This entirely vegan Power Breakfast Bowl is loaded with healthy ingredients such as 2 kinds of oats, flax and chia seeds, almond milk, raspberries, mango and sliced banana.
After a few sugar-filled recipes I decided to give my sweet teeth a break with this nutrient-packed breakfast bowl (it all works out in the end, right?). And it’s a breakfast that is DEFINITELY worth waking up for.
I mean, check out that fruit! And that’s not even the best part. To make this breakfast extra satisfying I made TWO different types of steel-cut oatmeal for this. I’ll give you a hint… one includes 70% dark cocoa! I mean, right?! I guess I didn’t totally forget my sweet tooth on this one, whoops!
And I haven’t even touched on the homemade granola yet! It has a pinch of cinnamon, maple syrup (as a natural sweetener), and coconut oil (instead of butter) and, that’s not even going into the secret ingredients I added for extra “staying” power!
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Flaxseeds and chia seeds! Unusual, maybe, but I promise they work! Just smelling this mixture before it went into the oven was heavenly. Your house is going to smell SO good!
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Power Breakfast Bowl
This entirely vegan Power Breakfast Bowl is loaded with healthy ingredients such as 2 kinds of oats, flax and chia seeds, almond milk, raspberries, mango and sliced banana.
Ingredients
Granola
- 2 cups rolled oats (old-fashioned oats)
- 1/4 cup flax seed
- 1/4 cup chia seed
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, room temperature
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
Oatmeal
- 4 cups steel-cut oatmeal, cooked
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 2 tbs dark cocoa powder
- 1 tsp honey
Toppings
- 1/4 cup raspberries
- 1 ripe mango, sliced
- 1 banana sliced
- 2 tsp cacao nibs
Instructions
Granola
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- In a medium sized bowl, add the oats, flax seed and chia seed and mix together.
- Add the coconut oil and, using a spatula, incorporate it into the dry ingredients.
- Add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix.
- Place granola mixture on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to prevent sticking. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown with crispy edges.
Oatmeal
- Cook the steel-cut oatmeal according to package directions and separate the oatmeal in equal parts into two small bowls.
- Into one, add the almond milk and top with the finished granola and fruit of your choosing.
- In the other bowl, add the dark cocoa powder and honey, and mix well.
Toppings
- Top each bowl with granola, fruit and cacao nibs. (TIP: I also added additional flaxseed to the top)
Notes
I like to use vanilla flavored almond milk but unflavored almond milk, regular milk or any other dairy free milk will work.
A cup of dry steel cut oats will yield about 4 cups cooked.
I also added additional flaxseed to the top.
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