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!
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!
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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