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Anna’s Baked Berry Oatmeal

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Baked Berry Oatmeal

Prep time Total time: 10 mins 25 mins

Healthy, delicious, and filling! This baked oatmeal is chock full of berries, pecans, and the perfect amount of sweetness.

Serves: 6

Ingredients

Dry Mixture:
2 cups quick-cook oats (see notes on quick-cook vs. rolled) 1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp salt
1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
Wet Mixture:
2 cups nonfat milk
2 eggs
1⁄2 tbsp vanilla extract
3 tbsps honey
11⁄2 tbsp melted butter
2 cups frozen mixed berries
1⁄4 cup pecans, separated

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, mix together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and brown sugar. Set aside.
  3. In a seperate bowl whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla, honey, and butter.
  4. Layer half the berries in a 2 quart baking dish and top evenly with the dry oat mixture. Pour on the wet mixture, then add the rest of the berries on top along with the roughly chopped pecans.
  5. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the oats have absorbed the liquid. Serve hot or cold!

Notes: If using non-quick cook oats, increase your baking time to 35-40 minutes.

Nutrition Information:

Serving size: 1⁄6th recipe Calories: 310 Fat: 10g Saturated fat: 2.5g Carbohydrates: 53g Sodium: 165mg Fiber: 4.2g Protein: 9g Cholesterol: 70mg

“MAKE HIM A PLATE” TURKEY, CRANBERRY SAUCE AND CHEDDAR CHEESE MELT.

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One of my first and favorite food blogs to follow was a blog named “300 Sandwiches”. Its sort of a first person’s account from a young woman from NYC and her courtship of the man of dreams through the art of sandwich making. But first you need to know about the story that inspired her to create 300 Sandwiches.  She begins by telling this story from early on in their relationship.. Wait! I’ll just let you read the story in her own words.

“Honey,  this is the best sandwich ever!” he exclaimed in between bites so rapid in succession,  the sandwich was gone in minutes. And then,  he dropped a bomb me: “You’re, like, 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring.”

(SPOILER ALERT: she eventually got her man, and I noticed today that they are married and now have a child). At the end of the day one of my favorite sandwich recipes from over the many years I have followed this blog is one she shared using Thanksgiving leftovers. I have found myself on several occasion in the middle of July or August craving this sandwich. I hope you enjoy their story and her Thanksgiving leftover recipe as much as I will next Friday.

Enjoy Joe..