You’re going to think I’m crazy…
That’s okay.
My grandma always said, “If they’re laughing at you, at least you got someone to laugh.”
I like making people laugh. So please laugh all you want at my crazy idea for Frappuccino Oatmeal… But give this recipe a chance and I bet you will be astonished at how delicious it is!
When Starbucks starts selling it in 5 years, maybe then you won’t think I’m so crazy. 😉
Frappuccino Oatmeal
(can be gluten-free!)
Recipe from here: CCK Oatmeal Recipes
- 1 serving rolled oats (See nutrition link below, for all substitution notes)
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 cup water or more milk of choice
- 1/4 tsp salt (important to add before cooking)
- 1 tsp instant coffee granules (I use Mt. Hagen decaf.)
- sweetener of choice
Microwave option: Combine first four ingredients in a large pyrex measuring cup, and microwave 4 minutes (watching during the last minute to make sure it doesn’t spill over). Leave in the closed microwave 5 extra minutes, then transfer—uncovered—to the refrigerator to sit overnight and absorb the liquid. The next day, add the coffee, a tiny pinch more salt, and sweetener. Stir, and reheat if desired. (I actually like eating this cold!)
Stovetop option: Combine all ingredients (Cut the water back to 1/2 cup if you’re not planning to let it sit overnight). Cook, stirring occasionally, until oats are soft and fluffy (or until they’re still a little liquidy if you want to let it sit uncovered overnight in the fridge). If desired, chill in the fridge. Otherwise, serve and enjoy.
Topped with my favorite melted Homemade Chocolate.
Question of the Day:
Do you care about what other people think of you?
I used to. A lot. When I was in fourth grade, I completely gave up playing with Barbies just because some girls told me it was babyish. (I bet they secretly still played with Barbies, too!) In middle school, my friends and I practically lived in the bathroom, always checking the mirror to apply extra makeup and make sure our hair was perfect. (Rolls eyes at younger self.)
Thankfully I grew out of my awkward middle-school phase and gradually began doing my own thing and caring less and less what others thought about it. If people think I’m odd, that’s perfectly fine. Being normal is so boring! 🙂
Hey Katie!
Thanks for the post! One question: how do you make your oatmeal “sticky”? Mine usually just ends up watery and not so good. Any secrets you can share?
If you’re doing it on the stovetop, try cooking it with a bit less water! You’ll need to watch it because it cooks pretty quick… Use maybe, say, 1/2 cup of water for 1/3 a cup of oats. Then if some of the oats are still not cooked, add a bit more water… but just a bit, you don’t want them to be sitting there all watery if you’re eating them immediatly. You’ll find a proportion of oats/water you like after some experimentation.
Thank you, Caroline! I’ll give it a go.
Thanks, Caroline! I just edited my post with your suggestion.
Stephanie: also, if there’s extra water left you can put it UNcovered in the fridge overnight. The next day, much (if not all) of the extra water will have been absorbed, leaving the oats perfect and fluffy.
Thanks so much, Katie!
Haha I don’t think you’re crazy at all! Now when you post a recipe for oatmeal with, say, cucumbers and chocolate, then I’ll start giving the side eye 😉
Just today I made a lemon pie with cauliflower. Is that weird enough? 😉
Not sure if you remember the blogger Heather Eats Almond Butter, but she used to put beets, cauliflower, and even spinach in her oatmeal!
this looks so good!! I love all of your recipes… I would LOVE it if you made a healthy carrot cake/cupcake recipe! (the macadamia nut + chocolate chip cookies were a hit!)
I have this one: https://lett-trim.today/2012/04/03/five-minute-carrot-cake-for-one/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I’m also working on an actual big cake, maybe for the cookbook.
I used to put cocoa, coffee and cayenne pepper into my oats. mexican chocolate oats!
I have tried this for this morning and LOVED it! Made my day right from the start :). So nice! And because it is very hot where I live I ate them cold. Thank you Katie!!
I ate mine cold too. It was like an iced coffee in a bowl. Sounds weird, but it was delicious! I didn’t want breakfast to end :).
Most people think I’m crazy. It’s not even interesting anymore so I just don’t care.
I’ve been putting instant coffee (mainly decaf but who cares….) in my breakfast concoctions for the last 10 years and people always look at it like it is poisonous. To me the smell is simply irresistible. My favorite one is a mix of plain yogurt, mashed banana, cocoa cookies, coffee, cocoa powder, peanut butter and some other (not so) secret ingredients and I never get tired of it. If people don’t like it, there will just be more for me.
I can’t believe I have never thought to do this- given how much I love both coffee and oatmeal! Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that just seem the most brilliant! I have to have some kind of fruit in my oatmeal though (usually banana). I wonder if that would make the flavor taste “off.”
I’d like to say that I’m way too old to care what others think about me, but there’s an insecure part of me that always will. But- for the most part, I do what makes ME happy, without being “selfish” about it. I do want others to be happy as well. 🙂
I am a serious oatmeal and coffee addict so I don’t know why I’ve never thought to combine the two together. But last night when I was searching for an idea for a dinner and saw your recipe, I immediately knew I had to try it! I have another bowl cooking right now for breakfast so obviously the results were pretty good. 🙂 Thanks for the idea, Katie!
Yum! This was my breakfast today. I made it with almond milk and mixed chopped almonds in and it was delish!
Your not crazy, your a genius!! I love it!!
Katie, I just had this for breakfast. It was incredible! I must agree with the person above me. You are a chocolate-covered genius, and I am so thankful I found your website. What would my tummy do without it? 😉
Made this today using 1T chia seeds instead of letting it sit overnight, added 1T choc chips and some stevia. Delicious!
yum that looks good! I was going to suggest that a mocha frappuccino oatmeal would be even better, but as I read further it turned out you already had that idea. Silly me, thinking you would forget the chocolate 😉
Did you already do the Vita-Mix giveaway? The post didn’t say on which day you would do the drawing.
She’s going to announce the winner in a future post… The company wanted the contest open for a few weeks, so it’s not over yet! 🙂
This sounds absolutely delicious! If everything could be coffee flavored, I’d be on cloud 9. Definitely going to try it!
Thank you for another great one!
You could make it cappuccino-like by adding french vanilla into it as well… Hmm… the possibilities. Some hazlenuts, or some irish cream… (although that wouldn’t exactly be vegan).
No laughing at you…what a great spin!! 🙂