Description
Pumpkin oatmeal tastes like pumpkin pie in breakfast form. It’s packed with healthy ingredients, and only takes 7 minuets to make. Perfect weekday breakfast!
Ingredients
Scale
Pumpkin oatmeal:
- 1/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (click here for the recipe)
- pinch of salt
- 2/3 cup cold filtered water
- 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup egg whites (I buy egg whites that come in a carton)
Yogurt “whipped cream” (optional):
- 3 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt (full fat would be really yummy here)
- 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- splash of pure vanilla extract
Optional Toppings:
- pecans or walnuts
- pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
Instructions
- Mix: To a microwave safe bowl add the oats, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Give it a quick stir so that everything is well combined. Add the water, pumpkin puree, vanilla, and maple syrup – set the egg whites aside for now.
- Cook: Pop the bowl of oats in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Add the egg whites: Remove the bowl from the microwave and very slowly stream the egg whites into the oatmeal with one hand while stirring the oatmeal with the other hand until all the egg whites are mixed into the oatmeal. Don’t dump the egg whites in all at once, otherwise they will scramble from the heat of the oats.
- Cook again: Return the bowl to the microwave and cook on high for 1 more minute. The oatmeal will have puffed up quite a bit from the egg whites. It’s okay if the center is some what loose, they are still cooked enough. Give the oatmeal a good stir, it should be thick an creamy…and make your kitchen smell like pumpkin pie! YUM!
- Make the yogurt “whipped cream” (optional): in a small bowl combine the Greek yogurt with the vanilla and maple syrup.
- Finish: Top the warm oatmeal with the yogurt “whipped cream” and any of the pecans, walnuts, or pepitas you would like. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon or extra pumpkin spice, if desired. Enjoy immediately.
Notes
pumpkin pie spice – I love making my own – it’s so easy. Click here for the recipe.
To make 2 servings: You can easily double this recipe to make 2 servings at once. I like to heat mine in a large liquid measuring cup so that the handle doesn’t get as hot in the microwave. I add the two servings to the bowl and microwave for 2 minutes each time. When it’s done I divide the amount between two serving bowls and then top with the desired amount of toppings.
