5 Easy Oats Recipes – How to make healthy budget friendly oatmeal dishes with nutritious ingredients – including no bake options – with the video tutorial.
5 Easy Oats Recipes
These 5 Easy Oats Recipes are all easy healthy options for budget friendly meals, snacks and treats that are quick to make and – best of all – the whole family will enjoy them.
For each recipe you can use rolled oats, jumbo oats, steel cut oats, porridge oats or any other oat variety that you can get. The variety you choose will determine whether the dish is coarser or finer, it’s up to your preference and what’s easy to find near you.
1. Chocolate Banana Oatmeal – Easy Oats Recipes
Probably the most popular oat dish is oatmeal and this chocolate banana oatmeal dish is loaded with chocolatey flavor and nutrition from the banana and nutrient rich oats.
To make the easy recipe you’ll need:
- 1 Banana
- 1/2 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1/2 Cup Milk of Choice
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup
Chop the banana into bite sized pieces and place into a small saucepan, along with all of the remaining ingredients.
Move the saucepan to the stove top and bring up to a boil over medium heat, stirring regularly and once boiling, reduce the heat to gently simmer the oatmeal until softened to your liking.
You can serve the chocolate banana oatmeal as is or topped with more banana, nuts or your toppings of choice.
2. Easy No Bake Banana Oat Cookies Recipe
You’ll love these easy no bake cookies – you simply mix a whole lot of simple ingredients together, form cookies, pop them into the fridge to set and then you have an easy sweet treat that needs no time in the oven.
To make the no bake banana cookies, you only need 4 ingredients for the simple recipe:
- 1 Ripe Banana
- 1 Cup of Rolled Oats
- 1/3 Cup Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
- 2-4 Tablespoons Golden Syrup (Depends on how sweet you’d like your cookies.)
- Chocolate Chips (Optional)
Mash the banana until smooth, add the oats and stir to combine.
Place the peanut butter and golden syrup into a small saucepan over medium heat to form a smooth and creamy mixture.
Move the creamy peanut butter to the bowl with the oats and banana and combine together until you have a cookie dough.
Line a baking tray with well greased baking paper and drop a teaspoon of batter per cookie onto the baking tray.
Fill the baking tray with cookies, you can flatten them down if you like. Sprinkle over the optional chocolate chips, if you’d like to create banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Place into the fridge for a few hours to harden and enjoy.
3. Easy Chocolate Baked Oats Recipe
This is a wonderfully indulgent way to enjoy oats in a decadent baked oats dish that you can prepare for a sweet breakfast or dessert.
To make the chocolate baked oats you’ll need:
- 1/3 Cup Oats
- 1/3 Cup Milk
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 2 to 4 Tablespoons Chocolate Chips
Start by preheating the oven to 180C/350F, get out a small baking dish or ramekin and grease it well.
Then, in a large bowl, combine together all of the simple ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, and mix well until smooth.
Stir some of the chocolate chips through the batter and move the batter to the prepared baking dish.
Top the oats with the rest of the chocolate chips and then place in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked through and golden brown.
Remove the chocolate baked oats from the oven, top with any optional extra toppings and enjoy.
4. Kiwi Banana Smoothie
Blending oats into smoothies is a great way to add more fiber to a smoothie, while making it a whole meal that will keep you full for hours.
For this smoothie recipe you’ll need:
- 1 Ripe Banana, peeled and chopped
- 1 Fresh Kiwi, peeled and chopped
- 1/3 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Maple Syrup
- 1 Cup Milk
Simply place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and creamy to your liking.
Then it’s just a matter of pouring your smoothie into a glass and enjoying your healthy drink.
5. Baked Granola Oat Bars
These easy homemade baked granola bars have only 4 ingredients and are a brilliant homemade treat that the entire family will enjoy.
The 4 ingredients that you’ll need are:
- 125g/4.4 ounces Unsalted Butter
- 1/3 Cup Coconut Sugar or Brown Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Golden Syrup
- 2 Cups Rolled Oats
Start by preheating the oven to 180C/350F and lining a square baking pan with well greased baking parchment paper.
Place the butter, sugar and golden syrup into a small saucepan on the stove top over medium heat.
Heat until the butter has completely melted and the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Place the oats into a large bowl and pour over the creamy butter and golden syrup/sugar mixture.
Stir well until fully incorporated and them move the oat mixture to the prepared baking pan.
Press the granola bar mixture down well with a spoon to flatten, then place into the preheated oven and bake the granola bars for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked to your liking.
Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, then cut into bars, allow to cool completely to harden and then enjoy.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature and enjoy the healthy homemade treat within a few days.
Easy Oats Recipes Videos
Here’s the video where you can watch the easy oats recipes being prepared, step by step. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.
