Baked Oatmeal

A recipe brought to you by our very own SMSS President - Kylie Riou

Baked Oatmeal

A delicious and healthy way to have oatmeal on a weekend or a morning with a bit more time on your hands…tastes like dessert!

Ingredients:

2 medium ripe bananas (the riper the better!)

1 ½ cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen)

¼ cup of honey (melted)

1 cup uncooked large flake oats

¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

½ tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup skim milk (can use almond or soy milk instead)

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 container of Greek yogurt or fat free yogurt (flavour of your choice)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Arrange banana slices in single layer on bottom of glass or ceramic dish (8x8 or 9x9). Sprinkle half the blueberries in with bananas, ¼ tsp of cinnamon and drizzle with 1 tbsp. of melted honey. Cover with foil and Bake for 15 minutes-until bananas are soft

2. Meanwhile, in a bowl combine the oats, half the nuts, baking powder, cinnamon and stir together. In a separate bowl whisk together the milk, melted honey, egg, and vanilla extract

3. Remove bananas from the oven and sprinkle dry mixture of oats over the bananas and blueberries

4. Pour milk mixture over the oats, and be sure to pour as evenly over oats as possible. Sprinkle remaining blueberries and nuts on top.

5. Bake oatmeal for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and oatmeal has set.

6. Serve warm with greek yogurt.