Around our house I don’t eat any boxed cereal and I try to minimize the amount that I feed to our little guy. I read in my Nourishing Traditions Cookbook that they once did a study on rats where one group was fed cereal and the other group were fed the cardboard box that the cereal came in. In the study the mice who ate the cardboard actually lived longer than those who ate the cereal! They say that the convenient boxed cereals are made through a process called extrusion which makes them rather toxic.
Since we started eating according to a more traditional real foods diet, oatmeal is one of our breakfast staples. Both rolled oats and steel cut oats are frequently served, but it is not always the same old boring oatmeal. There are tons of ways to serve it, and I even shared 40 fun toppings for oatmeal.
Last year before I realized the value of soaking your oats to make them more easily digested, I had shared a recipe for baked blueberry oatmeal. This new take is healthier and equally delicious. You could definitely mix it up by using a different fruit, I just had some blueberries already in the freezer to use up. Strawberries would be absolutely fantastic and are in season now!
More oatmeal recipes from This Chick Cooks:
- Overnight Baked Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal {Nourishing Traditions Style}
- Overnight Oatmeal {Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal}
- Strawberry Refrigerator Oats and Pouring My Heart Out
For even more recipes check out the real foods recipe index.
What is your favorite way to serve oatmeal?
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon fine grain real salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter – melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup maple syrup, preferably grade b
- 1 1/2 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen- I used wild blueberries)
Instructions
- Combine oats, water and yogurt and cover. Set on the counter the night before you want to bake the oatmeal.
- Heat the oven to 375. Grease an 8x8 inch casserole dish and sprinkle with half of the berries.
- Stir remaining ingredients into oat mixture (except for berries) and sprinkle on remaining blueberries.
- Bake for about 45-55 minutes or until it is set and the top is golden brown.
source: http://editor.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/puffed-grains-should-we-eat-them
I love blueberries!! I am ready to try this recipe!! We do not eat any boxed cereal either (except once a year when I make Chex mix for Christmas!), so I am always looking for new, interesting ways to eat our almost-every-day-traditional oatmeal!
I really have enjoyed your blog. Does your recipe indicate to leave yogurt on the counter overnight. Is this safe? I guess I just feel overly cautious because I have a 4 year old daughter that is immunosuppressed due to being post lung transplant.
Gina,
You can definitely put the yogurt and oat mixture in the fridge if you feel more comfortable that way. I soak mine on the counter to try to reduce phytic acid. You can read more about it at the Weston A. Price Foundation:http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/living-with-phytic-acid
Hope that helps!
Katie
I love this. It looks so terrific. I know my family would love it.
I love that you soaked these overnight. Do you think you could do this with your refrigerator oats if they were made 2 days ahead? One night on the counter and one night in the fridge so they’re cold.
I think that should work just fine, France!
I found you through France’s bloghop – love this idea of baked oatmeal. I haven’t tried this method before, but it sounds so fascinating.
Thanks, Jeanette!
I made this recipe this morning and I really enjoyed it! It’s just me, so I look forward to leftovers for the rest of the week. :) Thanks for sharing, Katie!
Yay! So glad you liked it, Sarah. It is always my pleasure to share recipes with you all :) So fun!
do you know all the nutritional info? my husband is on WW and before i make it, i would like to find out if it would be good for him to eat.
I’m sorry. I don’t know the info as I don’t focus on calories. I figure as long as the foods are healthy we are free to enjoy. You can calculate the info by entering the ingredients in a recipe calculor online.
It was great! I left out the butter and put a little margarine on top when I ate it. Will make again for sure!
This sounds yummy. madeleine if you want to know the calories as well as other nutrition spark people has a great calculator. Here is the link: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp Hope this helps. :)
My question is- Can you use steel cut oats for this recipe? Right now I’m following the recipe as is, but I’ve heard how good steel cut oats are and would like to try using those.
You can’t sub in steel cut oats as they take a lot longer to cooke. They are delicious though :) Now you’ve got me wondering about a steel cut oat breakfast casserole.
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