Can’t get bread down your throat in the morning? Do breakfast drinks and cruesli contain too many sugars and saturated fats? Oatmeal offers the solution! With oatmeal you can have a very varied and healthy breakfast. Moreover, your breakfast is made quickly and tastes delicious! There is so much variation possible that there is a tasty oatmeal breakfast for everyone.
Oatmeal has long ceased to be the food for poor people. It contains all kinds of healthy substances such as vitamin B1, magnesium and phosphorus. In addition, oatmeal contains a lot of fiber, which aids digestion. Due to the large amount of fiber that oatmeal contains, one retains a full feeling for a long period, one can get through the whole morning on an oatmeal breakfast! People who regularly eat oatmeal also have a more even blood sugar level, and eating oatmeal regularly lowers cholesterol levels.
The oatmeal breakfasts below don’t just include the healthy oatmeal. Other essential nutrients are also ingested, because every breakfast contains cereals, dairy and fruit and / or nuts.
Simple porridge
- 480 ml of milk
- 37 grams of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- 200 grams of apple in fine pieces
- 75 grams raisins or dates (pitted)
- 90 grams of oatmeal
Put all ingredients in a saucepan. Mix the ingredients well. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Stir well. Then spoon the porridge into a bowl and leave it covered in the refrigerator for 8 to 9 hours, or overnight.
Tropical muesli (1 person)
- 50 grams of oatmeal
- hazelnuts and almonds
- 10 grams of coconut
- 20 grams of banana
- dried apricots
- Possibly other fresh fruit, such as kiwis, grapes or berries
- yogurt
Coarsely chop the nuts and dried fruit and cut the fresh fruit into pieces. First, mix the oatmeal with the dried fruits and nuts. Add the yogurt. Then spoon in the fresh fruit.
Banana and oatmeal (1 person)
- 50 grams of oatmeal
- 1 banana
- A few drops of lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of raisins
- Possibly some shredded or melted chocolate
- Yogurt
Mash the banana in a deep bowl. Mix in the raisins, oatmeal and lemon juice (and possibly the chocolate). Then pour yogurt over it. Mix well.
Porridge with fruit and nuts (serves 2)
- 100 grams of oatmeal
- 2 glasses of milk
- 1 apple
- 1 pear
- 3 strawberries
- 3 raspberries
- almonds and other nuts
Place the oatmeal and milk in a saucepan. Bring to the boil while stirring and cook for 5 minutes (you can also microwave the oatmeal and milk for 2 minutes). In the meantime, cut the apple and pear into cubes. Add them to the oatmeal mixture. Add the nuts and mix well. Finish with the strawberries and raspberries (or other seasonal fruit).
Apricot-honey breakfast (4 persons)
- 840 ml of water
- 45 grams of dried apricots, cut into pieces
- 85 grams of honey
- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
- 310 grams of oatmeal
In a saucepan, bring the water to the boil with the apricots, honey and cinnamon. Slowly add the oatmeal. Let it cook for another 5 minutes (until almost all the moisture has been absorbed). Stir regularly.
Fruity oatmeal breakfast (4 persons)
- 480 ml apple juice
- 415 grams of fresh fruit (combination of banana, strawberry, nectarine, peach of your choice)
- 310 grams of oatmeal
- 225 ml vanilla yogurt
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and put breakfast in the fridge overnight or for 8 hours.
Oatmeal with sunflower seeds (1 person)
- 1 teaspoon of sunflower seeds
- 1 teaspoon of dried cranberries
- 240 ml of milk
- 45 grams of oatmeal
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. No cooking is necessary, so only the texture is lost.