Carrot Cake Oatmeal
Carrot cake inspired oatmeal with raisins, warming spices, walnuts and cream cheese. Easy to make in saucepan or in a microwave and a perfect for breakfast or mid afternoon snack.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oats regular or gluten-free
- 1 1/2 cups milk dairy or no dairy plant based milk of your choice - almond, rice
- 1 medium carrot grated roughly
- 2 tablespoons seedless raisins more or less to taste
- pinch of salt
- pinch ground nutmeg
- pinch ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
- cream cheese or white yoghurt to use as a toping - optional (regular or dairy free)
- 1 tablespoon butter optional - to taste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional - to taste
Instructions
- Peel and grate the carrot.
- Measure out all the dry ingredients - oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, raisins and add them to a medium size saucepan.
- Stir in the grated carrots and add the milk.
- Bring to boil and then leave to simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring a bit to make sure that the oatmeal doesn't burn.
- Alternatively, you can cook the oatmeal in a microwave - about 5 minutes on high speed, but do check and stir every 1-2 minutes.
- Check that the carrots are cooked through and add more milk if the oatmeal is getting too thick.
- Add butter and brown sugar if you want to (but the raisins usually make the oatmeal sweet enough)
- Serve hot in a bowl, topped up with a cream cheese (mixed with a little bit of icing sugar, if you like) and chopped walnuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 738kcalCarbohydrates: 91gProtein: 23gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 16gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 230mgPotassium: 1240mgFiber: 10gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 10816IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 524mgIron: 4mg
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