Easy Oatmeal Recipe (+ Best Oatmeal Recipes)

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This is our go-to oats recipe. It’s so fluffy and perfectly smooth and creamy. For this healthy oatmeal recipe, you make it on the stove and need rolled oats, milk, and banana. We use this very recipe as the base recipe to so many other flavor variations here on Fit Foodie Finds. If you can make this version, you can make about 100 more flavors!

Scroll down for our best healthy oatmeal recipes to inspire you to start your day off right with the perfect bowl of oats!

An oatmeal recipe featuring bananas, blueberries, and walnuts.
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This is our go-to oatmeal recipe on Fit Foodie Finds. So many readers have made this recipe and loved it so much and we hope you do too.

I became obsessed with oatmeal in college (hello 2008) and haven’t looked back since. While cooking oatmeal in the microwave is quick and easy, this stovetop oatmeal recipe is my go-to when I want a perfectly sweetened, fluffy bowl of oats.

The rundown: Simply combine rolled oats, milk, mashed banana, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt on the stovetop. Bring to a boil and then turn down to low and let simmer for 3-5 minutes or until thickened.

“Loved this recipe! Tasted delicious, simple to make and healthy. Likely to become a go-to breakfast. Added some blueberries on top making it even better. 🙂” – Kari

What You Need for this Oats Recipe

  • Rolled oats: we used rolled oats, but you can also use quick-cooking.
  • Almond milk: feel free to use any kind of milk.
  • Banana: we used mashed banana as an all-natural sweetener.
  • Flavors: we added a little vanilla, cinnamon, and salt
Oatmeal recipes featuring a tasty blend of oats, cooked to perfection in a pan and stirred with a wooden spoon.

Easy Oatmeal Flavor Variations

Below are some easy oatmeal recipe flavor variations. Just add the ingredients into our base recipe.

  • Apple cinnamon: 1/3 cup grated apple
  • Protein: 2 tablespoons protein powder
  • Pumpkin:1/4 cup pumpkin puree and replace the cinnamon for pumpkin pie spice
  • Peanut butter: 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter

Do you make oatmeal with milk or water?

We prefer to make oatmeal with milk, but any kind of liquid will work! Milk adds a creamy flavor and texture, which is why we prefer it.

What is better, rolled oats or quick oats?

You can actually use either or in this recipe! We prefer rolled oats because you get more of a “bite,” but quick oats cook faster.

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More healthy Oatmeal Recipes

On Fit Foodie Finds we have upwards of 60 oatmeal recipes and we can’t wait for you to make them all. For starters, check out some of our top posts

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5-Minute Healthy Oatmeal Recipe

With just 5 simple ingredients you can make the most delicious oats recipe. This oatmeal recipe is a staple in my home and I often add other flavors and add-ins to make it even more delicious. PS: it's refined sugar-free and naturally gluten-free!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 2
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Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Combine all ingredients into a small saucepan and turn heat to medium/high.
  • Bring to a boil. Then, turn the heat down to low/medium and continually stir for around 3-5 minutes as the oatmeal cooks and thickens.
  • Once oatmeal is at the desired consistency, remove from heat, and serve immediately.

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Nutrition

Calories: 238 kcal, Carbohydrates: 43 g, Protein: 7 g, Fat: 6 g, Fiber: 7 g, Sugar: 9 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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50 best oatmeal recipes

If you didn’t like that oatmeal recipe above, we’ve got a lot more inspiration where that came from! Now check out all of our best oatmeal recipes that will turn you into an absolute oatmeal lover…if you aren’t already there 😉

This list of healthy oatmeal recipes brings you all the oatmeal flavor combos you could ever imagine.

Stovetop Oatmeal Recipes

Stovetop oatmeal recipes take a little extra effort, but they make your oatmeal extra fluffy and delicious. Check out some of the best stovetop oatmeal recipes on the internet below!

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Overnight Oatmeal Recipes

Overnight oats are an easy way to meal-prep your breakfast for the week. You only need a few staple ingredients and then different add-ons to make a breakfast that tastes like dessert, but that’s actually healthy!

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Baked Oatmeal Recipes

Oatmeal doesn’t have to be boring! Make one of these amazing baked oatmeal recipes for a crowd-pleasing breakfast.

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Slow Cooker and Instant Pot Oatmeal Recipes

Throw all of your ingredients for one of these slow cooker oatmeal recipes into your crock-pot and you’ve got a healthy breakfast recipe waiting to be eaten.

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About Lee Funke

Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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Elysia @ Haute & Healthy Living
June 20, 2018 10:55 pm

I am totally with you…I ADORE oatmeal and all of these ideas to flavour it up make me love it even more! Amazing round up!! Also, sorry to hear about your break up. But as you said, everything happens for a reason and you’ll only be a better person for it in the long run! Stay strong!!

dannie
May 17, 2018 4:14 am

The oatmeal recipe is out of this world.

Edwina
April 25, 2018 6:10 am

I’m a big oatmeal fan but I’ve never tried baked oatmeal. I intent to but never really get around to it. Now I’m going to start experimenting with these recipes. They all look so delicious.

Vince
April 2, 2018 3:16 pm

Lots of variation here! Some of these recipes would make oatmeal so much more interesting. Honestly, it tends to be pretty boring on its own some days.

Natalie
March 25, 2018 11:31 pm

omg, this list is really amazing and detailed! Thanks so much for doing this Lee.
Even you are single, you still can create cool things. See?

People love, then get hurt then recover then love again. You are doing so well !
Good luck and best wishes to you 🙂

Riya Ahuja
May 6, 2017 6:55 am

Oh my goodness I would love these!! I have to try and make them soon x

Shilpa
May 3, 2017 1:55 am

this is AWESOME!!! yummy. I can’t wait to try this! Pinned! so healthy!!

Roshani
January 18, 2017 5:08 am

You are my kind of girl!!! OMG i am in loooove with these

Sherwood
Sherwood
November 27, 2015 9:25 pm

Out of sanity-shattering boredom, I decided to go through all of these recipes and pin the ones that looked interesting so they were easier to access. So far I found this one (CLEAN EATING SLOW COOKER OVERNIGHT OATMEAL BY THE GRACIOUS PANTRY) links to the wrong recipe (the buttery stuff), from a different blog.

Stella @ Stellicious Life
November 13, 2015 5:10 am

Aw Lee, just got around to read this post of yours. *virtual hugs* Sorry to hear you guys broke up but so good to hear you are feeling good and happy and enjoying life!

Like you I believe that everything happens for a reason and that our experiences shape us. Those 3,5 years together with Balke contributed to making who you are today. Which is an awesome Girl, so rock on! (and keep providing us with many more delicious oatmeal recipes, one can’t have too many oatmeal recipes 😉 *hugs and kisses*