Name: Whipped Banana Oatmeal
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 7 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup old fashioned oats; 1/3 cup milk of your choice; 2/3 cup water (I like my oats a bit liquidy - cut back to 1/2 a cup if you don't); 1/2 banana (very thinly sliced); 1/2 tbsp chia seeds; Pinch of kosher salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract (stirred in at end)

This collection of 100 creative oatmeal recipes, mix-in ideas, and toppings will inspire you to create a bowl of creamy whipped banana oatmeal for breakfast.

Some people call me the Queen Of Oatmeal

Back in 2008, when this blog was very young, I discovered how much I loved the “stick to your ribs” satisfaction that a bowl of oatmeal gave me for breakfast. I always make my oatmeal with two key ingredients: milk (for protein) and banana (for natural sweetness). And I always go crazy with toppings!

Overnight Oats Banana Split

Some of my Favorite Creative Oatmeal Recipes Include:

Toppings

Granola
Nut butter
Fresh fruit
Dried fruit
Coconut flakes
Chia seeds
Cereal
Muffin
PB&J
Crumbled anything
Crunchy anything

Mixins

Banana slices (to whip!)
Chia seeds for thickness
Pumpkin
Cottage cheese
Greek yogurt
Fruit of all kinds (dried like raisins or fresh like chopped pear)

Different types of oats

I prefer old fashioned rolled oats for their cross between texture and quick cooking time. All of the different oats varieties have the same nutrition but the surface area and cooking time is what varies.

Steel cut oats = cut only
Quick steel cut oats = cut and steamed
Old fashioned rolled oats = cut and rolled
Quick oats = cut, rolled, and steamed

Classic Whipped Banana Oatmeal Recipe

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Whipped Banana Oatmeal

The whipped method produces a really creamy bowl of oatmeal. The bananas basically disappear, so there are no chunks. Since banana is an emulsifier of sorts, this method suspends the oats into a thick, creamy consistency and the whole bowl is sweeter because the banana's sweetness permeates throughout.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword oatmeal, oats

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 7 minutes

Servings 1 serving

Ingredients

1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/3 cup milk of your choice
2/3 cup water I like my oats a bit liquidy - cut back to 1/2 a cup if you don't
1/2 banana very thinly sliced
1/2 tbsp chia seeds
Pinch of kosher salt
1 tsp vanilla extract stirred in at end

Instructions

Start by combining rolled oats, water, and milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
Slice a banana into VERY thin pieces, leaving just a few bigger chunks.
Walk away for a few minutes while the oatmeal heats.
Once it begins to steam or bubble, stir vigorously at times to “whip” the banana into the oats. The oats will take about 5 minutes on medium heat from start to finish to fully absorb the liquid. They’re done when they reach your desired consistency!
Stir in vanilla (and often pumpkin or cottage cheese) and pour into your bowl.
Add any toppings you like, such as almond or peanut butter dollops, nuts, granola, coconut, crumbled granola bars, or trail mix – with dark chocolate chips! Or check out all the combos listed below.

Kath Classic Oats Instructional Video

All About Overnight Oats

Overnight Oats Page

Smoothie Bowls aka Smoothie In A Bowl

50 Smoothie Bowl Recipes

Kath’s 100 Creative Oatmeal Recipes!

Bread Pudding Oats

Tiramisu on top!

Eggy Oats

With cookies!

Pumpkin Pumpkin Seed

Cornbread + Almond Butter

Peanut Butterscotch Toffee Crunch

Hot + Toasty Walnuts

Blackberry Graham Cottage Cheese Oats

S’mores!!

Cacao Coconut Butter

GREEN – blended with spinach

And here

Apple Cinnamon Raisin muffin top

Cottage Cheese + Chia Seeds

Cacao nibs

With butternut squash puree

Granola

Granola + Peanuts

With Bourbon Pecans

Pumpkin

Butterscotch Toffee Pumpkin Oats

ComfOat & Joy: Peppermint Egg Nog Oatmeal

In a KERF Bowl

In an almost-empty nut butter jar

Oats in a hazelnut jar

With a crumbled KIND Bar

With a Carrot, Raisin, Walnut muffin

With Honest Foods Apple Country Square

With Crickets Chirping

Coconut + Candied Peanut Blizzard

Summer Dream Morning

Egg Nog + Cinnamon Bun LaraBar

PB + J

Blackberry Bran Muffin

Butternut Squash

Banana Split!

1 medium banana, split
3 scoops of 1/3 cup prepared oatmeal made with half milk/half water and a few raisins
Raspberry jam, honey and peanut butter on the scoops
Ryeberries as “nuts” (they taste just like wheatberries and speltberries)
Granola plank for fun
A real cherry on top!