By Marina Di Loreto
Breakfast is just as important as a good night’s sleep! Paired together, these simple flavors boast a delicious (and nutritious) first meal of the day! Or eat it as a snack – the choices are endless.
Grape and Almond Butter Oatmeal
Ingredients:
1/3 cup milk of choice + 2/3 cup of water (I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
1/2 cup rolled oats
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp. plain, nonfat Greek yogurt
10 red or green seedless grapes, halved
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
3 tbsp. liquid egg whites (or 1 egg white)
1 heaping tsp. raw almond butter
Directions:
- In a small saucepan, bring milk and water to a boil
- Add oats and pinch of salt, and reduce heat to medium and stir
- After about a minute, add in the Greek yogurt, stirring until no clumps of yogurt remain
- Add in grapes, saving some of the halves as toppings, if you’d like
- Wait a few minutes for the mixture to thicken, then add in vanilla extract and cinnamon
- Stir until everything is combined
- When the mixture has thickened and looks just about done, reduce heat to low and slowly pour in egg whites
- Whisk until all traces of “white” are gone (be patient, this could take a little arm work!)
- Transfer to a bowl and top with more grapes and almond butter
- ENJOY! 🙂
Marina is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, dancer, college student, health enthusiast, and self-diagnosed oatmeal addict. Her blog, A Dancer’s Live-It, is all about living a life that’s healthy without going on a DIEt. In order to truly appreciate the benefits of health, you have to change your lifestyle, so therefore LIVEit.