Apple cinnamon protein oatmeal
10 min · 33 g protein · 417 cals / serving
A big, creamy bowl of oats cooked in soy milk with diced apple and cinnamon until the apple turns soft and jammy, then whisked with vanilla plant protein at the end so it stays smooth. It tastes like apple pie filling folded into porridge.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp rolled oats
- 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp unsweetened soy milk
- scant 1/2 cup water
- 1 small apple, cored and diced
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- a pinch salt
- 1 scoop plant protein powder, vanilla pea or soy protein
To serve
- 2 walnut halves, chopped walnuts
Steps
- Put the oats, soy milk, water, apple, cinnamon and salt in a small pan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes, until the oats are creamy and the apple is soft.
- Take the pan off the heat and wait 30 seconds, then whisk in the protein powder until smooth. Plant protein thickens fast; loosen with a splash of water or soy milk if you like it softer.
- Spoon into a bowl, scatter the walnuts on top and dust with a little more cinnamon.
Good to know
Why add the protein off the heat?
Boiled protein powder turns grainy and can go rubbery. A short rest off the heat lets it melt into the oats instead.
No protein powder?
Cook the oats in all soy milk (no water). It is a little less protein, still creamy, and scores about 59 instead of 63.
Per
- Calories
- 96
- Protein
- (33%)
- 8 g
- Fat
- (26%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (42%)
- 11 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 158 mg
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As written, 417 kcal goes into the pot and 472 g of ingredients comes out as about 435 g of food: 96 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.