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High Protein Breakfast Oats

April 4, 2023 by Meal Prep Mondays Leave a Comment

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Protein breakfast oats! Yes, you can have a high-protein oatmeal for meal prep. Easy to make and adapt!

We love playing around with the basics of oatmeal because you can take it in so many directions as far as meal prep goes. Sweet, savory, high or low protein. Wait, protein? Yes, protein! Plus, oats are naturally gluten free, and this recipe is vegan, too. So many benefits!

Oats are really healthy and contain fiber; that's probably their biggest claim to fame along with being a whole grain. They're also an example of complex carbohydrates, which basically means they aren't going to spike your blood sugar. That, in combination with fiber, means you feel full longer in between meals.

High Protein Breakfast Oats Ingredients:

  • 2 cups organic oats
  • 1 cup protein powder
  • ½ cup unsweetened flaked coconut
  • ½ cup golden flax seeds
  • ¼ cup almond butter
  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1 cup blueberries

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How to Make High-Protein Breakfast Oats

Instead of cooking these oats in water, you cook them right in almond milk. You bring the almond milk to a low boil in a saucepan and then add the oats, protein powder, coconut, and flaxseeds. Stir, and reduce the heat slightly (you don't want to scald the almond milk.) The oats will cook in a matter of minutes.

When all the milk has been absorbed by the oat mix, remove it from the heat. Add the peanut butter either all at once and stir it in, or portion it out if you're turning this into a meal prep. It's important to add the almond butter while the oatmeal is still hot because it can be more evenly distributed that way; sometimes it can clump up. If that happens, add a little bit of hot water. Top it with almonds and blueberries and you're good to go.

How to Store and Serve High-Protein Breakfast Oats

These oats will keep for 3 to 4 days in the fridge in a sealed, airtight container. Feel free to eat them cold (some people love that) or reheat them in the microwave or stovetop with about ¼ cup of water or milk to loosen it up. Oatmeal doesn't tend to freeze well, so we wouldn't recommend that.

Substitutions and Alterations

You can make this recipe with either quick cooking oats or old-fashioned rolled oats. Either way, it's still a pretty speedy breakfast prep.

Substitute any other kind of plant-based milk, such as coconut, cashew, soy, or even oat milk for some extra nuttiness.

Pecans, cashews, pistachios, and walnuts are also delicious with oatmeal.

Feel free to also add sunflower or pumpkin seeds for extra nutrients and vitamins.

Peanut butter or other nut or seed butters are a natural substitute for almond butter, if desired.

And finally, we love blueberries because they're such a nutritional powerhouse, ahem, a superfood, but feel free to use chopped apples, pears, mangos, banana slices, blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries. You get the idea.

A dollop of plain Greek or regular yogurt on top would seriously up the protein content, too.

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High Protein Breakfast Oatmeal

Protein Oatmeal! One of the best meal prep combinations because it is so easy to make and you will never get tired of it.
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Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: blueberries, breakfast
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 760kcal
Author: Meal Prep Mondays

Ingredients

  • 2 cups organic oats
  • 1 cup protein powder
  • ½ cup coconut flakes
  • ½ cup gGolden flax seeds
  • 4 tablespoon almond butter
  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1 cup blueberries
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Instructions

  • In a small bowl, stir together the oats, protein powder, coconut flakes, and flaxseed.
  • In a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the almond milk to a low boil and add in your oatmeal mix. Stir.
  • Turn the heat down slightly (you don't want the milk to scald) and let it simmer until all the oats absorb all the liquid, about 5 minutes.
  • Next, portion out the oatmeal into your airtight meal prep containers and top with your favorite toppings! We used almond butter and blueberries. This recipe makes four servings.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1meal | Calories: 760kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 285mg | Potassium: 785mg | Fiber: 19g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 247mg | Iron: 10mg
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