Creamy Oats And Honey

A few weeks ago I started sharing our family meal plans and if you download my meal plans then you will get a good idea of what our family eats. Oats and Honey show up a lot. There's a good reason for that :)

Oatmeal With Honey

The reason I don't cook almost 99.9% of the recipes in my collection is that most of the time they just aren't practical for everyday family meals.

My meal plans are not the kind of meal plans designed to look good on the pages of a recipe book. They are a real-in-the-trenches-of-an actual-family kind of meal plan.

Which also means you get to see which meals I like to make on repeat. Which I'm in no way apologising for.

I like to make some meals regularly, because these everyday recipes tick all the boxes. They are: 

• Quick and easy to make
• The family actually eats
• Healthy and
• Fit into the budget anytime of the month

And to be honest, it makes Mom life so much easier. 

This Oatmeal with honey recipe is so simple. It's a classic wholesome breakfast or pudding, it's delicious and it's really filling.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the value of a boring housekeeping routine. The easier the routine, whether it be cooking, cleaning or organising, the more time I free up to do the things I actually enjoy. Which is none of those three things. Shocking I know.

A few years ago I realised that cooking for a family could be made so much easier if I simply focused on building a stockpile of go-to recipes. The bigger my list of Everyday Recipes, the easier the whole meal prepping thing became.

Related: 18 Fast and Healthy Meal Ideas Cheat Sheet

I started keeping a Recipe Binder with all of our favorite family recipes. And over the years this has grown to be an invaluable meal prepping resource. I still try new recipes regularly (Remember my goal is to grow this list) but generally, I refer to my Binder for most of our meals. 

Related Recipe: THREE INGREDIENT Clean Eating Banana Pancakes

Oatmeal Honey Pudding

This Creamy Oat and Honey Pudding is an all time Breakfast Classic with a lovely natural flavor.

You will see it pop up in my Meal Plans often: It's a good whole grain recipe full of fiber. It's pretty much our replacement for the many breakfast cereals I used to buy.

I know most of you are thinking - 'Steph this is just your regular ol' oat porridge'. Ahhhh .... but you see in our home my kids actually think they are getting a treat when I make a steaming pot for breakfast. 

And the reason for this is the recipe has the most Amazing name. Oatmeal Honey Pudding. Hmmm Mmmm. It just rolls off the tongue.

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Come on, who wouldn't want that for breakfast? Offer it to your children tomorrow morning and enjoy the response.

This isn't a recipe you can make ahead of time however it really doesn't take any time at all, I keep my oatmeal in a large airtight container in the kitchen so it's always to hand and I use it all the time when I'm cooking, and I use it to make oat flour fairly often.

It's got a higher protein content than most grains too. Yay!

I keep meaning to make some overnight oats so that they're ready to go with zero preparation. Life goals :)

More Oatmeal Recipes

• Pear oatmeal
• Whipped banana oatmeal with maple syrup
• Oatmeal date bars
• Blueberries and cream oatmeal
• Peanut butter and choc chip bars
• Healthy chocolate flapjacks
• Gooey flapjacks for kids
• Clean eating granola

How Much Honey Should You Put In Oatmeal?

My kids love honey. It's sweet sticky and makes everything better. If I let them, my kids would use a pot per sitting, and so I limit the honey intake to one teaspoon. Admittedly, it's a heaped teaspoon but it's a teaspoon none the less :)

There's no right or wrong on the amount of honey, it all comes down to personal taste.

If your kids are still getting used to eating Oatmeal then maybe allow them a little more to encourage them, I'd just recommend keeping an eye on it, it seems to disappear quick in this house!

Which Oats Are The Healthiest?

I tend to buy oat groats or steel cut oats although I'm not especially strict on either count and will buy what's available, but these would be my top choices if I can pick.

Oat groats are considered the healthiest type of oats by many people as they've gone through the least amount of processing.

Steel cut oats tend to have a slightly nutty taste, which we love but honestly, any oats are better than just about any of the store bought breakfast cereals we used to eat.

Although there is some saturated fat in oatmeal, it's because oats are almost always whole grain and so therefore has the bran and germ intact, and these contain oil. This is good :)

Additions

This recipe uses honey bananas and cinnamon to give this Oatmeal a yummy kid friendly taste, but there are lots of other things you can add to this oatmeal.

Here's some ideas to get you started:

• Nuts - If your kids like nuts you could add some walnuts. They go really well with bananas and give the pudding a great crunch!
• Fruit - Alongside the banana you could add some fresh blueberries and strawberries. I'd leave the cinnamon out if you'd like to try adding some other fruits
• Peanut butter - Add a teaspoon of peanut butter to each bowl of this for a creamy peanut flavor
• Maple syrup - Feel free to swap out the honey for maple syrup if you prefer it
• Ginger or Nutmeg - Swap out the cinnamon for ginger or nutmeg if you like it!
• Chocolate chips - Special occasion? Add a few chocolate chips for extra sweetness!

How To Make Oats And Honey

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Rolled Oats
• 2 Cups Hot Water
• 1 Cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• Cinnamon
• Bananas Sliced
• Honey
• Pinch of salt optional

Instructions

• Heat up a large pan on the stove
• Stir together oats, milk, vanilla and water to make the oat mixture. Bring to the Boil. Turn down the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 5 - 10 minutes. The oats will thicken on cooking. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom of the pot
• Serve in bowls with sliced bananas, cinnamon and a drizzle of honey

Notes

If you like your oats to be a little less thick, then add more water or milk while cooking. I always limit my kids to a teaspoon of honey, because they are still kids, and if I didn't set a limit they would squeeze half the bottle in their oats while my back was turned.

Oats And Honey Recipe