You can also try our Baked Oatmeal recipe for more breakfast options. I’ve often thought of breakfast as the most challenging meal of the day. Eating something nutritious that will last takes planning and, often, more energy than I’m willing to put in. That leaves me on the lookout for breakfast recipes that can be made in advance but will keep me satisfied till lunch. Even better if they can be enjoyed by picky kids! Neither of my kids were big fans of oatmeal, even if it was drenched in chocolate or syrup. I blame the texture. But what if we could have all the goodness of oatmeal in a different form? And even better if we could eat it on the go!
Oatmeal Muffins
So, here is where these miracle-like oatmeal muffins come in. They are by all accounts “baked oatmeal” but they are shaped like muffins and have that muffin texture that we all find so satisfying in the morning! Better yet, they have absolutely no flour in them. Instead they are packed with things like bran, chia seeds, almond butter and any dried fruit, nuts or seeds you might want in yours. And they are sweetened with low-GI agave nectar that doesn’t spike your blood sugar level. I started making these oatmeal muffins a year ago when trying to eat low-carb. And although oats are very much carbs, the rolled kind are the right kind of carb. They are the slow slow burning kind that keeps your body satisfied and nourished for hours. I developed this recipe for me, but the kids ended up loving them too. The funny thing is that they didn’t know all the nutritious background details about the recipe. All they could see were muffins and they knew they LOVED muffins.
