I'm not sure about your family, but I would say ours falls into the category of we eat "good" but we could eat "better". We eat good in the sense that if you open our pantry doors, you wont find any cookies, chips, box dinners, or things of that nature. But we could eat "better" in that we could stand to eat more fresh foods including fruits and vegetables during the winter months, and foods made from scratch.
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I recently committed that I was going to find 10 new, healthy recipes that could be our "standard" recipes that everyone in the family likes (that includes the picky 4 year old, oy!)
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I found this recipe for Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas last week on Skinnytaste and it was an immediate hit with my family. It helps that Eric's love language happens to include blueberries, and Claire could live off of oatmeal alone. And me? I love any fruit-based dessert, and you could seriously convince someone that this is a dessert!
pre-oven
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Here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
2 medium ripe bananas, (the riper the better) sliced into 1/2" pieces
1 1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup honey (or agave)
1 cup uncooked quick oats
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 cup fat free milk (or any milk you desire)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375° F. Lightly spray a 8 x 8" or 9 x 9" ceramic baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Arrange the banana slices in a single layer on the bottom of the ceramic dish. Sprinkle half of the blueberries over the bananas, 1/4 tsp of the cinnamon, 1 tbsp of the honey and cover with foil. Bake 15 minutes, until the bananas get soft.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the oats, half of nuts, baking powder, remaining cinnamon, and salt; stir together. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining honey, milk, egg, and vanilla extract.
Remove the bananas from the oven, then pour the oat mixture over the bananas and blueberries.
Pour the milk mixture over the oats, making sure to distribute the mixture as evenly as possible over the oats. Sprinkle the remaining blueberries and walnuts over the the top.
Bake the oatmeal for about 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the oatmeal has set. Serve warm from the oven.
I recently committed that I was going to find 10 new, healthy recipes that could be our "standard" recipes that everyone in the family likes (that includes the picky 4 year old, oy!)
~
I found this recipe for Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas last week on Skinnytaste and it was an immediate hit with my family. It helps that Eric's love language happens to include blueberries, and Claire could live off of oatmeal alone. And me? I love any fruit-based dessert, and you could seriously convince someone that this is a dessert!
pre-oven~
Here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
2 medium ripe bananas, (the riper the better) sliced into 1/2" pieces
1 1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup honey (or agave)
1 cup uncooked quick oats
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 cup fat free milk (or any milk you desire)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375° F. Lightly spray a 8 x 8" or 9 x 9" ceramic baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Arrange the banana slices in a single layer on the bottom of the ceramic dish. Sprinkle half of the blueberries over the bananas, 1/4 tsp of the cinnamon, 1 tbsp of the honey and cover with foil. Bake 15 minutes, until the bananas get soft.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the oats, half of nuts, baking powder, remaining cinnamon, and salt; stir together. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining honey, milk, egg, and vanilla extract.
Remove the bananas from the oven, then pour the oat mixture over the bananas and blueberries.
Pour the milk mixture over the oats, making sure to distribute the mixture as evenly as possible over the oats. Sprinkle the remaining blueberries and walnuts over the the top.
Bake the oatmeal for about 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the oatmeal has set. Serve warm from the oven.
