Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

Can’t get enough pumpkin spice this season? Delicious fall flavors are popping in this Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal with chia seeds.

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Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

Delicious fall flavors in a breakfast favorite

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time2 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Keyword: Less than 30 minute

Ingredients

• 1 cup instant oats
• 1.5 cups water
• 1 Tbsp chia seeds
• 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• pecans to top as desired
• pomegranate seeds OR dried cranberries to top as desired
• milk to top as desired

Instructions

• Bring water to boil and add oats and chia seeds. Add pumpkin puree. Cook about 1-2 minutes until water has evaporated to desired consistency. Turn off heat.
• Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix.
• Plate and add pecans, pomegranate seeds or dried cranberries, and milk if desired

Notes

Serves 1-2

More Pumpkin Spice!

In case you are needing another reason to enjoy the warm flavors of pumpkin spice (or even trying to use up that can of pumpkin puree) this pumpkin spice oatmeal is a delicious option.

Quick Fall Breakfast: Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

Sometimes we save our autumn baking for the weekends or when we have more time. But the nice thing about this Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal is that it’s quick enough to fit the festive flavors into your workday morning! This recipe is so quick, especially since we’re using the quick oats (which I’ll address in the next section).

Why Do We Use Quick Oats?

Because they are so FAST to cook! Diet culture likes to demonize quick oats (like basically every other food that exists). But we’re not sacrificing any fiber compared to steel cut and it helps eating oats become an easier option! The other types of oats can be good for different recipes that include oats but would need to cook longer (for example rolled oats in a baked oat bar).

What if I can’t Find Pomegranate?

Sometimes pomegranate seeds are plentiful, and other times it seems like they’re nowhere to be found. I couldn’t find the pre-separated pomegranate seeds at all at the few stores I tried. But no fear! Dried cranberries are a great substitute and are much easier to find.

Why is the Recipe First?

I’m glad you asked! I know it can get overwhelming to be excited about a recipe, then have to scroll through a seemingly never-ending life story before finally finding the recipe. I started to notice it becoming a difficulty for some of my nutrition counseling clients. So that’s why I’ve created No Guilt Nutrition Recipes – a place where finding the actual recipe isn’t so difficult or cumbersome. Usually the recipe is hidden in a blog post or you have to pay a subscription to see the recipe quickly, but here you’ll find it first on the page!

Why Are the Recipes Called “Intuitive Eating Recipes”?

No Guilt Nutrition recipes are definitely not the only thing you can eat if you are eating intuitively (really, you can eat anything that you want/feels good to your body!), but I noticed there are way too many diet culture entrenched recipes out there. These recipes give you delicious food without potentially triggering numbers or diet talk. They also provide a gentle nutrition approach by encouraging balance in your meals without having strict requirements for what that may look like.