It’s April 11 and we’re under a winter storm warning. It was raining, then snowing, then icy, then slushy. And now it’s cold and I can hear the dripping of melting snow falling off the roof and landing on various objects outside. But the birds are chirping. Minnesota weather is so bi-polar!
I had a busy night with swim lessons and then was at the kitchen baking cookies, so I didn’t have time to make oatmeal last night.
On this unseasonably cold morning though, I had a craving for one of my favorite oatmeal recipes: banana bread oatmeal. The smell of warm banana and vanilla make the weather a bit easier to take on somehow.
Banana Bread Oatmeal:
1/2 C rolled oats
2 T quinoa
1 banana, sliced
Handful or walnuts or pecans
1/4 t vanilla extract
Pinch of cinnamon
1 t ground flax or chia seeds optional
Splash of milk (optional, but it makes this recipe extra good)
Dump all the ingredients into a bowl and share half the banana with baby (or at least that’s how it goes at my house). Heat in the microwave for 90 seconds. This oatmeal doesn’t need to soak overnight because there are no steel cut oats or oat groats.
Something about the banana and milk and vanilla all together will make you feel so very warm and cozy!
Mama Nosh 