Name: Carrot Cake Oatmeal
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 cup old fashioned oats (you can easily sub in quick cooking); 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk (you can also use water or any other type of milk you prefer); dash salt; 1 cup matchstick carrots; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ginger; 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, with juices; 1/4 cup maple syrup; 1 cup matchstick carrots; 2 teaspoon butter; 1 tablespoon maple syrup

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We are heading into the Easter season, and it seems everyone I follow on social media has carrot cake on the brain. The other morning after scrolling through my feed, all the carrot cake posts got me craving some of my own. Unfortunately, it was 9 in the morning , I still hadn't had breakfast and I only had 10 minutes to prepare something. Carrot cake oatmeal seemed my only option, but a good one it was. It was delicious. This dish was packed with flavor, quick and healthy. I'll take that any day.

Here's how I made mine-

Bring unsweetened vanilla almond milk to a boil. Add regular oats ( I always prefer these to quick cooking, there's just more substance to them. You can easily swap them out though). Add carrots, crushed pineapple, salt, cinnamon, and maple syrup. Let this cook about 7 minutes, or until oats are tender.

I served mine topped with some maple glaze carrots. If you wanted to do this as well, heat 2 teaspoons butter in skillet and add in 1 tablespoon maple syrup. To this mix, add in 1 cup matchstick carrots. Cook, stirring consistently, for about 3 minutes or so.

We topped our oatmeal with the glazed carrots, chopped walnuts, unsweetened coconut, another spoonful of crushed pineapple, and a light drizzle of maple syrup.

This was amazing, and I hope you love it as well as we did!

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Carrot Cake Oatmeal

This hearty breakfast is just want you need to kick the sweet craving in your morning in a healthy way!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword carrot cake, carrot recipes, healthy breakfast, healthy food, healthy meal ideas, oatmeal, oatmeal recipes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings serving

Author Amy

Ingredients

1 cup old fashioned oats you can easily sub in quick cooking
2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk you can also use water or any other type of milk you prefer
dash salt
1 cup matchstick carrots
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ginger
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup crushed pineapple, with juices
¼ cup maple syrup

maple glazed carrots

1 cup matchstick carrots
2 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon maple syrup

Instructions

Bring your liquid to a boil over medium heat in saucepan.
Add oats, carrots, crushed pineapple, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, and ground ginger. Cook, stirring occasionally, until oats are tender.
If you are topping it with the maple glazed carrots like I did, start those while the oats are cooking. Heat butter and maple syrup in skillet. Add carrots and cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
Plate your oats and top with whatever you feel inspired to. I used the maple glazed carrots, chopped walnuts, unsweetened coconut, crushed pineapple and another drizzle of maple syrup.
Sit back and enjoy.