Well, it is back to reality after such an amazing weekend!! If you missed out on my last 2 posts, then be sure to check out some pictures from my one year anniversary and enter a contest to win some of my homemade granola! The odds of winning are with you. Just saying…
Anyway, I have a lot of catching up to do in the working world; send out multiple emails, answer reader questions, write posts for a few other bloggers, and then there is of course my REAL job. SO, with that said, today I will bring you a delightful morning treat: Pumpkin Cookie Oatmeal. The inspiration for this particular bowl came from the recipe I used for pumpkin oatmeal cookies.
Naturally, I loved this recipe SO much that I took the components that made up the cookies and turned it in to a bowl of oatmeal. Spot on!! I loved how the white chocolate morsels slowly melted in to the deep obiss of whole grain goodness. Sheer magic. The shredded bits of dried cherries add an insanely pleasing blast of sweetness! You cannot go wrong with this bowl of pumpkin cookie oatmeal!
Pumpkin Cookie Oatmeal
Serves 1
- 1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oats
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- Cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice…until you get it right!
- 1/3 cup pure pureed pumpkin
- 1 small mashed banana
- a few white chocolate chip morsels
- drizzle of 100% pure organic maple syrup (to taste)
- 1-2 T dried cherries, diced in to little bits
Directions:
Add milk and water into saucepan and when begins to boil, toss in the oats. Stir and reduce heat to a simmer. Add spices, 1/2 mashed banana, 1/2 the cherry bits, and pumpkin puree. Allow to simmer for 5-7 minutes or until it reaches your desired consistency. Drizzle in a teaspoon or so of some pure maple syrup, stir, and pour in to bowl. Top oats with other half of mashed banana, cherry bites, white chocolate chips, and another teensy drizzle of maple syrup!
Nutritional Profile: ~420 calories, 7.2 g fat (3.7 g sat), 14 g Fiber, 12 g protein
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Yum – I’ve always been an adventurous oatmeal maker myself! Happen to have some organic pumpkin on hand. Dark choco chips would be great choice to add some healthy fat, as some of you mentioned chocolate in your response.
Wow! Yummy! Add some chocolate syrup will make it yummier! I should better try this one. My hubby will like this and I am sure of that.
This cookie is surely perfect for some kid’s Halloween parties. Maybe some chocolate syrup will make it yummier.
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Oh my God – that looks so good! How do you come up with the nutritional profile by the way?
I am all about oatmeal like this! i’d be a happy girl with any kind of cookie oatmeal
I’m all about getting my “cookies” in my breakfast meal! This bowl of oats looks great…and I wonder what some fresh or dried cranberries would add to your concoction. I’m all about these pumpkin recipes. I can’t get enough of the stuff! Thanks for sharing, sweet woman!
Eating this breakfast would make me the happiest woman on the planet.
Dee-lish! I honestly think white chocolate chips are one of the best little decadent treats around
Add pumpkin cookie goodness into the mix, and that’s some PERFECT oatmeal!
Glad you had a great anniversary weekend!
I want this now!!! YUM!
i think pumpkin, cookie, and oatmeal, are my 3 favorite words (besides chocolate.) hey i just wrote a post about the best method on giving patients/clients advice on weight loss. looking forward to hearing your thoughts, being a dietician and all
I love cookie inspired oatmeal, baking chips are always a good choice at breakfast!
This looks amazing Erin! I will have to try this one for sure! Thanks for the recipe. I have been looking for a new oatmeal recipe.
miiiiiiiight have to make this on saturday morning! YUM!
What will food bloggers do when pumpkin goes out of season! glad you had a good anniversary!
I looove pumpkin oatmeal and I looovee cookies..so no doubt this is fantastic. Yumm!!
OK this gets my mojo going. I have all these tasty ingredients at home, need to throw them all together!!
That sounds delicious!! One day I am going to have to break down and actually have oatmeal. it never sounds good to me in the morning, but when I see recipes like your’s, it makes me droooool!
Yummy! I added some pumpkin spice to my oatmeal this morning and loved it! That recipe looks like it will keep me full for hours.
This sounds AMAZING!! Wish I would have had this for breakfast today.