and toast.
🛒 Ingredients
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Note: The full list of this healthy baked oats recipe ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.
- Rolled oats -- not instant oatmeal
- Walnut pieces
- Light brown sugar
- Vanilla protein powder
- Baking powder -- we prefer the aluminum-free
- Cinnamon
- Sea salt
- Almond milk
- Eggs
- Coconut oil
- Vanilla extract
- Bananas
- Blueberries
- Coconut
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the healthy baked oatmeal instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In a bowl, mix together the oats, half the walnuts, the sugar, the baking powder, cinnamon, protein powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla.
- Arrange the bananas in a single layer in the bottom of a prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle ⅔ of the blueberries over the top.
- Cover the fruit with the oat mixture.
- Slowly drizzle the milk mixture over the oats, Gently tap the baking dish several times on the countertop to make sure the milk mixture fills in through the oats.
- Scatter the remaining berries and walnuts over the top. Sprinkle the toasted coconut over the walnuts and berries.
- Bake the berry oats casserole for 35 to 45 minutes in a preheated 375℉ oven until the top is nicely golden and the oat mixture sets.
🔪 Equipment
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Mixing bowls
- Casserole baking dish 15 X 10 (we made a large amount to freeze)
- Whisk
- Skillet - for toasting the nuts and coconut
🤔 FAQs
These are the questions we are most frequently asked the Healthy Baked Oatmeal Recipe.
Baked oats are a healthy and nutritious breakfast. Oatmeal is filling and delicious spiced up like a cake or a fruit bread.
Oats is a gluten-free whole grain and a great source of important vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. Studies show that oats and oatmeal have many health benefits including weight loss, lower blood sugar levels and a reduced risk of heart disease.
With baked oatmeal, all you have to do is toss your ingredients in a baking dish and pop it into the oven. In about 30 minutes, you've got a dish of steaming, tender oats that is nutritious and filling.
Instant oats are fast to prepare alone but don't work as well in baking. Their structure doesn't hold up as well in baked goods as regular oats or quick oats.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- For optimum taste, we always toast our walnuts and coconut before adding them to the rest of the ingredients. In fact, we do this whenever we use nuts or coconut in a recipe.
- Use whatever milk you like. We've made it with regular milk and also cashew. The breakfast baked oats was outstanding without too much of a difference.
- We always have vanilla protein powder on hand so that's what we use. If you have unsweetened protein powder, increase the brown sugar to ⅔ cup.
- A toothpick stuck in the middle of the breakfast baked oatmeal should come out moist but not runny. If the top is browning too quickly, loosely top it with aluminum foil.
📚 Variations
Use whatever berry you like, we've made the baked oats with strawberries and the dish was scrumptious.
🥫 Storage
Cut the breakfast blueberry oatmeal into portions, wrap in plastic wrap and freeze. It will keep in the freezer for months. To serve, remove the plastic wrap and pop in the microwave to thaw and warm.
📗 Related Recipes
If you are craving a quick grab and go breakfast, then these Apple Oatmeal Muffins are perfect for you. They also taste great as an afternoon snack or pick-me-up after a workout.
If you like breakfast casseroles you may like Smoked Salmon Breakfast. We make it every year for brunch Christmas morning. What is your favorite breakfast or brunch?
🍽 Serve with
The healthy breakfast baked oats is delicious with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla yogurt. If you want it a bit sweeter, pour a bit of maple syrup your breakfast portion.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
For more than twenty years, you could have guessed what day of the week it was, just by what we ate for breakfast. How boringly predictable!
Our Healthy Breakfast Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas recipe is just the start.
If you're looking for more quick morning starts that you can take with you, try our Homemade Original English Muffin Recipe that has all the nook and crannies of the original.
What's new? Check out my All Our Way Store on Amazon. We'll be adding more items we love and use or wish we had to make cooking fun and easy.
📝 Recipe Card
Now you'd think since we love to cook, we love to eat, and we love to write about food, that we would have come up with some interesting recipes and variations for breakfast, wouldn't you?
Well , our breakfast baked oatmeal with fruit, coconut and nuts is just the beginning. You're going to love the tase and how nutritious it is.
Next time you find yourself with a carton of plump juicy blueberries, put some aside so you can make our fantastic Lemon Blueberry Bottom Pie with Whipped Cream. So good chilled or frozen!
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📖 Recipe
Breakfast Baked Oatmeal With Blueberries and Bananas
Ingredients
- 4 ½ cups rolled oats not instant
- 1 cup walnut pieces toasted and chopped
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- 4 scoops vanilla protein powder -- ours is lightly sweetened. If you use unsweetened increase the brown sugar to ⅔ cup
- 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- Scant 1 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
- 4 cups almond milk
- 2 large eggs
- 5 Tablespoons melted coconut oil and cooled slightly
- 4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 4 ripe bananas cut into ½-inch pieces
- 3 cups blueberries or berries of choice
- ½ cup lightly toasted coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F with a rack in the top third of the oven. Generously butter the inside of a 15 x 10 baking dish.
- In a bowl, mix together the oats, half the walnuts, the sugar, the baking powder, cinnamon, protein powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla.
- Arrange the bananas in a single layer in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle ⅔ of the berries over the top. Cover the fruit with the oat mixture. slowly drizzle the milk mixture over the oats. Gently tap the baking dish several times on the countertop to make sure the milk mixture fills in through the oats. Scatter the remaining berries and remaining walnuts across the top. Sprinkle the toasted coconut over the walnuts and berries.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the tip is nicely golden and the oat mixture has set. A toothpick stuck in the middle of the dish should come out moist but not runny. If the top is browning too quickly loosely top with aluminum foil.
- Drizzle with some maple syrup if you want it a bit sweeter or sweetened whipped cream. The second time we ate this for breakfast we mixed a scoop of protein powder with ⅓ cup plain yogurt and put it over both our oatmeal bake.
Notes
- We doubled the recipe and froze the extra. If you like you can easily halve the recipe and make this in a 8-in square baking dish.
- For optimum taste, we always toast our walnuts and coconut before adding them to the rest of the ingredients. In fact, we do this whenever we use nuts or coconut in a recipe.
- Use whatever milk you like. We've made it with regular milk and also cashew. The breakfast baked oats was outstanding without too much of a difference.
- We always have vanilla protein powder on hand so that's what we use. If you have unsweetened protein powder, increase the brown sugar to ⅔ cup.
- A toothpick stuck in the middle of the breakfast baked oatmeal should come out moist but not runny. If the top is browning too quickly, loosely top it with aluminum foil.
Nutrition
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The recipe was easy to make in a big casserole dish and prepare the night before.
We are going to make our breakfasts exciting. Our morning meal is going to be as tantalizing as our lunch and dinner. No more "blah". Forget ho hum. No more being able to tell what day of the week it is by our breakfast.
Un caro saluto e alla prossima.
