Look no further if you’re after an easy (read made in 1 bowl .. hurrah!), filling, delicious AND nutritious breakfast.  Baked oats are truly a thing of beauty.  Oven cooked porridge essentially and made ahead for those mornings (too many of those) that are rush rush rush.  Or it’s actually warmer weather and you don’t fancy a steaming bowl of porridge!

Both Phil and I are HUGE fans of oats in general – as evidenced by the growing number of oat based recipes!  And with baked oats, much like porridge and overnight oats you can add all sorts of healthy/tasty yummies.

I also wanted to make them vegan – I’m still getting to grips with using flax egg to replace actual eggs.  With milk it’s generally just a straight swap with soy or nut milks.  But replacing eggs in baking has been its own testing challenge.  There was a 3 cake fiasco trying to make this Raspberry and Almond Cake vegan.  Not that Phil minded.  He ate them sunk/too almondy/underbaked.

And I’m still trying to work out when to use baking soda with apple cider vinegar instead of flax eggs.  Anyone have any input?

But is there ever a better combination than bananas, oats, chocolate and peanut butter?  That you can legitimately eat for breakfast and/or as a snack?  These are flavours that were just MEANT to be together.

And if you’ve not tried Sweet Freedom yet, this is the perfect reason to start.  All their products are made with no chemical processing, no additives and no preservatives.  Just fruit sweetness.  Mixed with a bit of mashed banana is all you need to make these baked oats deliciously sweet without being sickly or overpowering.

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