Step away from the sugar!
One of my favorite ways to sweeten oatmeal is naturally, by melting in a banana. The banana gets all caramelized, and the oatmeal tastes amazing!
The Melted Banana Trick
Step 1: Cook up the oatmeal or another grain as you normally would.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, melt however much banana you want in the microwave or on the stovetop until it’s all caramelized/gooey. This adds so much flavor to the oatmeal! Now, stir the melted banana into your oatmeal.
Optional Step 3: Take your hand blender or Magic Bullet or regular blender and blend everything together so it’s a nice pudding-y consistency. (You don’t have to follow this step, but it mixes in the caramelized banana nicely.)
Below, as part of this recipe: Strawberry Hugs Oatmeal.
Or, for a super-delicious breakfast, try combining oatmeal tricks:
Use with the popular Voluminous Oatmeal Trick.
Two thumbs way up for the banana brulee! And blending it all up is totally the way to go.
WOO for the date! Details next post perhaps?!
Have a blast on your date! Thanks for the recipes, I’ll be making that oatmeal in the morning for sure!
HAVE FUN ON YOUR DATE!!!!
that oatmeal looks incredible.. i'll let you know when i try it!
enjoy your night <3
Oooo exciting! Have an awesome time on your date 😀
I heard about that clip all the way over here! I only got through a few seconds…Proud of Chocolate Covered Mom!
Can’t wait for the details on your rendez-vous!
yay recipe! its so exciting that your mom will abstain from eating turkey this year 😀 very happy occasion indeed 🙂
HAVE FUN ON YOUR DATE!!!! 😀
oh, I learned today that your banana oat brulee doesn’t really work with frozen bananas. Sadface! I’ll try with “real” bananas next time!
(and I didn’t see the tattooed man in Barcelona!)
woohoo! Have fun on your date..
It’s great your mom is not eating turkey this year!
Ooh, are you going out with the whole foods guy???
Yay for your mom!!!!
oh, no, don’t feel bad that it didn’t work! the bananas were a bit old, forgotten in the freezer for months… I microwaved them and they turned out reeeeaaaally dry. So it’s my fault, nothing to do with your recipe…
I hope your date went well!
those crepe cakes look amazing ! I can’t wait to try out that recipe ! Also thats great about your mom abstaining from turkey ! Sarah Palin makes me want to abstain from Alaska and pretty much everything else shes associated with.
Have a great time on your date ! Is it WF boy?
Could it be Whole Foods Boy?
Thank you for the recipes! I hope to try them!
thanks for the recipes katie! and i cannot wait to make the butternut squash! 🙂
i hope your date went well! we need extra details in the next post girlie!
is the the whole foods boy!?!?!? haha 🙂
Mmmm that’s definitely on my list of things to try. Good luck on your date, by the way! And thanks for posting on my blog =D