Have I mentioned that I love summer?
After the most stressful year I’ve ever had, I’m living in a beachside house with a great group of girls and even though I’m taking summer classes, my earliest lecture doesn’t start till 11 in the morning and I have three day weekends. Every week, you guys 😯 .
So now that I have an entire morning to catch up on blog reading over a filling and tasty breakfast, you better bet that I’m taking full advantage of it!
One of the perks of living with so many friends is that there’s always someone who is willing to be a taste tester. After finishing up shooting pictures of my newest creation, two of the girls wandered into our kitchen and snuck a bite. Their verdict?
“THIS TASTES LIKE DESSERT!!”
And yup yup yup, it’s that good my friends. Tangy, fresh, sweet, creamy, and healthy. What more could you want? My game plan is to double the recipe and store some of the easy strawberry compote in the fridge to quickly top my oats in the morning and save time and gain yummyness.
Also, can we all give a big hurrah over all the summer fruit that’s in season? My mindset right now is eat all the berries and I’ve been devouring cartons on cartons of blueberries and strawberries like nobody’s business. Berries beware. I’m on the loose.
I’m linking up today with the lovely Jenn from WIAW to share these delicious oats!
Can I be one of those girls that lives with you that you also feed? That sounds wonderful. Great recipe
This looks amazing!!!
Delicious….Super and Stupendous Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal. That’s what this should be called because it LOOKS super and stupendous. Thanks for sharing!
Your summer situation sounds perfect! I love this recipe. Now that I’m finally home, it’s time to go buy all the berries!!
mmm love summer fruits + breakfast, delish!
Such pretty photos! Oatmeal has never looked so good
And strawberries and cream? That was my favorite “packaged oatmeal” growing up. This looks WAY better!
Yummo! Love this idea to give a boring bowl of oatmeal some pizzazz! Glad you are having a wonderful summer!
Sounds like you’re having an amazing summer with living by the beach and having three day weekends!
This oatmeal sounds amazing! The quaker strawberries and cream is my favorite flavor, but this definitely looks WAY better than that! Pinned!
I love that I am not the only one still eating hot oatmeal in summer. I just can’t give up my oats. Your strawberry compote looks delicious and smooth and I would like to eat a bowl of this right now.
Oh my goodness, that strawberry compote on top! #dying
I love oatmeal, but usually go for cold overnight oats instead of hot. Would love to put this on top of my oats next time! YUM
Omg yummmmyy I wanna come over to your beachside house and eat yummy breakfasts that taste like desserts with you!! Lucky, lucky roomies you have. 😉 I love anything strawberry!! Especially in the summer. <3
Well doesn’t that just sound like the LIFE! Hope you enjoy every minute of it 😀 These look scrumptious. I would definitely be happy living with you, haha!
This oatmeal looks amazing – so creamy, sweet, perfect and the perfect energizing breakfast! I love that it is topped off with delicious strawberries!! Pinned
This looks so, so good as always! I’m bummed I’m missing out on CA fresh summer produce…basically all the produce here is shipped from CA-it kills me!
Ohhh… I love strawberries in the summer! This looks perfect!!
Sorry, but using coffee creamer ISN’T healthy. It’s full of trans fat.
Hi GK! Thanks for your input. If you check out the recipe, there’s only 1/2 a tbsp for 4 servings, which breaks down to about only 1/3 of a teaspoon for each bowl of oats. While I understand that some people like to be extremely diligent with their eating habits, I consider my mental health to be just as important as the health that results from “eating clean” and I choose not to get too caught up over things like 1/3 of a tsp of non-filtered, fatty milk. Me classifying this recipe as “healthy” reflects my opinion on what sort of food constitute health and personally, I choose not to limit myself to only eating things like raw kale and pressed organic juice. What I’m trying to say is that though there may be a little bit of creamer in each serving, I don’t immediately rip off labels since they still hold true for me and I don’t think of health in an all-or-nothing mindset. I totally understand that some people might not think the same way. Hope that make sense! Have a great day :).
I came across this recipe and your gorgeous pictures yesterday and I loved it so much I just HAD to make it this morning! It was delicious and really brought my oatmeal to a whole new level! I used coconut milk because I didn’t have any coffee creamer but I’m sure it would be great that way too. I will definitely be making this in the future with all different types of fruit on top of my favorite steel cut oats! It was really fast too; I even had time to make it before my exam this morning. Thank you for the recipe!
This comment totally made my day! Doesn’t the strawberry mixture make oats taste a million times better?! And I LOVE your variation with the coconut milk- I’ve never taught of that! Let me know how different types of fruit work out for ya if you don’t mind :).
Hope your exam went well!
This may be my first time seeing orange juice in an oatmeal recipe. What a clever addition. I’m also not a huge oatmeal eater, but this masterpiece looks way to awesome to not give a try. Have you tried eating it room temperature?
I’m all about breakfasts that taste like dessert but aren’t. That’s the dream, right?