Five minute Fancy Blueberry Vanilla Oatmeal

No pots or pans required. This weekday blueberry vanilla oatmeal is made in one bowl in the microwave in five minutes-blueberries frozen or fresh, always fancy, always delicious

New year, the soft drumming of vague resolutions ringing in my ears, no time to fuss with fancy breakfast and a distinct craving for simple comfort. Enter oatmeal. No need for the usual toppings, it’s a new year, a new start. No need for a pot, just an oversized bowl and the microwave. Toss in some blueberries, a splash of sugar and vanilla and 2014 ready or not here I come. Insert dance moves and a cup of coffee here.

Five Minute Fancy Blueberry Vanilla Oatmeal

makes one serving

If you like cranberries instead try this oatmeal variation -don’t worry it’s even fancier

or if you want a weekend prep project why not make your own granola? 

Five minute Fancy Blueberry Vanilla Oatmeal

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Ingredients

  

• 1/2 cup thick cut oats
• 1 cup water
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 tsp sweetener sugar, honey, or agave-optional
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk-optional

Instructions

 

• Combine water, oats, and salt in an oversize microwave safe bowl (You need enough space that there is no chance of the oats boiling over and gunning things up),
• Microwave for three minutes.
• Add blueberries, sweetener, and vanilla.
• Stir to combine and microwave for another two to three minutes.
• Top with milk and a dash of cinnamon.
• Conquer the new year.

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Additional notes:

My blueberry loyalties are torn. I’ve lived in both Maine and Oregon. Wild blueberries are flavor packed, scrappy- my winter choice now that I’m in Oregon. But come summer nothing beats a pint of fresh picked Oregon blueberries, impossibly fat and sweet and juicy.