Name: Healthy Oatmeal with Fruit and Nuts
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: ¾ cup rolled oats; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; Pinch of sea salt; ¼ cup fresh berries (optional); ½ ripe banana, sliced (optional); 2 tablespoons chopped nuts, such as walnuts, pecans, or cashews (optional); 2 tablespoons dried fruit, such as raisins, cranberries, chopped apples, chopped; Apricots (optional); Maple syrup (optional)

Ready In: 15 minutes
Makes about 1½ cups
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Oatmeal is one of my favorite breakfast foods. It is quick to prepare and easily adaptable to my ever-changing moods—some days I want it with fruit, some days I want it plain, and sometimes I want a little bit of everything in it (that’s when I include all of the optional ingredients listed here!). This basic recipe is all you need to get started … add as much or as little of the extras as you like.

From The Forks Over Knives Plan

By Del Sroufe, Sep 5, 2015

Ingredients

¾ cup rolled oats
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt
¼ cup fresh berries (optional)
½ ripe banana, sliced (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped nuts, such as walnuts, pecans, or cashews (optional)
2 tablespoons dried fruit, such as raisins, cranberries, chopped apples, chopped
Apricots (optional)
Maple syrup (optional)

Instructions

Combine the oats and 1½ cups water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the water has been absorbed, about 5 minutes.
Stir in the cinnamon and salt. Top with the berries, banana, nuts, and/or dried fruit, as you like. If desired, pour a little maple syrup on top. Serve hot.

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Could you add 2% milk?8 months ago

Could you add 2% milk?

Maggie1 year ago

Delicious and healthy!

Steve Legenre2 years ago

This is absolutely delicious. Just make sure the dried fruits you use are not loaded with Sodium and extra sugars, more fresh fruit can be a better alternative.

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Del Sroufe

Chef Del Sroufe is co-owner and executive chef of Wellness Forum Foods, a whole-food, plant-based meal delivery and catering service in Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook and Better Than Vegan. Del teaches cooking classes and helps people transition to a healthy plant-based diet.

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