Start your day off with a healthy dose of vegetables with this carrot cake oatmeal – combining carrot, cinnamon, walnuts (or pecans) and hearty oats for a delicious and nutritious plant-based breakfast. Plus, we’ve included options for stovetop, baked, and carrot cake overnight oats!
Here at Plant-Based on a Budget, we love oatmeal (aka porridge) and overnight oats! Oats are incredibly budget-friendly and packed with healthful benefits. More so, with options like this carrot cake oatmeal, you get to eat ‘cake’ for breakfast (on days when you want an even healthier version of these carrot cake muffins) – and we’ll never say no to that!
This carrot cake oatmeal recipe not only packs in a portion of veggies into your breakfast, but it’s packed with texture, will satisfy your sweet tooth, and keep you full until lunch. Plus, this recipe requires just a handful of low-budget ingredients and pantry staples – including carrots, nuts, the sweetener of your choice, and milk or water.
With the combination of oats, carrots, and nuts – this carrot cake oatmeal recipe is jam-packed with nutrients too. Oats are a great source of gut-healthy fiber, antioxidants, and several vitamins and minerals, including vitamin B1, manganese, phosphorous, copper, and iron. This combination makes them great for aiding in lowering cholesterol levels and improving blood sugar levels.
Meanwhile, carrots are a great source of beta carotene, vitamin K1, potassium, fiber, and antioxidants – which are beneficial for blood cholesterol levels, eye health, and a reduced risk of several cancers! Topping that off with brain/heart-healthy nuts leads to a super satisfying and healthful year-round breakfast.
Best of all, this carrot cake porridge takes under 15 minutes to prepare, and can be prepared as stovetop oatmeal, carrot cake overnight oats, or even carrot cake baked oatmeal! Meaning that it’s also wonderfully meal-preppable, for days of delicious carrot cake goodness! Looking for more ways to enjoy carrots? You might like spicy carrot soup, glazed carrots, and/or nacho cheese sauce.
Keep scrolling to the recipe card for the complete list of ingredients and recipe instructions, as well as how to make carrot cake overnight oats and carrot cake baked oatmeal.
Enjoy the carrot porridge as-is or top off with some additional nuts, sweetener, or vegan yogurt! You could even add a few dairy-free white chocolate chips.
You can prepare the carrot cake oatmeal up to 2 days in advance. Then, store any leftovers in the fridge and make sure to add an extra splash (or more) of liquid when reheating to bring them back to their creamy consistency.
This makes two portions that can be split into separate bowls or jars and topped with a layer of sweetened or unsweetened yogurt.
Photos by Alfonso Revilla
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