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.
Click to see the Nutrition Information.
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…
I just made this last night to have for breakfast and it is so good! I tripled the batch so I can have some made for a couple days and it seems fine to have it in the fridge for that long. For the cereal I did a cup of maple brown sugar weight control oatmeal for extra fiber and protein plus more seasoning. I then added 2 cups of cinnamon life cereal for even more flavoring. I still added the cinnamon and vanilla. (I love cinnamon) You can really taste the oatmeal so I heated it up because that felt right and added a scoop of Greek plain yogurt because I thought it needed a little creaminess but didn’t want whipped cream in the morning. Thanks for the recipe, it is just perfect for the fall and I love that it can be breakfast or dessert!
On my to-make list for my run tomorrow!
BTW I had my jaw wired shut about 7 years ago and had to put everything in a blender with lots of liquid. The PB&J in a blender was a massive fail, but if anyone could do it, I know you could! I know Jamba Juice has a PB&J smoothie but I know yours would be far superior! : )
Hi Katie!
I was wondering what kind of canned pumpkin should be used- the pie filling kind or the just pumpkin kind (I was told the just pumpkin kind is bland and a friend had questioned me on what one to get). Thanks!!
I used plain canned pumpkin and is tasted just fine! The seasoning in the recipe makes it not bland.
I made this for breakfast this morning. Absolutely wonderful! I used pumpkin pie spice in it, blended it with some pecans, then topped it with cinnamon and more pecans. Simple and filling. 🙂
I’m eating this now,
My taste buds have all just died
And gone to heaven.
(^My little Haiku, to you! 😀 )
This recipe blew me away! I’m an absolute pumpkin fanatic; when I made it this morning I was completely convinced I was really eating pumpkin bread with a spoon 🙂 I will definitely be trying the other options as well.
To people who used oats instead of flake cereal, did you use them dry or cookthem up first? I was wondering if cooking would make thefinal result too soggy…?
Thanks
XO Gen
I am wondering the same thing!! I guess it doesn’t hurt to try both ways. I was thinking that if I don’t cook them that it would be better using quick oats instead.
Blended PB&J using your vitamix…1 cup almond milk, 1 packet stevia, 2 TBSP natural peanut butter (I like Adam’s), and 1 cup frozen mixed berries (I buy from Costco w/ blue, rasp & blackberries). Blend in vitamix and voila…PB&J smoothie in a cup. Delish!
Hi Katie, is it possible for you to list the carbohydrate amounts in your recipes? That way I can track my weight watchers points…thanks!
Vanessa
Hi Vanessa! Katie has started including WW points in the nutritional info for her more recent recipes… it’s the older posts that don’t have it. But calorieking.com and myfitnesspal.com are both really handy for looking these things up whenever you can’t find the info here. Hope that helps!
oh baby was this delicious! I’ve been overdosing on plain canned pumpkin for weeks, and this is by far my favorite way to use it! i was tempted to indulge in seconds…or even thirds…that wouldn’t have been bad right? If I used a really big bowl, it would have looked like only one serving! 😉