Baked Pumpkin & Maple Oatmeal

Until this recipe I had NEVER baked oatmeal. Now that I've made this, I think I have been missing out! I know that maple and pumpkin are a little "out of season" but meh! They are always in season in my books! I love pumpkin! Haha. I also made 2 pumpkin loafs and a dozen pumpkin muffins this week. The pumpkin was frozen leftovers from the fall, taken out for this recipe of course! This recipe is a keeper. Fo sho! Of course the recipe was stolen from someone else! The recipe idea credit goes out to: chocolatecoveredkatie.com

Here is what you need to make this yourself! This recipe serves one. When we made it we doubled the recipe. I shall let you decide how much to make :)

• 1/2 cup oats (50g)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
•  1/8 tsp nutmeg,
• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup (depending on how sweet you like your oatmeal)
• 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/8 tsp salt

Step one:
In a baking dish mix together the oats, spices, pumpkin, salt, maple syrup, vanilla & milk. Basically mix everything together :)

Step two:
Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 380F. (Or until it gets firm)

Step three:
Set your oven to broil, and broil the oatmeal for about 3 minutes.
It will give it a nice crispy top!

...And yes, that is icecream you see with my oatmeal ;)

xo have a great night guys!

Healthy Banana Nut Muffins

Like you can probably tell from the blog, I really love muffins. These muffins turned out great and have been an excellent start to my day! I have been putting a little bit of apple butter on them..hahah which makes them a little less healthy...but it's worth it! :) This recipe makes 12 muffins.
Here is what you will need:
-2 cups of flour
-1/4 cup of sugar
-1 1/2 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp baking soda
-1/4 tsp salt
-2 eggs, lightly beaten
-3/4 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
-3/4 cup of skim milk
-2 tbsp oil
-1/2 cup of walnuts & pecans
-dark chocolate chopped
-2 bananas ( we use frozen bananas that we defrost before using. Make sure they are soft.)

Preheat oven to 400F
Put muffin cups in your muffin tin.
-Take your flour, baking powder, baking soda, and your salt. Mix together well & set aside.
-In your mixer add your beaten eggs and your sugar. Mix. Add the apple sauce, and the 2 tbsps of oil.
-Add your dry ingredients to the mixture. Also adding your skim milk.
-Lastly, add the 2 bananas, the nuts and your chocolate. Mix well.
Add your muffin batter to your muffin cups and get em in the oven!

Bake for about 15minutes. Make sure your knife comes out clean! :)

ENJOY !!
xo