I love breakfast. I love hash browns and scrambled eggs and bacon. I love French toast and pancakes. And I love oatmeal. It didn’t start out that way.
As a child I remember eating Oscar Meyer liver sausage on toast with little dried minced onions on top. Yuck.
I know. Really yuck. I remember Fruit Loops and Rice Krinkles, Apple Cinnamon Cereal and Captain Crunch.
And I remember my father making pancakes or fried eggs on Sunday morning.
(He let my mother sleep in because this was always on a Sunday morning before Sunday school.)
My father was a cook in the army, we were often reminded.
I remember him telling us about the SOS dinner. He called it shit on a shingle. I am quoting here.
It was, I believe dried shaved corn beef in white gravy over toast.
Luckily I never had to partake in that.
But now that I’m thinking of it we did eat a lot of those Buddig shaved meats that come in plastic packages.
I think I might have had those on toast, too.
But back to oatmeal. I was not a fan of it growing up.
I remember my brother eating oatmeal. It never looked good to me.
It was soupy and lumpy and tan. It was not this healthy oatmeal bake!
He sprinkled poured sugar over the top, salted it, put on lots of butter, no it wasn’t butter because I don’t remember butter in my house, only margarine, or that stuff that was in a tub, (which was
probably margarine, too) and then he poured milk over it.
No fruit or nuts so no oatmeal bananas thing going on.
Just soupy, lumpy oatmeal topped with sugar and salt and that yucky margarine that always for some weird reason had a coconut taste to me.
But then again, he probably didn’t like liver sausage.
Well, it took me a long time to make oatmeal. I think I was on a diet when I first tried it.
And guess what? I discovered I liked it.
Maybe it was because granola was popular and I was getting use to eating toasted oats that I then decided I could cook them. Whatever.
I am now very happy to eat oatmeal.
Recently I spotted a baked oatmeal recipe.
I thought it sounded good but more complicated than I wanted to do first thing in the morning. So I simplified it.
My husband eats oatmeal every day and I don’t like his version.
It is thick and gloppy and tasteless.
And when he is kind and makes it for me, I try to be polite, but I know when my daughter says to me, “Dad made you oatmeal” and she hasn’t put her spoon in it first, well, you get the picture, don’t you?
Maybe next time when he wakes up before me he’ll pop some of this into the oven.
Because that is what it is good for.
Get your dish out. Mix it up in a bowl. Put it in your greased dish to bake while you shower.
Get dressed. Walk back to the kitchen where you are greeted with this sensuous smell of bananas and cinnamon.
Whether you made it or he made it won’t matter.
You will just be glad that you have a great way to start your day!
Recipe
Banana Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 45 Minutes
- Total Time: 60 Minutes
- Yield: 2-3 Servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Description
This blueberry baked oatmeal with applesauce and nuts is one great way to start your day.
Ingredients
1 c chopped nuts (Mix and match your favorites and toast for extra flavor)
½ c oats
¾ c applesauce (I used cinnamon)
2 T maple Syrup, agave, honey, brown sugar, or your favorite
sweetner
2 t vanilla
⅛ t salt
½ t cinnamon if you like
1 ¼ c milk (your favorite be it real, almond, soy, coconut, etc)
1 c fruit (dried, frozen or fresh-I used ½ c frozen blueberries
and 1 banana)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
Spread in a greased dish.
Bake for about 45 minutes.
Pour more milk over top if you want. Eat and enjoy.
Notes
Oatmeal can be reheated the next day and it can also be eaten cold.
Abbe Odenwalder says
I'm so glad you liked it!
Adharae says
Delicious! 😀
Anu says
Great with oatmeal!!!! Looks so tempting with blueberry
manu says
This looks crazy delicious!! Exactly what I need to start my day off.. I'm from London and apple sauce is not really a staple in our supermarkets, is it a crucial ingredient or is there a substitute?
Have a great day!
Manu
Abbe Odenwalder says
Manu, other than pureeing whatever fruit you prefer, you need something to thicken this. Since applesauce isn't available do they have other fruit sauces like pear, perhaps? If you don't use it, it will just be a bit thinner.
Abbe Odenwalder says
The bananas are the best part Cake Whiz, but chocolate oatmeal sounds pretty good to me! Natalie, this sounds right up your alley. I know you will enjoy it!
Natalie G says
Looks like my kind of breakfast! Oats and banana always go so good together.
cakewhiz says
i know what you mean... i never ate oatmeal as a kid coz it looked so icky and soupy. then, i tried it while i was pregnant and thought it wasn't that bad. obviously, being a choco-holic, i make a chocolate oatmeal and it tastes delish!
i will have have to try your blueberry banana version soon too coz i like bananas 😀
Abbe Odenwalder says
Thanks Angie. Enjoy it!
Angie's Recipes says
O yes, this is a perfect breakfast! Lots of fiber and goodies!
Abbe Odenwalder says
That's because you have such good food at dinner! In any case, remember oats are good for your heart! But this is good, none the less! 🙂
ChgoJohn says
I'm not much of a brakfast person and even less if oatmeal is on the menu. Still, I'd be willing to give this one a try. There's just so much to like about this dish, with its nuts and fruit. It's certainly not some gloppy mess. 🙂
Kitchen Riffs says
I haven't thought of those Buddig shaved meats in years! And yes, I've actually made SOS with them. I should do that again someday, only make it decent. 😉 I used to eat oatmeal, but it's been awhile - I'm more into fruit and a hard-boiled egg for breakfast these days. But the recipe looks great and the dish itself is quite attractive. Good stuff - thanks.
Abbe Odenwalder says
You will love it Meirv and Amy, I totally agree!
Amy says
I love breakfast too. Sounds like you had many varieties and adventurous breakfast items in the past! 🙂 I think I would settle with this beautiful oatmeal instead of liver sausage on toast. 😉
Meirav says
I eat oatmeal every morning. I'm glad now I can try a different (and easy to make!) way to eat my oatmeal.
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