For variety, swap out one box of the spinach for one pound of cooked Italian sausage. The sauce called for in this recipe can be replaced with your own favorite homemade tomato sauce or sauce from a jar.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 cup milk, or more as needed
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter, or to taste
- ½ banana, sliced
- 1 slice cooked bacon, crumbled
Instructions
- Whisk egg with 1 tablespoon milk in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Bring 1 cup milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg to a boil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring often. Mix in oats and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Pour beaten egg mixture slowly into the oats, stirring constantly. Continue cooking until egg is fully cooked and oatmeal is very thick and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add additional milk if oatmeal gets too thick.
- Pour oatmeal into a heat-proof bowl; mix in maple syrup and peanut butter. Top with banana slices and crumbled bacon.
- This can be prepared the night before. Make the oatmeal, pour it into a heat- safe container, and store in the fridge. When ready to eat, microwave oatmeal until warm (extra milk may be needed, as oatmeal thickens substantially overnight), then top with cooked bacon and banana slices.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 284 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 103 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 206 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
A whole lot of work! It was a gooey, pasty and unenjoyable.
It was a lot of ingredients and trouble to put it all together. But is was really tasty. I made enough for four servings and stretched it over several mornings before work. Even left over, it was still wonderful.