Dear Oats, I miss you. Love Always, Nora.
I haven’t had my beloved stove top oats in a few days, and oh how I have missed them! There is nothing better than a bowl of creamy, luscious and hearty oats to start the day off right. I can honestly say that no other breakfast satisfies me the way oatmeal with fruit and nut butter does. Be still my heart.
I wanted to thank Kristen at POM Wonderful for contacting me and sending me some bottles of POM juice to test out. I will use the juice in much more creative ways, but I HAD to incorporate POM into my oats as my first cooking endeavor. Breakfast today was: Banana Oats with Almond Butter and Mango-Blueberry Pomegranate Sauce.
The Base: 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/3 cup water, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, 1/2 sliced banana, 1/3 cup rolled oats, 1/2 TBS chia seeds. Bring everything up to banana up to a simmer, add oats and seeds, cook for ~8 minutes “whipping” banana at the end.
Mango-Blueberry POM sauce: In a small sauce pan combine blueberries, mango and cinnamon. Add POM to coat, simmer and stir until slightly reduced.
I also added 1 TBS of Almond Butter directly to the center and poured the warm sauce over it. YUM! I’m also thinking OIAJ (oats in a jar) might be necessary tomorrow, based on the condition of my almond butter jar. Happy Friday to me 
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To the Most Important Meal of the Day,
Nora
What are your favorite flavor combinations using pomegranate?
I have a couple of bottles of POM sitting in my fridge that I had no idea how to incorporate into my meals. This idea is perfect!
I love Pom in my oats! I’ve used my Pom in my pancakes (awesome) and quite a bit of it has gone into my smoothies. I still have a few bottles left and I need to come up with something awesome for it.
I could so go for those oats right now! I need good breakfast to get me through these days. YUM!
Oh wow- pom sauce looks so delicious! I bet that is such an amazing addition to the oats!
And I have never really used pomegranate before! I think I’m missing out. And you’re right- bfast is the most important meal of the day!
stovepot oats YAY! im a recent convert-im never going back to the microwave
It’s totally worth the extra time! Plus then I have a few minutes to clean/ pack lunch if I am taking lunch to campus that day! I’m all about multitasking!
I thought you might start the day with something orange!!! Go ‘Cuse!!! The “Sweet 16″ starts at 7:00 any thoughts on sweets? M&Ms chocolate covered almonds in Easter colors? (I couldn’t find orange)
Mango’s are orange ish! Hmm sweets that are orange… I would have to go with CARROT CAKE! Pumpkin ice cream with chocolate almonds/ pumpkin pie. Apricot/Peach tart. If you are looking for some type of candy MM’s might be the way to go or jelly beans!
I made a really great salad dressing last week I found at the POM site! Definitely recommend it. Can’t remember what it was called but it had dijon mustard and honey and POM! Soo good!
great idea with the POM juice, looks yum!
I had oats with blueberry sauce today – kinda similar!
I never really use pomegranate though…the seeds annoy me :/