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Carrot Cake Oatmeal

4.8

(10)

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Alex Lau

Get a serving of vegetables with this carrot cake oatmeal before you even leave the house!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

2

medium carrots, coarsely grated (about 1 cup)

1

cup old-fashioned oats

¼

cup raisins

2

tablespoons dark brown sugar

1

teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼

teaspoon ground ginger

1

teaspoon vanilla extract

½

teaspoon kosher salt

¼

cup chopped walnuts, plus more for serving

½

cup unsweetened almond milk, another nut milk, or regular whole milk

Plain Greek yogurt, pumpkin seeds, unsweetened shredded coconut flakes, and/or pure maple syrup for serving)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cook carrots in 3 cups boiling water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until tender, 8–10 minutes. Stir in oats, raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, salt, and ¼ cup walnuts; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring often, until oats are tender and mixture is thick, 8–10 minutes. Add almond milk and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is creamy, about 2 minutes.

    Step 2

    Serve oatmeal topped with a spoonful of yogurt, some pumpkin seeds, coconut, and/or more walnuts and drizzled with maple syrup, as desired.

    Step 3

    Do Ahead: Oatmeal (without toppings) can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

Nutrition Per Serving

Calories (kcal) 210 Fat (g)7 Saturated Fat (g) 1 Cholesterol (mg) 0 Carbohydrates (g) 34 Dietary Fiber (g) 3 Total Sugars (g) 13 Protein (g) 5 Sodium (mg) 180
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  • Delicious as are all your recipes. I tipped mine with toasted pumpkin seeds, raisins and cream. Yum.

    • Cath

    • Toronto

    • 4/19/2022

  • Halved the recipe for breakfast and it tastes great!! Didn’t have ground ginger on hand and used fresh ginger instead. Also lessened the liquids as I wanted a thicker consistency. Would definitely make it again! :)

    • Anonymous

    • 5/26/2020

  • Super yummy! Halved everything as I just made one serve. Also, subbed brown sugar for 1 tbsp of maple syrup ~ still tasted amaze.

    • Anonymous

    • Minneapolis

    • 5/13/2020

  • Really enjoyed this. I cut the recipe in half, as I was only making it for myself, and thought it worked perfectly, with some left over for tomorrow. Next time, I would have it without maple syrup or any other sweeteners, as I felt it was sweet enough without.

    • Anonymous

    • London, UK

    • 11/28/2019

  • Super good!! I grated my carrots finely accidentally so i cooked them for only one minute or so, and didn’t add walnuts and replaced the raisins with cranberries. I put full fat greek yogurt on top and I ate half, and can’t wait for tomorrow morning to eat the other half!

    • Anonymous

    • Utah

    • 11/13/2019