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…
Ooooh this seems like it would be pretty portable for an at-work breakfast!
woman, you’ve made my day! I LOVE bread pudding but since having to go GF its much more difficult to make. THis is a great idea.
Aw I’m so glad! I love bread pudding too… haven’t had it in years! Maybe I should try and make some!
Oh my world!! This looks amazing!! I love pumpkin and I’ve been making everything with it. The other day I added frozen pumpkin ( I used an ice tray) to the cake batter milkshake…no words to describe…almost like pumpkin ice cream!!
BTW Love love your recipes!!
Oh wow, I love love love your pumpkin cake batter idea! 🙂
I’m going to have to whip out the blender at the house I nanny at…hopefully the boys will sleep through the blending!
I can’t wait to try this! I love your banana bread in a bowl, but pumpkin sounds even better!
I love how pretty the blue bowl is! Great contrast to the orange color. 🙂
Sorry Katie and Sarah – I screwed up the replies…
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Natasha
This is definetly my new favourite breakie! Looks great 🙂
You’re right – this IS my favorite breakfast!!!
I love that you’re posting so many pumpkin recipes! There’s no such thing as too much pumpkin…ever! This looks so good, especially in that brilliant blue bowl. Makes for lovely photos! 🙂
I’m seriously going to go make this right now!
I just made this for myself and it’s delicious! It truly is just like eating pumpkin pie, only much more nutritious. I cannot wait to try the banana bread in a bowl. Thanks for such a great idea, Katie.
I am so excited you already made it!!
I love your blog! How do you think of all these ways to combine things? its brilliant AND tasty 🙂
thanks for keeping at it!
Haha I just reeeaally love to blend things! I’m a five-year-old inside :).
This post reminds me of those can you blend it ads where they put electronics like iPods in the blender to show how powerful it was. Has anybody seen those? This looks like my new favorite breakfast. Well until the peanut butter and jelly blended sandwich.
LOL wha?! No I haven’t seen that. Too funny… I hope they use already-broken ipods ;).
This may be a really dumb question, but are spelt flakes just a box of cold cereal? Like corn flakes?
Not dumb at all!!!
Yeah, spelt flakes are like bran flakes or corn flakes (either of which will work instead). 🙂
Thanks for asking & answering that question, I searched and searched my grocery store and couldn’t find spelt flakes 🙂
Katie, you are INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pumpkin is one of my favorites — and your recipes are the BEST! This one is NO exception. 😀