Glam up your oatmeal
This sumptuous breakfast bowl is what happens when frumpy regular oatmeal gets a modern, stylish makeover.
It doesn’t take much effort, and the before-and-after results are astounding.
First, the foundation: Using chewy, nutty steel-cut oats makes the most of the cereal’s natural flavour assets; cooking them with red quinoa and stirring in a pop of chia seeds adds compelling texture, colour and nutrition; and adding milk to the mix makes it luxuriously creamy.
Then the culinary bling: a topping of warm, sweet, cinnamon-scented caramelized bananas and an optional crunch of toasted walnuts immediately lure you to the table.
The bananas look and feel ultraindulgent, but it takes only a dab of butter, a small amount of brown sugar and three minutes in a skillet to make them so.
This glammed-up oatmeal is ideal for weekends when you have a little more time and want something special, but it is doable on weekdays, too, and could be just what you need, especially when it’s cold outside.