Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Fruit and Oatmeal Scrambles

Banana Oatmeal Scramble

Once a week or so I break down and enjoy some good old fashioned grain-based carbohydrates lol.  Ashley at Edible Perspective provided the inspiration for this recipe.

Ingredients
  • 1 Banana, ripe
  • 1 Tbsp Organic Raw Almond Butter
  • 3 Tbsp Organic Rolled Oats 
  • 2 Tbsp Organic Milk alternative (Soy, Almond
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Dash of raw honey
  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon 
  • 1 tsp slivered almonds
  • 1 tsp organic butter for greasing the skillet
  1. Mix all ingredients except butter together in a bowl, using a fork to mash the banana.  Should look like lumpy pancake mixture.
  2. Melt butter in pan over medium heat, medium-low if using high quality stainless steel cookware.  Pour batter in, spreading out to roughly 1/3 inch thick.
  3. Cook for ~3 minutes, looking for nice brown bottom but not burnt.  Flip, and cook for another 3 minutes.

Once you have this, you will never go back to regular boring water/milk based oatmeal.  You can use any fruit or nut combination you like.  It will all be delicious. 

Extra Money for those Extra Nutrients

Sprouted Seeds
Why three time the price?
While at Whole Foods earlier today, I noticed sprouted red lentils were almost three times the price of regular seed lentils.  Soaking in water sure is expensive!