Love Of Oats

A blog dedicated to balancing a healthy and fun life… with oats!

French Toast Oats

Good Morning everyone :)   TGIF!  Thanks for your super kind well-wishes last night… Shockingly, I think I had a 24hr 8hr bug, because around 11pm (an hour into sleeping), I woke up starving… so I had a bowl of Mighty Bites… sorry no picture as I was too tired to do anything but eat!

This morning I woke up with a full appetite though… thank goodness because I truly do love to eat and feel off if I miss a meal or snack!  As a result, I decided to try my hand at a brand new oatmeal combination, which I call:  French Toast Oats!

Here’s the ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
  • A hearty amount of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white

Cook on 50% power for 2 minutes…

Then sprinkle with:

  • 1 tbsp ground flax
  • 2 tsp chopped walnuts
  • 1 tsp light granulated brown sugar
  • 1/8 cup low-sugar maple syrup

Pop back in the microwave for 20 seconds until everything starts melting together and sugar begins to slightly caramelize…

And ta-da… the finished product:

This is a great alternative for when you want french toast but don’t feel like pulling out the griddle to make some (my exact reasoning for this combination)… Maybe it’s because I’m partial to oatmeal, but I seriously think this combination might actually taste better than the real thing :)

Here’s a view of its deliciousness from eye-level:

If you all try it, let me know your thoughts!

Category: breakfast, recipes
  • lindzakins921 says:

    Sarah ~ I thought it had similar flavor, just obviously not the same texture :) Great idea about freezing the blueberries, I just bought a bunch so I should do that!

    fitnessista ~ Aww thanks! I just added you as well :)

    linds ~ Enjoy it when you get to have it in Boston :)

    July 25, 2008 at 9:03 pm
  • linds says:

    Wow. I am sold on this one! Totally going to try it :)

    July 25, 2008 at 8:57 pm
  • fitnessista says:

    thanks so much, i would LOVE it if you added me :) you’re on mine!
    have a great weekend

    July 25, 2008 at 5:10 pm
  • Sarah says:

    How inventive! Does it really taste like french toast? I’m intrigued :-)

    I’ve nearly OD’ed on the blueberry oats so I’m going to need to make a switch tomorrow. They are fabulous but I’ve had them too many times in a row. I might try your french toast version…. or I might be my boring self and go for my faves- apple or strawberry.

    (I did freeze some of my blueberries though, so I can have more blueberry oats after the fresh ones are gone).

    July 25, 2008 at 4:49 pm
  • lindzakins921 says:

    C ~ Thanks – I just checked out your blog – love your approach :)

    July 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm
  • C says:

    These look awesome!

    http://whatiateyesterday.wordpress.com/

    July 25, 2008 at 4:30 pm
  • lindzakins921 says:

    Marathon Me ~ Quite an interesting perspective on what the oats look like haha

    fitnessista ~ Of course you can add me, do you mind if I add you? PS – I LOVE your blog – i subscribed to all three hehe!!!

    Betsy ~ Oh my – i wish i didn’t like french toast – it’s an addiction of mine hehe… hope you enjoy it!

    All ~ Glad you enjoy the look of these oats!

    July 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm
  • Betsy says:

    well, i’ve never really been a big french toast fan (i think i’m the only one-honestly!!), but i’m 100% positive that i would like this better than the real thing.

    July 25, 2008 at 3:56 pm
  • All Vegged Out says:

    French Toast without all the work, plus oats! Yes Yes Yes!

    Thanks for sharing!

    July 25, 2008 at 3:20 pm
  • fitnessista says:

    when i saw the title for your post, i was instantly thrilled– what a brilliant way to jazz up oatmeal and there have been too many mornings when i’ve wanted french toast but just didn’t feel like making it. thanks for the geat recipe!
    i really enjoy reading your blog :) may i add you to my blogroll??
    http://www.fitnessista.com

    July 25, 2008 at 3:05 pm
  • Marathon Me says:

    It looks like some weird Italian pasta dish. I swear I see noodles and Parmesan cheese in there….

    July 25, 2008 at 2:16 pm
  • Jenn says:

    YUM! Those oats sound delicious! I’m so impressed by your continuously changing combinations :)

    July 25, 2008 at 12:49 pm
  • glidingcalm says:

    Wow Lindz!! Those oats sound soo good!! French toast in a bowl!! And I bet it really is better than the real thing!!! I’ll have to try that!

    July 25, 2008 at 11:33 am
  • Aimee says:

    I can’t wait to try this combo!

    July 25, 2008 at 11:13 am
  • orangepop says:

    brown suga’, cinnamon, oats, nuts…. gosh, this wins! I love these oats!

    July 25, 2008 at 10:53 am
  • Sagan says:

    French toast oats look so good! I definitely will have to give that a try.

    July 25, 2008 at 10:28 am
  • Heather says:

    Carmelized sugar on oats??? YUM! That looks awesome.

    I just found your blog and I love it! So I see you’re taking marriage prep classes. We had to go to several of those and an “engaged encounter” retreat- it was an interesting experience!

    I’m curious about these Mighty Bites… off too google them…

    July 25, 2008 at 9:54 am
  • mi says:

    i will be trying this very very soon after i get back to england!!

    July 25, 2008 at 9:41 am
  • Fitzalan says:

    Loving the french toast oats. What a fun way to begin your Friday, especially after feeling so crappy last night! Hope marriage prep class went well. I actually really liked taking those classes before we got married. I just loved hearing his input and feelings about a whole slew of questions that we had never talked about in depth.

    sweetsandsweats

    July 25, 2008 at 9:22 am
  • Cara says:

    oh my goodness that looks like heaven.

    July 25, 2008 at 9:17 am
  • VeggieGirl says:

    French Toast Oats?!??!! Genius!!! What a fantastic way to start off your Friday – hope you continue to feel better!!!

    July 25, 2008 at 9:00 am
  • rhodeygirl says:

    YUMMMM my new obsession, Mighty Bites, makes yet another appearance! Yay!

    Happy to hear you’re feeling better!

    July 25, 2008 at 8:56 am

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