It’s that time of year where all you want to do is cuddle up by the fireplace with a nice, warm bowl of oatmeal. I crafted five seasonal oatmeal bowls to satisfy these cravings! These easy meals require only a few seasonal ingredients and just a little bit of your time. However, the resulting creation is a delicious, nutritious, and cozy breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
To begin, place equal parts water, milk, and steel-cut oats in a pot and bring it to just under a simmer, stirring occasionally not to burn the milk or the oats on the bottom of the pot. For one serving, ½ cup of each ingredient is recommended. It should take about 20 minutes to cook for steel-cut oats, 7 minutes to cook for quick-cooking steel-cut oats, 5 minutes for old-fashioned oats, and 60 seconds for instant oats. Overnight oats also make a great base for toppings!
Now, this is where the fun begins for each bowl: the toppings! Toppings are a great way to add dynamic flavor to a basic food like oatmeal. There is not an exact science for the amount of each topping needed, so just eyeball it or use our pictures as your guide. The key is to put as much of each ingredient as you prefer! But here’s a general guideline for a ½ cup serving of oatmeal.
The Autumn Classic
This is the one for when you just want that nice taste of fall. You can’t beat the classics!
- 3 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon dark brown sugar
- 1 evenly diced pear
The Apple Turnover
Apple pie. Apple strudel. Apple crumble. Apple cobbler. All mixed into one bowl. Enjoy!
- 1 chopped apple
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
The Pumpkin Pie
This is the bowl for when you’re feeling nostalgic for Thanksgiving. This one will have you coming back for seconds!
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
- 4 crushed graham crackers
- 2 teaspoons honey
The Peanut Butter Harvest
For when you’re feeling extra nutty, this bowl will satisfy your PB craving!
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 evenly sliced and shingled banana
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder (mixed into the oats)
The Pecan Pie
Alas, it’s not fall without pecan pie. Skip the hassle of baking the whole pie, just have this bowl instead!
- ¼ cup roasted and chopped pecans
- 3 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
And that concludes my fall oatmeal bowl roundup. Which one are you trying first?