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Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal is a twist on a classic bowl of morning oatmeal. Made with eggs, almond milk, zucchini, applesauce, flaxseed and cinnamon, this simple bowl of goodness is packed with protein and fiber. A nutritious way to stay full all morning!
This isn’t just any breakfast. This is oatmeal that is oatless breakfast. Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal to be exact. You won’t believe how good it is because I couldn’t until I tested it and tasted it. It was a crazy idea that turned out amazing!
I love oatmeal, but sometimes you just need to mix things up for breakfast.
A few weeks ago when it was 90 in Arizona, I was like I just can’t eat my protein oatmeal for breakfast. It’s just too hot and there was a lonesome zucchini dying in my fridge begging me to do something with it. So I made Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal with it and it was awesome.
As you know, I’m pretty obsessed with zucchini and putting it in everything. Well, obsessed with all squash really.
I was thinking the other day about this love of mine for squash and how I go through phases with eating each of them. I realized though that my phases aren’t really phases at all. They’re seasons.
You see during the winter I’m eating butternut, pumpkin and spaghetti squash like it’s going out of style. Then in the summer I’m like giveme all the zucchini! Okay, so I eat butternut year round BUT the reality is it is really hot in Arizona for like 10 months of the year.
So that means if I were to always eat what was in season, I would be eating zucchini all the time and boy that would just not be fair to the others and well, kinda boring.
So in all fairness to the oats and squashes and Paleons, let’s eat Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal every now and then. Mmk?
Now understandably, you are skeptical about Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal. I’m a mind reader. Didn’t you know that?
BUT I’m telling ya, this Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal is delicious. You’ll be surprised. So before you judge an oatmeal by it’s oats, give it a fair chance. This is a judgement free zone! Worst case. You can always bake it into a muffin. It’s all about options people.
Oh, but before you go. I had another awesome thought about this Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal. Technically, this is like overnight “oats,” minus the oats of course.
The recipe has ground flaxseed. Have you heard of it? Well, it’s like the magician of omega powerhouses. One of the best you can eat really.
AnyWHO….you could totally throw all of the ingredients for this in a mason jar the night before and it will magically puff up like puff the magic dragon overnight.
Toss it in the microwave the next morning and voila! You’ve got overnight Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal. My work here is done!
Zucchini Oatless Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, or milk of choice
- 1/2 cup zucchini, grated (~1/2 of a small zucchini)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons flax meal, not flax seed
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Optional toppings: raw almonds, seeds, fresh fruit, nut butter
Instructions
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Add egg whites, milk and flaxseed to the saucepan, stirring constantly as they combine until they thicken. Do not let it sit without stirring otherwise the eggs will scramble.
- Reduce heat to low and add applesauce, zucchini and cinnamon to the mixture stirring to combine.
- Allow mixture to thicken to desired consistency. Remove from saucepan, place in a bowl and top with options toppings as desired.
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Notes
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This sounds great! I wanted to 4x the recipe and bake it as a breakfast cassrrole. What tempersture would you suggest?
I’ve just made this Oat-less Oatmeal and it’s shocking how much it does resemble oatmeal. It’s so good! I used the Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk and that worked great. Also topped it with blueberries and it sent it over the top. It’s so yummy that the whole bowl is going down the hatch. Thanks for coming up with this. Love that it’s low cal and healthy.
That’s amazing! I know so many people are skeptical about it, but it really is tasty and the consistency is very similar.
Hiya! I mean that I forgot to soak the flaxseed overnight, and wondered if it would work if I just cooked this dish without any prior soaking? Also, do you grate your courgette on the smallest grater setting? How long do you continue to cook it for once the courgette is in the pan?
There is no soaking required for the flax. I did not grate my zucchini. I grated it in a food processor by pulsing it several times.
I want to try this now, but forgot to prepare last night! How can I get the same effect by cooking instantly? Or do the flaxseeds need to swell?
What do you mean by instantly? In the microwave? I’ve never tried it any other way. Let me know if you do!
can I use chia seeds instead of flaxseeds?
I haven’t tried, but you should be able to.
Is it possible to substitute the vanilla almond milk? Maybe coconut milk or water?
Greetings from sweden! 🙂
I haven’t it tried it, but I’m sure any milk would work.
Hi this looks great! If I make the overnight version, how long would you recommend heating up in microwave for so that the egg whites cook? Thanks!
I would recommend heating at 30 second intervals on medium heat and stirring in between so it doesn’t scramble until it’s cooked through.
What cool twist on paleo pats! It never really go cool here (granted, it’s not 90), so I’ didn’t do many oats at all this winter. I’m totally going to try this out next week!
This is pure genius!!! I’ve seen people make zoats before but never without oats. totally wanna try this!!!
Let me know if you do!
You have such great recipes!!!!
Thanks friend xoxo