Heart Healthy Baked Blueberry Pie Oatmeal
A delicious, healthy and comforting breakfast! Also great for meal prep - you can whip up a big batch at the beginning of the week, and have breakfasts already prepped for the week! Gluten-free, dairy-free, oil-free and vegan friendly.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Rolled Oats
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups Califia Farms Unsweetened Original Almond Milk
- 1/4 cup 100% pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg or flax egg For flax egg: combine 1 tbsp ground flaxseed with 2 tbsp water in separate bowl. Place in the refrigerator while you prepare rest of recipe. Once ready, add to recipe.
- 2 cups organic blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
Optional Toppings
- Bob's Red Mill Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- Drizzle of nut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 9” by 9” baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the rolled oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, chia seeds, and sea salt.
- In a smaller bowl, combine the egg (or flax egg), unsweetened applesauce, unsweetened almond milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract, and whisk together.
- First, pour the dry ingredients (from the large bowl) into the baking pan, as well as 1 ½ cups of the organic blueberries.
- Then, pour the wet ingredients (from the smaller bowl) into the baking pan and gently shake the pan to allow the dry and wet ingredients to intertwine
- Finish by topping the last ½ cup of organic blueberries and the sliced almonds on top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The recipe is done when you are able to remove a toothpick cleanly.
- Cut into 6-8 pieces and top with desired toppings or eat as is, and enjoy!
Notes
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to a week, which makes this recipe great for batch cooking.
- Use frozen organic blueberries in place of fresh, and in this case you do not have to thaw beforehand, just simply follow the recipe as is.
- Option to add 2 - 4 scoops of collagen powder to this recipe to make it higher in protein.
- *To make a flax egg, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 2 tablespoons of water in a separate small bowl, and then place in the fridge while you continue to prepare the rest of the ingredients (~15 minutes). From there, you’ll simply pour it into the wet ingredients and continue on with the recipe as is.