Makes breakfast for two.
Recipe based on a submission by Lorraine.
Approximate cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 4 Tbs raw, chunky almond butter
- 2-3 Tbs raw, unsweetened canned coconut milk
- cinnamon to taste
- dash of fresh grated nutmeg (optional)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small pan over medium heat, stirring often until all is thoroughly combined and warm.
- Add fresh or dried fruits and/or nuts for additional texture and flavor.
53 Comments
Forrest MacDonald
Pleasantly surprised by this! Super easy, and really tasty.
kcpushinbryce
This looks like such a tiny amount of food. How much are we supposed to eat?
Neely
It does look like a tiny amount of food – I agree :) That’s why we suggest at the top of the recipe to “add fresh or dried fruits and/or nuts for additional texture and flavor.” And we recommend “adding this to a lean protein to round out the breakfast.” I’d say add this to a couple of eggs or a bit of other meat (sausage, turkey bacon, etc.) for a rounded breakfast. Hope this helps!
Lorraine
Yay!..I’m glad to hear you like it Forrest!
Susan Pauldine
New to paleo, family not really liking the almost oatmeal
Claire9
I hope it’s ok if I post another “no oat oatmeal” recipe here for Susan Pauldine to try for her family. It’s much hardier than the one above (although I like the one above just as well). The one posted below is from the Primal Blueprint Readers’ Cookbook.
INGREDIENTS
▪ 1 small handful of walnuts
▪ 1 small handful of pecans
▪ 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
▪ 1/2–1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
▪ 1 pinch of ground nutmeg
▪ 1 pinch ground ginger
▪ 1 tablespoon almond butter
▪ 1 banana, mashed
▪ 3 eggs
▪ 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (add more if you
prefer it a little runny)
▪ 2 teaspoons pumpkin seeds
▪ 1 handful of goji berries or fresh berries (optional, but great addition)
DIRECTIONS
Add walnuts, pecans, flax seed and spices to a food processor and pulse it down to a course grain, making
sure to stop before it’s totally ground into a powder. Set aside.
Whisk together eggs and almond milk until the consistency thickens a little bit into a loose custard. Thoroughly blend together the mashed banana and almond butter and add it to the custard, mixing well.
Stir in the nut mixture. Microwave or gently warm on the stove until the “no-atmeal” reaches your desired consistency; this should only take a few minutes. In both cases, stir the mixture frequently as it cooks. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds and berries on top. Add more almond milk if you want.
Fran
I LOVE this!! I’ve been eating it every morning for breakfast because its so quick and easy to make. I’m so used to having something sweet for breakfast, so this totally satisfies my urge.
Susan: I’m new to Paleo too, so I’m trying to easy my way in slowly. Instead of going 100% right away, I decided to cheat a bit as I get used to the new diet. (I’m not great with change) Instead of getting the raw unsalted almond butter, I got regular salted almond butter. It is delicious in the ‘Almost Oatmeal’.
davestys
Wow! Amazing. This is my new favorite. Just fantastic – thanks!
kenzer013
Absolutely delish! I have to eat a warm breakfast or I feel like it wasn’t satisfying and this is warm, sweet and “creamy”. Love how quickly it came together. I added my protein powder (plant protein) to the recipe to get my protein in and still be super quick and easy for my mornings I’m running late.
Brenda
It was delicious :) I didn’t have raw almond butter I used regular almond butter is that ok? What’s the difference
Antonella
I have to say, I was pretty surprised about this too: I only tried it because so many people had good comments! Very satisfying when I don’t feel like eggs for breakfast, and very filling too!
Thanks!!
gacr72
Wow! I agree…surprisingly delicious! I’m not a big breakfast person so this was just right. I did add blueberries
ZubZub98
Fantastic and yummy, filled me up! So happy to have this on days when I crave something warm and oaty on cold days!
Lorraine
YAY! I haven’t checked back on this recipe in a while. Thanks for trying it everyone. I still love this little discovery myself.
I agree; something hot and sweet in the AM gets me kick started before heading to Crossfit Cadence.
I’ll post a few more recipes we have been jagging over lately.
Erin
I’m new to this Paleo thing, but looking at the recipe, its approx 700 calories. You guys say its a “tiny amount of food” that seems like plenty (if not too much) for one woman to eat for breakfast??
Neely
Hi Erin – This recipe actually makes enough for 2 people, so it’s 335 calories per person as noted in the nutritional information at the bottom (if you’re signed in as a member you can see that). Does that help clarify?
Imitation
I just made this and it was awesome.. too awesome – might have sometihng to do with the sweetened apple sauce :/ haha.. I’m sure it will taste even better with unsweetened tho as it was quite a bit too sweet. I added ~ 200g of blue berries and ~ 20 chopped walnuts. It felt just like eating oatmeal.
Tamara
Hi. I would like to try the paleo plan but am allergic to all nuts, coconut, and sesame. I noticed that a lot of recipes rely on coconut and nuts. Are there substitutes for these foods that I could use?
Neely
Tamara – It’s definitely doable. The nuts can either just be omitted from recipes or substituted with eggs or meat if they’re meant to be the protein source. Almond flour can be substituted for sweet potato flour and tapioca flour, and coconut milk? Hmm. Since you can’t do but milks, you might just have to substitute oils and water in some recipes. I would not try that in things that call for a coconut milk sauce, or for the coconut milk ice cream :) Anyone else have any suggestions?
Kassy Lansdown
Thank you so much for this yummy breakfast treat! I was having trouble with eating meat or eggs every morning, so this was a nice break. Loved it!
Christina
Is this something that can be reheated or do you make only what you will eat at that meal?
mkocylowsky
Wondering if this calls for the canned coconut milk or the refrigerated version out of a carton?
Neely
@mkocylowsky – It calls for the canned coconut milk.
Stephanie
Had this for breakfast this morning – I loved it! I excluded the almond butter and added flaxseed, pecans, and blueberries. Truly a wonderful meal :)
Maya
Does this recipe work with the refrigerated unsweetened coconut milk? I don’t have any canned unsweetened at the moment?
Neely
Maya – I’m sure it would work, but the nutritional profile will be totally different and it probably won’t keep you as full for as long. It’ll be more like cereal than oatmeal.
Maya
Sorry for asking so many questions, but is the guar gum in canned coconut milk safe? A few Paleo specialists advise against it and I read that it is actually derived from the legume family?
Neely
Maya – It’s a good question. Some people have problems with guar gum – it gives them digestive symptoms of all sorts. It’s always best to eat coconut milk in its most natural form, but in a lot of places it’s just not available. I know that Aroyo-D makes one with guar gum and you can order it online. So make that decision for yourself, whether or not your body can handle the guar gum. It’s one of those things that just may constitute part of your 80/20 non-Paleo foods.
Arlene
Just read the recipe. It says to combine ingredients over low heat and to stir often. Then what do you do? How long do you have to do that and do you pour it over something because the picture is misleading? Sorry, i`m just new to this. Thanks.
Neely
Arlene – Thanks for bringing that to our attention. I can see how that might be confusing. I changed the instructions to say that you should stir it until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined and warm. Hope that helps!
Arlene
Thanks! I will give it a try since I`m always looking for new things to try!
Shelly
I really enjoyed this, but I needed the whole 2 servings to feel full :(
Angela Mays
What about quinoa, which is gluten and wheat free? Can you use that?
Neely
Angela Mays – Thanks for this question. It’s a good topic for a blog post. The answer is that quinoa looks and acts like a grain and it’s not on the Paleo diet. More to come!
usafnurse2000
Just started Paleo today and this was my first breakfast (along with some ham) and it was wonderful! Although I had to used unsweetened almond milk instead of the coconut because thats all the store had. Hope thats ok!
Sandra
The recipe in the book actually has double the ingredients and says it serves two, too. So which one is right? This morning I had 1.5 cups of apple sauce, 4 T of almond butter, 2.5 T of coconut milk, some frozen berries thrown in and cinnamon and it was a TON of food. I was supposed to eat this with chicken sausage, according to the menu, but that was just too much.
Maya
I found out that I’m allergic to nuts and can’t do the almond butter anymore! So sad cuz I miss this recipe so much! Would you suggest I try sunflower butter? Might I have the same allergic reaction to seeds as nuts and perhaps just need to cut seeds and nuts altogether?
Neely
Maya – You’ll just have to try it and find out. There’s really no way to guess whether you’ll be sensitive to sunflowers as well. You can also have food sensitivity testing done to find out. It’s all about experimentation either way.
Tristan
Sounds delish!
For Tamara. I’m lacto- paleo so I still have some dairy. If you can’t do coconut milk you might try milk or half and half. I don’t seem to have much issue with lactose myself.
Natasha
For Tamara, What about hemp milk? (hemp seeds blended with water) It’s a seed, you might want to try a bit out to see if it agrees with you.
Lisa
I’m new to the Paleo diet but so far liking it and finding it easy. I was looking for new recipes and happened upon this one – it looks yummy (I’m getting a little bored with eggs for breaky). Will let you know how it goes!
Lisa
Hi I tried Claire9′s no oat oatmeal and I have to say I was initially skeptical, however, turns out I just love it. The only thing I am going to take a little slower is the amount of flax seed – too hard on my system. I know we’re not supposed to get hung up on the number of calories but I am trying to lose weight as well.
Rosa
I tried this one for my breakfast today? So fast and simple, easy and very few ingredients (all musts for me!!)! Interesting because it actually ended up looking like oatmeal indeed ;) I did some changes on the ingredients again: once I didn’t have the applesauce I used a regular apple: peeled it then grated it like in ‘splinters’. Instead of the almond butter (which i can’t find anywhere in this country as far as I’m concerned, unfortunately, and it’s too expensive for my incomes anyway *-)) I’ve used a little of the regular peanut butter (again I know, not Paleo but!). In place of the coconut I used 3 tbsp of regular soy milk (again, I know) and the cinnamon and the pinch of the grated nutmeg. IT TURNED OUT SOOO DELICIOUS! It’s my brand new fav breakfast! Hot, pleasant, so tasty and comforting. The apple didn’t really cook, but it was smooth and hot and because it was grated in splinters it’s very pleasant to eat not hard at all is just like a meal. I didn’t cook it for very long I just kept stirring and waiting for everything to be melted together then that was it. I forgot the nuts or fresh fruit though, stupid me! I’m repeating this one tomorrow as an afternoon snack so I’ll add them then (dried fig in pieces ;)). Thank you so much for this one, i’m so excited with this metabolism-friendly recipes/ideas :)
Rosa
Today I repeated this one for breakfast (same ingredient changes as for my previous one with the apple) but the fruit this time was a pear! I thought it could turn a little too sweet but not at all. I smashed the pear a little and it was just as tasty as for the apple version ;) On the bowl I added a dried fig and a dried date cut in pieces. Delicious!
hollyhobbiern
Today is my first day paleo…and this was my first meal…oatmeal who??? I hope the rest of my paleo journey is as easy and delicious as this! Thank you!
heatherthemom
Hubbs didn’t care for this rendition but I think it’s awesome!! Its surprisingly filling too!
cl38728
This is good for those individuals who like creamy oatmeal. For my point of view the texture was more like “cream of wheat”. It wasn’t bad though but I probably won’t make it again. I will try the “no oat oatmeal” recipe and see if it works better for me.
INGREDIENTS
▪ 1 small handful of walnuts
▪ 1 small handful of pecans
▪ 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
▪ 1/2–1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
▪ 1 pinch of ground nutmeg
▪ 1 pinch ground ginger
▪ 1 tablespoon almond butter
▪ 1 banana, mashed
▪ 3 eggs
▪ 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (add more if you
prefer it a little runny)
▪ 2 teaspoons pumpkin seeds
▪ 1 handful of goji berries or fresh berries (optional, but great addition)
Darlene
I made this but I used a fresh apple with the skin. I put it in the food processor and added a small amount of Almond breeze ( almond/ coconut ) and it was amazing … Added almond slices and dried cranberries and honey.
Ryan
I really like it. It reminds me of cream of wheat too.
Barbara
This sounds awesome, and I miss oatmeal, but I loathe applesauce! It makes me want to puke! Does anyone have a good suggestion for a substitute? More almond butter perhaps?
Lenore Corey (@LenoreCoreyART)
Made it this morning and loved it! I also added a tbls of ground flax seed, had an over easy egg and it was all very filling.
slongtin
I thought half the recipe was the perfect amount for one person. I left out the nutmeg and it was extremely delicious. Had some ham on the side and four hours later not feeling hungry yet!
Jenn
This was SO good, thank you!