Rhubarb and Strawberry Baked Oatmeal

This rhubarb and strawberry baked oatmeal is a wonderful and nutrious breakfast. You can assemble and bake it in a little more than an hour, or you can assemble it in advance and bake it the next morning. 

The combination of rhubarb and srrawberries is classic, and the added almonds add a tasty crunch. 

Apple Oatmeal Bread

This apple oatmeal bread, with a hint of cinnamon and brown sugar, brings the flavors of fall to your favorite sandwiches. Pair it with your favorite artisan cheese for a leveled up grilled cheese sandwich. 

This bread also includes the crunch of chopped walnuts for a savory and sweet bread that is amazingly versatile. Use if for making your favorite turkey or chicken sandwiches, French toast, cinnamon toast, and even PB & J.

Overnight Muesli

Muesli is a cold Swiss breakfast dish with a mixture of toasted grains, nuts and seeds, dried and fresh fruit, yogurt, milk, and honey. 

It's a hearty and delicious breakfast that you mix the night before to soften the grains and then serve the next morning. This version includes toasted oats, wheat germ, and other goodies, and will last in the refrigerator for up to three days.

Oatmeal-Applesauce Cake

This Oatmeal-Applesauce cake is the perfect excuse for having cake for breakfast. 

Your first bite of this cake will remind you of taking a bite out of an apple. Your second bite will remind you of a bowl of oatmeal. 

Yellow Cake Baked Oatmeal

This yellow cake baked oatmeal is sure to be a hit at your next breakfast or brunch. It's so good, you could probably almost pass it off as a dessert... like an oatmeal cobbler. 

 

This baked oatmeal is a mixture of butter, milk, quick-cooking oats, eggs, and yellow cake mix all topped with peaches and raspberries. Yes, yellow cake mix. Trust me. 

Pumpkin Overnight Oats with Flax Seeds and Ginger

Pumpkin Ginger Overnight Oats, with flax seeds and maple syrup, are just about the easiest nutritious and portable breakfast you can make. 

Mix the ingredients for these pumpkin overnight oats with flax seeds, crystalized ginger, and maple syrup in a jar, and place them in the refrigerator overnight. The next morning you will have a filling and nutritious grab-and-go breakfast.

Oatmeal Muffins

These oatmeal muffins are loaded with lots of toasted oats and are finished with a crunchy oat, pecan, and brown sugar topping.

These oatmeal muffins need a better name than "oatmeal muffins." They are so much more.

Oatmeal Pear Bars

These Oatmeal Pear Bars are a delicious "grab and go" breakfast for busy mornings. 

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Make a batch of these oatmeal pear bars on a Sunday afternoon, and after they cool, wrap them up and refrigerate to serve later for a quick breakfast.

How to Make Overnight Steel Cut Oats in the Crock Pot

This recipe for Crock Pot overnight steel cut oatmeal is so easy, and it makes the smoothest and creamiest oatmeal with no stirring required. Just top them with your favorite fruit, jam, or other toppings.

What are steel cut oats? 

Steel cut oats are whole oats that are cut into smaller pieces rather than "rolled." They are wonderful for a "stick-to-your-ribs" breakfast that will keep you feeling full for hours. They are also loaded with fiber. The negative is that they take longer to cook than rolled oats, up to an hour.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread made with rolled oats and molasses. 

This old fashioned oatmeal bread is a lot like Anadama Bread (an old fashioned New England bread) except with oats instead of cornmeal.

Instant Pot Creamy Steel Cut Oatmeal with Apple Raisin Compote

This Creamy Steel Cut Oatmeal with Apple Raisin Compote is so easy to prepare in the Instant Pot (or an electric pressure cooker). With this recipe, you will get the perfect texture every time.

The apple raisin compote adds just the right amount of sweetness to the oatmeal, and the steel cut oats will help you get lots of fiber and protein into your diet and will carry you through to lunchtime.

Trail Mix Cookies

These Trail Mix Cookies are loaded with nuts, seeds, dried fruit, whole grains, and dark chocolate, which makes it easy to justify having them for breakfast, or anytime of the day.

These trail mix cookies are loaded with lots of delicious and nutritious ingredients, including dried cherries, toasted sunflower seeds, and toasted walnuts. Just like trail mix, there are just enough chocolate chips to make you want to keep having more.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Coconut Whole Grain Cookies

The recipe for these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Coconut Whole Grain Cookies comes from my (eons ago) days as a young mother trying to add some nutrition to sweet treats. 

These oatmeal chocolate chip and coconut whole grain cookies are made with 100% whole grains, unsweetened coconut, and walnuts.

Oatmeal Blueberry Bread

This Oatmeal Blueberry Bread is one of my new favorite breakfast breads.

This oatmeal blueberry bread is also my new favorite bread that incorporates oatmeal. I know I probably say this about every new bread I make, so take my hyperbole with a grain of salt.

Triple Oatmeal Cookies

These Triple Oatmeal Cookies are loaded with three kinds of oats, along with dried blueberries.

It's been a long time since I've made oatmeal cookies. Too long! I used to have a recipe for an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie that assuaged some of the guilt of giving my kids cookies because they contained oats. Sadly, somewhere along the way, my first recipe box, with the few recipes I ever mastered as a young mom such as my mom's meatloaf, my friend's Chinese chicken salad, and a pretty tasty tuna dip that another friend served at her Tupperware parties, disappeared.

Chocolate Covered Digestive Cookies

These Chocolate Covered Digestive Cookies are a take on a popular English biscuit brand, McVities. 

These chocolate covered digestive cookies are a semi-sweet whole wheat and oatmeal cookie, dipped in chocolate.

Multigrain Snickerdoodles

The recipe for these Multigrain Snickerdoodles takes the traditional cinnamon cookie and adds whole grains, including rolled oats, barley flour, and whole wheat flour. 

These Multigrain Snickerdoodles, made with 100% whole grains, are so tasty. All of the whole grains add lots of dietary fiber to the cookies. The barley flour adds a lovely sweet, nut-like flavor, the oats add texture, and the whole wheat adds more depth of flavor.

Candied Ginger and Oatmeal Muffins

These Candied Ginger and Oatmeal Muffins combine the goodness of oatmeal, whole wheat flour, and candied ginger. 

The candied ginger adds just the right amount of spiciness to these muffins. Along with the rolled oats, I used a combination of white whole wheat flour and "regular" whole wheat flour.

Make-Ahead Cold Oatmeal with Honey and Raspberries

This Make-Ahead Cold Oatmeal with Honey and Raspberries is just about the easiest way to grab a nutritious breakfast that, in my opinion, is way more satisfying than a breakfast bar or a bowl of cereal.

The oatmeal is mixed with yogurt, milk, and honey, and layered with raspberries (other berries would work nicely too), and then allowed to chill overnight in the refrigerator to soften and thicken. Best part? No cooking involved. The oatmeal is eaten cold.