Choco-Berry Baked Oatmeal

I wanted to share this recipe that I have been eating for breakfast since Audrey was born.  It’s quick, delicious, and really nourishing.  The original recipe was from Good (Cheap) Eats, and I doubled it and made a few modifications.

This recipe is really easy to modify to your tastes.  Use flavoured yogurt, almond or other nut milk, different sweeteners, and whatever berries you prefer.  I cut it into 12 portions and freeze it to have breakfast for the week.  It reheats really well!

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Yummy berries!

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PC Greek yogurt – cheap, and delicious

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Costco is the best place to get vanilla

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Dry goods – Oats, sugar, salt, baking powder

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Wet goods – Eggs, milk, oil, yogurt

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Combine with raspberries and chocolate chips

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Bake! It doesn’t come out this green, I’m not sure what happened to this picture.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 cups Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 cups raspberries
    Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
  2. Grease a 9×13 inch glass baking dish
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, sugar, baking powder, chocolate chips, and salt.
  4. In a second mixing bowl, whisk together the Greek yogurt, milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs.
  5. Pour the wet ingredients onto the dry, and add the raspberries.
  6. Fold gently to combine.
  7. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden.

Nutritional tidbits

  1. The oats and Greek yogurt provide a good dose of protein
  2. Raspberries are a great source of vitamin C, Folate, and Fibre
  3. Oats are great for nursing moms – they promote milk production

Rainbow Kale Slaw

Here’s the recipe for the delicious and nutritious Kale Slaw I took to Angela’s Birthday Party. I adapted it from the Whole Foods Website, and credit goes mostly to my husband Adam, who lovingly bought the ingredients and put the salad together while I was at work. 

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Ingredients

1 bunch  kale, stems removed and torn in pieces

4 cups shredded red cabbage (about 1 small head)

2 navel oranges or Clementines, peeled and segmented

1 large bell pepper, cored, seeded and thinly sliced

1/3 cup pumpkin seeds

Dressing
1/4 cup Dijon mustard

1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions:

In a large bowl (you need something really big – kale has a lot of volume!), combine all slaw ingredients

In a small bowl, whisk together dressing. Pour over the kale mixture and toss to coat (it’s easy if you use your hands to get in there and massage it all through the kale).

Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 2 days.