25 Oatmeal Recipes Perfect for Back-to-School Breakfasts
By Andrea, Contributing Writer
In the next few weeks, the kiddos will be heading back to school and it will be important to give them a healthy breakfast so they can focus on learning.
Oatmeal is an inexpensive breakfast staple. I can often find organic oats on sale at the bulk bins for just $0.49/pound. That means I can afford to add some extras like dried fruits and nuts to help make it taste better and boost the nutrition.
Besides being cheap, oatmeal is high in fiber, so it helps to keep kids full. The fiber also helps to stabilize blood sugars and lower cholesterol.
The problem with oatmeal is: unless it is “dressed up” a bit, it can be quite bland. I’ve rounded up 25 oatmeal recipes that are anything but boring. There is sure to be one recipe here that will please the kids in your family.
Beyond Basic Oatmeal Recipes
If you don’t have a lot of time in the morning, I love this quick and easy suggestion for Oatmeal That Isn’t So Icky. But if you plan ahead, you can whip up any of these beyond basic oatmeal recipes and have a great-tasting breakfast.
These recipes are great examples of how you can dress up a bowl of plain oats and not only have a tasty breakfast – but a nutrient packed one, too!
Fortified Toddler-Friendly Oatmeal
Toasted Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
Baked Oatmeal Recipes
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Baked oatmeals are my family’s favorite. Make a pan on a Sunday, and your family can quickly reheat a portion on a weekday morning. I find a large pan can last us 3 days, and I never get complaints for serving a repeat breakfast.
Once you find a recipe that suits your family’s dietary needs, a baked oatmeal recipe is easy to change up by substituting whatever fruits, nuts and/or sweeteners you have on hand.
Roasted Banana Chai Baked Oatmeal
Strawberry Pineapple Oatmeal Bake
Creative Ways to Eat Your Oatmeal Recipes
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When you have oats on hand, you can get really creative with your breakfast. Cookies, bars and smoothies are just a few of the ways to take this pantry staple and serve it up fresh and new.
Hesitant to serve a cookie, bar or pie? Check out all the healthy ingredients and you’ll probably change your mind.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Smoothie
I love these ideas! And I love oatmeal. Thank you for sharing these. I can’t wait to try some of them and see what my son thinks. He’s a really picky breakfast eater so any additional options I can find for my menu planning are a blessing. I also love doing oatmeal with just some honey, milk, flax and chia seeds. It’s simple but has a fun texture and just a enough sweetness to not be bland. Plus the flax and chia help keep me full and provide such a multitude of health benefits. 🙂
Great round up Andrea! I need to get back in the groove of using oats!
Hi, Andrea! Thanks for the shout-out on my Cinnamon-Maple Crunch Oatmeal! We love oatmeal, so I’m looking forward to giving some of these a try! What a great round-up! Lots of blessings, Kelly 🙂
1/2 cup oatmeal made with half water half milk and 1Tbs chia seeds. The I add cinnamon and chopped banana and mix it up. Then I top with a Tbs of peanut butter. Never gets old and always filling!
Cori, I can’t wait to try your oatmeal recipe. I usually add chia to my smoothies, so I need to try it on my oatmeal. Thanks for the suggestion, Andrea
Oatmeal is my total fave….we love all kinds and types!
definitely something I have to try…thanks for all the links
Thank you for the oatmeal ideas. We eat oatmeal every morning during the school year. I love all of the variations to add to our breakfast routines.
Baked oatmeal – who knew? We love oatmeal, whether raw or cooked, at our house. Thanks for adding a few more varieties to our standing menu!
Hi Dena! Baked oatmeal is our family’s favorite way to eat oatmeal, so I hope you’ll give these baked recipes a try! Andrea
thanks! we do eat oatmeal but sadly, I’m the one who likes it least. but add enough goodies and it’s okay with me. I especially like baked oatmeal once I tried it. so the variations on that plus some of the other recipes look great to try! I didn’t notice “summer porridge” or “refrigerator oatmeal” or whatever you want to call it, there are lots of variations of that floating around out there. I find it only so-so, but someone who likes oatmeal more than me might appreciate it more – something cold in the summer, something easy to make ahead in individual portions and keep in the fridge, something with yummy fruits and seeds and other good things…(I really wish I liked it more. anything with a porridge-like texture I just can’t eat much of, even desserts!)
Christina, I’ll confess – I didn’t add any of the porridge recipes because they are my least favorite, so I wasn’t willing to try any to make sure they were delicious enough to include in this roundup! 🙂 Andrea
What wonderful, delicious looking oatmeal recipes! I can’t wait to share them with my readers. 🙂
Awwwww… What a perfect timing I am prepping my child’s meals. 🙂 All this looks delicious! Can’t wait to try the Roasted Banana Chai Baked Oatmeal recipe! 😉