Strawberry Rhubarb Oatcake

I have been eyeing rhubarb for a while, and every time I see a recipe I like, the rhubarb is not in season. BUMMER! This year, I was keeping an eye out for some that wasn't ridiculously expensive and when I found some, I scooped it up. It took me about a week to find just the right recipe but it was totally worth the wait! Get Healthy With Heather is a fellow Secret Recipe Club Member and her recipe is fantastic! I made some adjustments but the original premise is based off of her recipe. This is PERFECT for breakfast, or you can have smaller portions as a snack or a dessert.

Strawberry Rhubarb Oatcake
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
3 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup white flour
1 tbs cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbs brown sugar blend
2 eggs
1/2 cup mashed banana
6 oz fat free vanilla yogurt
2 tbs oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk
 9 oz rhubarb, diced (about 2.5 cups)
10.5 oz strawberries, diced (about 2 cups)
1 tbs sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 9x13 glass baking dish with pan spray. Dice and rinse rhubarb and strawberries, sprinkle with 1 tbs sugar, stir to coat and set aside.  Mix your dry ingredients (oats, flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and brown sugar blend) in a mixing bowl until well combined. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients ( eggs, banana, yogurt, oil, vanilla and milk). Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and add the strawberries and rhubarb. Stir until coated and well combined Pour in to baking dish and bake for 45-60 minutes or until cooked through. Serve and enjoy!!

Serves :

12 @ 4 PPV

10 @ 5PPV

8 @7 PPV

Linked At Amee's Fit & Fab Fridays, The Latest Edition

Peanut Butter and Strawberry Baked Oatmeal

If you check out my recipe index (which is a HOT mess right now, but working on that!) you will easily discover that I love oatmeal and peanut butter and strawberries! So when my good buddy Amber posted her recipe for Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal, it only seemed natural to recreate it and add in come strawberries. The results or delicious. Want to know what this tastes like? A peanut butter oatmeal cookie with strawberries! Great for breakfast or a nice treat! Thank you Amber for sharing your awesome recipe!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup old fashioned oats
1 tbs brown sugar blend
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3 oz strawberries, diced and rinsed

Preheat oven to 350 and spray 8x8 pan with cooking spray. Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl and stir well. Spread in pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or until cooked through.

Serve and enjoy!

Serves 4 @ 5 PPV
Serves 6 @4 PPV
Serves 8 @3 PPV



Linked at: The Latest Find, Ingredient Spotlight: Strawberries!

Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal Bars

In preparations to go on a short trip and really just help clean out the pantry, I am working on some recipes to use up some things that have been in storage for a little while. It will be nice to come home and restock with new items :)

Ingredients:
2 Whole Cinnamon Graham Cracker Rectangles
1/2 cup oats

1 cup oats
3 tbs flax meal
1/2 tbs cinnamon

21 oz can apple pie filling Comstock More Fruit Variety
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Grind the graham crackers and 1/2 cup oats together. Combine in a mixing bowl with the remaining oats, flax meal and cinnamon. Puree approx 1/2 of the can of pie filling. Mix apple puree with milk and eggs in a separate mixing bowl. Once well combined, beat in the remaining fruit filling.  Mix the wet and dry ingredients until all oats are moistened and well distributed. Pour in to an 8x8 baking dish that has been sprayed with pan spray, bake 20-40 minutes or until cooked through.

Serves:
6 @ 6 PPV
8 @ 5PPV
12 @ 3PPV





Linked at: Newlyweds Recipe Linky, What's New Wednesday, Foodie Friday, The Latest Find

Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal

My coworkers mom brought two bags of shelled pecans to the office this week :) I love them but I normally don't buy them because of the price and I will end up eating them all, since Ed can't eat them. The first thing I told Lisa I was going to do was make some Banana Nut Oatmeal. It took me a few days to get around to it, but it was worth the wait!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 banana, pureed (approx 185 g/6 oz)
1 Tbs brown sugar blend
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 oz pecans
1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
2 tbs flax seed meal

Preheat oven to 350. Combine 1oz pecans and 1/2 cup oats in food processor and grind. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground oats and nuts, with the flax and the remaining 1 cup oats. Stir to combine. In a separate mixing bowl, be together the brown sugar blend, milk, eggs, banana puree and vanilla. Combine the liquid mix with the dry mix. Spray 8x8 pan with spray. Pour in the oatmeal mix and top with the remaining 1 oz of pecan. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until cooked through.

Serve and Enjoy :) Suitable for breakfast or a snack!

Makes 4 Servings @ 8 PPV
           6 Servings @ 5 PPV
           8 Servings @ 4 PPV
          12 Servings @ 3 PPV

Linked at Melt in Your Mouth Monday, What's New Wednesday, Show me What you've got!, Practical Saving's Foodie Friday, Heart Smart: Recipes for a Healthy Heart, Fit and Fabulous Friday,
The Kids are Grown Up, Now What? Recipe Linky, Mop it up Monday

Coconut Baked Oatmeal

Recently in the Weight Watchers Meeting room, we rolled out a new product and I was so happy to finally try it. Creamy Coconut Smoothie Mix. YUM! I think any protein powder would work here but this is soooo good, who needs to mess up a good thing? Not this chick!


Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1 Creamy Coconut Smoothie Packet
4 Eggs
1/2 cup milk (1%)
15g or 2 tbsp shredded coconut


Preheat oven to 375. Spray 8x8 glass baking dish with pan spray.
Mix together the oats and smoothie mix. Separately mix together the eggs and milk. Combine egg and oat mixture, pour in to baking dish. Top with coconut and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. YUMMY!

4 servings at 6 PointsPlus each!

Strawberry Banana Baked Oatmeal

Oh Gina! :) Your website always has a way of enticing me to try something different! Gina at Skinny Taste, always serves up great recipes. Here is my variation of her recipe, originally found here

Ingredients:
2 medium bananas, sliced in thin rounds
11 oz (or more:D) strawberries, sliced
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
3/4 tsp baking powder
1tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/8 cup + 1 tbs honey
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 375.
Spray an 8x8 (or whatever smallish size) baking dish with pan spray. Layer  at least 1/2 of the banana slices on the bottom of the pan, topped with at least 1/2 of the strawberries. Drizzle with 1 tbs honey and 1/4 tsp cinnamon. Cover with foil and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until bananas are soft.

While baking the fruit, in a medium bowl, mix the oats, baking powder, remaining cinnamon, salt. Stir well.
In a separate bowl, combine the milk, honey, egg and extracts.

Remove the fruit from the oven, then pour the oat mixture evenly over it. Pour the milk mixture over the oats as evenly as possible. Top with the remaining strawberries and bananas.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Serve hot from the oven, or reheated the next day!

makes 6 servings at 5 PointsPlus per serving
makes 4 servings at 8 PointsPlus per serving


Linked at Melt in your mouth Monday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Made from Scratch Tuesdays

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal

I LOVE dried cherries, so I incorporated them in my breakfast this morning.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1 splenda packet
a few drips of almond extract
small sprinkle of allspice
20g (1/8 cup) dried cherries, cut in half
7g mini semisweet morsels


Bring water and spices to a boil. Add oats and cherries. Cook til done. Top with chocolate chips.
YUM!

Linked at:
Eat At Home: Cherry Spotlight

Secret Recipe Club: Pumpkin Granola Bars

Welcome to my third installment of the Secret Recipe Club. It is always so exciting to get my assignment, and this month I was given Big Fat Baker. I love her blog! She has so many yummy things that it was REALLY hard to chose one thing. Some of my other top picks are Strawberry Rhubarb Crostata, Pumpkin Butter, and Light Banana Bread Pudding ( I plan on making all of those at some point!)

From her blog, I chose to make her Organic Pumpkin Granola Bars
(She made hers with all organic ingredients)

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cup oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 8x8 or 9x9 pan, set aside.

Combine oats, spices and salt together; Set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together then brown sugar, pumpkin, honey and vanilla til smooth.

Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until all of the oats are moist. Evenly press oat mixture in the the bottom of the pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.

Let them cool, then cut them using a sharp knife.

Makes 10 bars @ 4 Points+ each
or
8 Bars @ 5 Points+ each

I really enjoyed these! They came out soft and chewy. Depending on how you like your spices, you might want to tone down the allspice or the cloves. I thought these were great!

linked at:
melt in your mouth monday
Eat at home: ingredient spotlight PUMPKIN!!

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Because the world can never have enough Oatmeal Pancake variations!

Ingredients:
1/3 cup rolled oats
1 egg
cinnamon
1 packet of sweetener
a drop of almond extract
drop of vanilla extract
enough water to reach pancake batter consistency
palm full frozen or fresh blueberries


Directions:
Preheat & spray pan over medium heat. Mix all above ingredients EXCEPT the blueberries. Pour in to preheated pan and spread evenly. Drop the blueberries in, spaced as you wish (if they are frozen, you don't have to thaw them, PROMISE!) Cook on each side for about 3 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

4 Points Plus for the awesome pancake!

Strawberry Orange Vanilla Oatmeal Pancakes

Just another fun, flavorful twist on Oatmeal Pancakes!
(taste inspired by Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes)

Ingredients:

1/3 cup quick oats

1 egg

49 g diced, rinsed strawberries

a few drops of vanilla and orange extract

sprinkle of cinnamon, packet of Splenda

a few drops of water

Prepare your Strawberries. Mix in the splenda, extracts and cinnamon and let sit for a few minutes.

Mush them up with something ( i used a wire wish that fit in the cup I was using). Add the strawberry mixture to the oats and egg. Mix til well combined. 

Pour in to a preheated pan that has been sprayed with pam and cook til done. Serve and enjoy!

No Syrup needed, but you can add it if you want!

4 Points+ and ever so worth it!

Linked over at: Fantabulous Friday
Fit and Fabulous Fridays
Recipes To Run On
Not "Baaaad" Sundays
Melt In Your Mouth Monday
Mangia Monday

Oatmeal Pancakes

I have seen many recipes out there for Oatmeal Pancakes, but our Leader Sheri at our Saturday AM meeting, cooked for us this weekend, so I was able to try the recipe she had. Uber Easy, Uber yummy!

Ingredients:
1 packet of instant oatmeal (your choice of flavor!)
1 egg
Enough water to get batter to the right consistency


Mix it up, pour in to preheated pan, sprayed with cooking spray. Cook for about 2-5 minutes on each side. Serve and Enjoy!

Ed had an apples and cinnamon pancake and I had a cinnamon swirl pancake! yummy :)
Depending on the oats you use, will depend on the Points+ Value.

I am excited to try some with blueberry flavored oatmeal!

Textureiffic!

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Melt In your Mouth Monday
Your recipe...My Kitchen
Mangia Monday

Pumpkin Oatmeal

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not the pie mix, just 100% pumpkin)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 packet splenda with fiber
sprinkle of allspice


Boil water in pan on stove top, add pumpkin and stir til combined.
Add the remaining ingredients and cook until desired consistency is reached.

Serve and enjoy!

Yum, Serves 1 @ 4 Point+ or Serves 2 @ 2 Points+

Cinnamon Banana Oatmeal with Coconut Milk

In my ventures to try the untried (plus I had a coupon making it pretty cheap!) I bought some coconut milk.

Ed and I both tried it last night just straight from carton to cup, and it is pretty bland with an after taste of coconut. He put it in his coffee this morning and liked it, though he did realize that dairy milk has alot more sugar in it than this coconut milk, so he added an extra sweet n low.

Ingredients:
1 cup coconut milk ( 1PPV )
1/2 cup quick oats ( 4 PPV )
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 banana, mushed

This could be microwaved but Ed was cooking something in there, so I made my on the stovetop.

Put milk in pan, heat. Add cinnamon, stir until well combined. Add banana, stir until well combined. Continue to heat until milk begins to boil. Add oats and cook, stirring frequently, until desired consistency is reached.

Used the measurements above made for a medium consistency oatmeal, so depending on how you like yours, adjust the milk amount.

5 PointsPlus!

for comparison purposes!!
(click for bigger pics)

this recipe is linked up over @ Sugar Free Sunday!

(no refined sugars)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal

So...you basically do this
BUT you also add a mushed up banana :)

YumYum :)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal

I stumbled upon The Better Baker's Blog yesterday and NEEDED :) To try this recipe. Original credit goes to her!

You need:

1/2 cup oats

1 packet reduced cal hot cocoa mix

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup water 

EITHER: 2 tablespoons PB2 (with an extra tablespoon of water) OR 1 tablespoon Reduced Fat peanut butter

( I USED PB2!)

Bring water to boil on stove. Add cocoa mix, PB2 then oats. Cook to desired consistency.

6 PointsPlus! I bet this would be great with a mushed banana in it! :)

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

A quick-ish easy combination of two super yummy things!

I Followed the directions for the Crustless Apple Pie, but I diced the apples,

and drizzled them with about 2 teaspoons of water before nuking them

Make the oatmeal:

1/4 cup quick oats, dash of cinnamon and sprinkle of sweetener of choice. (2-3 PointsPlus, depending on your sweetener) For these, I boil the water in the microwave, add it to my oats and spices until just a bit watery. then i put the oatmeal in the microwave about about 1 more minute. Makes them thick and porridge -ie.

Then Top with the Apples!

Total PointPlus: 3-4 depending on sweetener used!

Eggs & Oatmeal

This simple little masterpiece is my go-to easy filling breakfast.
You could slim it down some using egg beaters, but I prefer it this way.


1 egg, pan fried in a light coating of PAM. Cooked over medium, with a piece of Kraft 2% Milk cheese Melted on top (Egg & Cheese = 3 PointsPlus)

1/4 cup quick oats, dash of cinnamon and sprinkle of sweetener of choice. (2-3 PointsPlus, depending on your sweetener) For these, I boil the water in the microwave, add it to my oats and spices until just a bit watery. then i put the oatmeal in the microwave about about 1 more minute. Makes them thick and porridge -ie. Eat with water and coffee. This holds me for about 4 hours. You can bulk it up some more if you need to with veggies or fruit, or you could save those for a mid morning snack.

It doesn't look special but it sure hits the spot! :)