This is your new favorite breakfast.
Or rather, my new favorite breakfast.
This delicious breakfast recipe is super–filling (and keeps you full for a long time), and it’s extremely easy and quick to prepare.
I don’t usually eat the same thing for breakfast more than two days in a row, because there are way too many delicious Healthy Breakfast Recipes out there (pancakes! oatmeal! waffles!). But this one’s so good that it’s all I’ve been craving the last four days.
Pumpkin Bread in a Bowl
(can be gluten-free)
Inspired by Banana Bread Cereal.
- 1/3 c canned pumpkin (or cooked pumpkin or sweet potato puree)
- 3/4 c milk of choice
- 1 cup flake cereal (I like spelt flakes, but bran, corn, etc will work. Some people have even used oatmeal!)
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- sweetener (such as stevia, sugar, or even maple syrup)
- optional: chocolate chips, pecans
Blend all ingredients together. The cereal will have a thin consistency at first, but if you leave it in the fridge (after blending) for even just 10 minutes, it starts to get really thick! I usually make it before I run, and it’s the consistency of thick pudding by the time I return.
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If you’re using the optional pecans or chocolate chips, you can either blend them right in or sprinkle them on top after serving.
Above, swirled with Vegan Cool Whip.
I like to blend things: Any things. All things. When you blend a bunch of ingredients, the individual flavors fuse together, for one amazing new taste. By blending this recipe, you get pumpkin, vanilla, spice, and crunch all in one delicious spoonful. I swear, one of these days I’m going to try blending a pb&j sandwich…
Thank you Katie!! I just know I will love your Pumpkin Bread in a Bowl Recipe..can’t wait to make it tomorrow!!
I tried this for breakfast this morning and it was fantastic! Better yet, it filled me up and kept me full all morning, through my workout until lunch. Thanks so much!
This was really good! Thanks for posting this.
I tried this and measured everything but it never thickened. I opted for wheat chex. Do you think that would make that big of a textural difference?
The tase is yum!
Did you wait at least twenty minutes before eating it?
This was delicious! I made mine with oatmeal so had to make a few changes. After leaving it in the refrigerator for an hour it was still not quite right. I added some water and threw it in the microwave for about 2 minutes! viola! I should have known the oatmeal needed to be cooked. So my bowl was hot but still delicious. I added some vanilla almond milk on top with some walnuts and drizzled with agave. yummmm. Thanks for the recipe!! Your food always looks amazing!
Rice grits!! I had just resided to the fact that there was absolutely no possible way to make those icky guys taste delicious… and then it hit me! I substituted the cereal flakes for cooked rice grits and viola- you just mix all the ingredients together and it makes a yummy hot dish that doesn’t even need to be put through the blender!
I just made this for breakfast and it was fantastic!! I have tried several of your recipes and they have all been amazing! I share your blog with all who will listen!! I am so thankful to Pinterest for bringing you to me! Have a great day!
Aww thank you!!
Just made this. Thank you again, Katie, for another awesome recipe! Very filling, awesome. I used old fashioned oats, almond milk, and put in pumpkin pie spice. It all went in the food processor. Great right out of the processor and warmed in the micro too.
This is my favorite of all your recipes! I make this for my breakfast all the time. If I’m really hungry, I’ll use oatmeal using your voluminous oatmeal trick, skip the milk and double the other ingredients, and still very yummy!!!:) This is my all-time favorite breakfast!
Katie, you were SO right. This is now my favorite breakfast, I’ve had it everyday this week. I didn’t have any flake cereal, so I used the Fiber One “twig” cereal instead (34g of fiber!), maple syrup for the sweetener, and unsweetened vanilla almond milk. IT’S AWESOME! And so are YOU 🙂