Warm Nourishing Creamy Hearty Pumpkin Oatmeal with Super Foods

Why Warm Nourishing Creamy Hearty Pumpkin Oatmeal?

Few things are more comforting and rewarding in the mornings than warm oatmeal porridge to accompany your coffee! This particular recipe includes nutrient dense pumpkin, which provides a host of benefits including Vitamin A, lutein, antioxidants, and an incomparable warmth whilst boosting your immunity.

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Cooked Steel Cut Oats (I like McCann Irish Oats.)

1/2 Cup Roasted Organic Pumpkin Puree

1/4 Cup Whole Grass Fed/Grass Finished Milk (Plant based milk can be substituted.)

1 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

1 Tsp Ground Organic Ceylon Cinnamon

1/2 Tsp Ground Organic Cloves

1 Tsp Ground organic Ginger

1 Tsp Ground Organic Turmeric

1/8 Tsp Ground Black Pepper

1 Tbsp Four Sigmatic Protein Power with Super Foods in Sweet Vanilla

Organic Local Raw Honey to taste.

Topping

1/4 Cup Organic Blueberries

1/4 Cup Organic Blackberries

1/4 Cup Organic Raspberries

Directions:

Add cooked steel cut oats, milk, and pumpkin to saucepan. Set heat to simmer.

Add vanilla extract, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, turmeric, black pepper and let simmer for about five minutes, (to consistency that you like.) Remove from stove, add protein powder and mix well. If more sweetness is desired, you may add honey.

Pour into bowl, and add berries.

Benefits of Steel Cut Oatmeal

Of all the types of oatmeal, steel cut oats has the heartiest texture and if prepared well, will easily become your favorite. Steel cut oats is gluten-free, provides complex carbohydrates, protein, fiber, vitamin B complex, iron, provides trace minerals such as magnesium, and also helps to manage cholesterol. It has a low glycemic index.

Steel cut oats takes a while to cook, but, can be meal prepped for the week ahead as it will last for up to five days in the refrigerator.

Adding Roots and Spices

This recipe features turmeric and ginger which are known immunity boosters, alleviates inflammation and oxidative conditions, as well as a host of other properties. (Note that black pepper is essential to increase the bioavailability of the curcumin compound in turmeric.)

Spices such as cinnamon not only provides anti-inflammatory benefits, but also increases blood circulation. Cloves are rich in antioxidants, improves liver health, and may even reduce stomach ulcers.

Benefits of Honey

Local Raw Honey is known to boost your immunity, and helps in alleviating allergy symptoms. Honey is antibacterial, antifungal and also provides antioxidants. It adds complexity to this recipe, while emboldening the flavors of the roots and spices.

Adding Protein with Super Foods

An easy way to boost the nutrition of this bowl of oatmeal is to add a protein powder with superfoods. My favorite is the Four Sigmatic Plant Based Protein with Superfoods in Sweet Vanilla. This protein powder is made from plants, and includes all the benefits of functional mushroom, and adaptogens. It sweetens the oatmeal as well.

Please enjoy this recipe and explore my blog for more delicious nutrient dense recipes such as my Detox Chai Tea Recipe.