Old fashioned oats cooked in almond milk with a little bit of brown sugar and pumpkin puree. Topped with toasted walnuts and dried cranberries, this delicious healthy pumpkin oatmeal is perfect for breakfast after an evening of festivities.
And how was your Thanksgiving, if you celebrated? What amazing food did you get to indulge in?
Because I’m so curious. =)
My Thanksgiving dinners are always a combination of classic dishes, like chicken pot pies, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and turkey with gravy, and Asian dishes, like sweet and sour soup, eggrolls, and chow mien. I’ll share more with you later because as I’m writing this post, it’s the night before Thanksgiving. I’m probably shopping as this post goes live. Who knows?
But I can’t wait to see and hear what you have been up to!
Today, I wanted to share one last pumpkin recipe before we head into December.
One of my favorite ways to make oatmeal is with almond milk. I love that almond milk creates an extra creaminess in the oatmeal. Add a little bit of pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar, and you have a fall flavored breakfast. Topped with dried cranberries and toasted walnuts, this pumpkin oatmeal is lightly sweetened, creamy, and slightly nutty.
It’s just the perfect breakfast to wind down the day after Thanksgiving. Something I know I’ll need. =)
Hope you’ll like this pumpkin oatmeal!
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- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup almond milk
- 1 - 1½ tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin puree
- ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
- 1 tablespoon toasted walnuts, chopped
- Add old fashioned oats and water into a small pot over medium to high heat. Allow the oats to cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add the almond milk, brown sugar, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice to the oatmeal, and stir to incorporate all the ingredients.
- Allow the ingredients to simmer together for about 10 minutes until the oatmeal is soft and creamy.
- Serve the oatmeal topped with dried cranberries and toasted walnuts.
Love my oatmeal year round and love pumpkin so a perfect marriage!
How warm, comfy and delicious!
Thanks, Julie!
I love most things with dried cranberries. But I might cook them in with all the other ingredients to make them juicy again. (I guess that defeats the purpose of dried cranberries but ANYWAY.)
The traditional way to eat oatmeal at our house, was handed down to us by my Grandpa John. He was raised in the Amish communities down in the US. hey enjoy there oatmeal with raisins, a little bit of brown sugar, and crushed Graham crackers. Definitely something that we would be eating the morning after a Thanksgiving spent with him.
Here in Canada Thanksgiving happens in October. This year it was on the 12th, next year it will be the 13th. The celebrations are pretty identical to out neighbors down in the US. Except for the Football. Its not as big of a deal here.
Football isn’t a big deal in my family either. We just love the food =)
And I love my oatmeal with brown sugar =)
I want try it! 🙂
I hope you will =)
this is tomorrow’s breakfast!
I hope you liked it!
I am cooking this tomorrow morning for breakfast!
I hope you’ll like it!
Looks delicious!
Thanks!
You’re welcome! 🙂
What I did for Thanksgiving? Well, not as spectacular as your dishes! but this was an idea of my brother’s. I cooked a turkey (let it slow cook all night on a lower temp and woke up to a wonderful smell). Really got my dog’s attention. Then I shredded it into little, bite-size pieces. I had, as usual, potatoes and onions and other veggies cooking in it too. Then after everything was ready I got another smaller pot and put some of these vegetables and turkey in, some water, and heated. The water makes it’s own sauce with some mixture from the other ingredients. I guess it’s like a turkey stew. Spiced it up nice. After the veggies were gone, I just get some more vegetables, chop them into cubes, steam, then add more turkey from the main now the freezer and I’m ready to go again! By the way, one 20 pound turkey became 10 pounds of meat after the water and the rest was gone. 😉
That sounds really good =) I would never have thought to cook the turkey in a slow cooker.
Looks delicious and healthy!
Thank you!
I feel hungry, wow, yummy yummy. I think this recipe is healthy for children and convenient to serve, too <3
I feel the same =)