Quick and Easy Blueberry Oatmeal Recipe
Supercharge your morning oatmeal with my blueberry oatmeal recipe, and add a bucket load of color, nutrients, and sweet, floral, and tart flavors to your bowl of oats.
Blueberry Oatmeal Recipe
While I do like to experiment with breakfast, sometimes you just need something quick, easy, and filling, and oatmeal is just that.
For many of us, mind you, without plenty of toppings, oatmeal can be a little bland and heavy. That’s what inspired this recipe, which very much brings the ‘blend a smoothie’ mentality to morning oatmeal.
You’ll be amazed at how much tastier and more interesting oatmeal becomes when blended with blueberries.
You can then make it sweeter or more savory with the right toppings and get all that amazing goodness that comes from blueberries.
Ingredients
To make my blueberry oatmeal recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- Oats – 1 cup oats
- Milk – 2 1/2 cups milk
- Salt – pinch of salt
- Honey – 2 tbsp of honey (plus more to taste to top the oatmeal)
- Blueberries – 2 cups fresh blueberries
Ingredient Notes
Oats – I used Scottish oats, but you can also use rolled oats or quick-cooking oats. If using steel-cut oats (not the quick-cooking steel-cut oats), you generally need to simmer for about 20 minutes. In this case, increase the liquid by adding another half cup of milk or water.
Instructions
Step 1 – Blend the milk and 1 and 1/2 cup of blueberries. Set aside 1/2 cup of the blueberries to top the oatmeal later.
Step 2 – To a pot, over medium heat, add the blueberry-milk mixture, the salt, honey, and oats.
Step 3 – Bring the oatmeal to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat to low and keep stirring for around 5 minutes or until you get the desired consistency.
Step 4 – Serve it in your favorite breakfast bowl.
Top with fresh blueberries and more honey (to taste).
Serving Suggestions
You could also try it with other chopped fruits, like cherries or apples, and also chopped, halved, or whole nuts, like almonds.
If you’ve got a little more time, you could also try making my strawberry oatmeal as well, and mix and match to see which one you prefer!
This is a bowl of oatmeal that will get everyone talking, I can assure you. If you’re in a rush, you could easily keep this in a portable blender to go.
Let me know in the comments if you made it, if you liked it, and whether breakfast will never be the same again – or at least more ‘blue’!
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Blueberry Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp of honey (plus more to taste to top the oatmeal)
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Blend the milk and 1 and 1/2 cup of blueberries. Set aside 1/2 cup of the blueberries to top the oatmeal later.
- To a pot, over medium heat, add the blueberry-milk mixture, the salt, honey, and oats.
- Bring the oatmeal to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat to low and keep stirring for around 5 minutes or until you get the desired consistency.
- Serve it in your favorite breakfast bowl, topped with fresh blueberries and honey (to taste).
Notes
Note 1: I used Scottish oats, but you can also use rolled oats or quick-cooking oats.
If using steel-cut oats (not the quick-cooking steel-cut oats), you generally need to simmer for about 20 minutes. In this case, increase the liquid by adding another half cup of milk or water.
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