Low Calorie Baked Oatmeal

This Low Calorie Baked Oatmeal with Apples works out at 220 calories per generous serving, making it a perfect low calorie breakfast recipe.

Packed full of oats and sweet apple chunks, this tasty recipe keeps me satisfied from breakfast to lunch without the urge to snack in between.

It is easy to make and stores well in the fridge for a couple of days (or the freezer for a few months).

Breakfast is sometimes referred to as the most important meal of the day ... and for good reason!

It kick starts your metabolism and boosts your energy for the day.

Don't be tempted to miss out on breakfast to cut calories. That may have the opposite effect, with you snacking during the morning, overdoing lunch or even eating more later on in the day.

But picking the right breakfast is also important! It may be tempting to grab a bowl of sugary breakfast cereal and milk for quickness & ease but eating a substantial breakfast like this Baked Oatmeal with apples or this Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries will keep you fuller for longer meaning you are less likely to snack before lunch.

Oatmeal or oats are a good choice to eat first thing as they are a good source of fibre which can slow digestion and increase your feeling of fullness.

There are also a number of other health benefits of eating oats which you can read about here!

Ingredients in Baked Oatmeal with Apples

• Apples - I used smallish sweet gala apples.
• Raisins
• Old fashioned oats - not quick cook
• Vanilla extract or paste
• Eggs
• Baking powder
• Cinnamon
• Salt
• Light Butter
• Sweetener - I used Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener
• Unsweetened almond milk or low fat milk (additional calories)

Preparing the Baked Oatmeal is really easy and takes less than 10 minutes.

I place all the dry ingredients in one bowl and whisk up all of the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.

Once I have peeled and diced the apples, I layer them at the bottom of a greased baking dish and sprinkle on the dry ingredients.

I then pour the wet ingredients on top, making sure that all of the oats are wet.

Lastly, I dot bits of the light butter all over the top of the dish before baking!

It really is as easy as that!

Serving suggestions

This dish works really well as a filling breakfast but I have also been known to eat it as a low calorie snack or warmed up as a comforting dessert!

For breakfast you can serve it with a dollop of fat free natural yogurt.

I particularly like to eat a portion after a light evening meal, warmed up with a spoonful of low sugar / low fat coolwhip! Trust me 😋 it's great!

Variations

• Leave out the raisins and reduce the calories by about 20 calories per serving.
• Use sugar instead of sweetener. This will increase the calories by about 32 calories per serving.
• Use fat free milk rather than unsweetened almond milk. This increases the calories by 18 per serving.

Storage

This baked oatmeal is suitable for freezing.

Once baked and cooled, wrap the whole dish in plastic wrap and place in the freezer. It keeps for up to 3 months.

Once you are ready to use it, remove it from the freezer and defrost in the fridge for 12 - 16 hours. Reheat, covered in kitchen foil to prevent burning, until it is warmed through.

You can also easily freeze individual portions of the baked oatmeal. Divide into 6 portions and wrap the portions in cling wrap or place in freezer safe ziploc bags & freeze.

When I make this dish, I portion it out and keep a few pieces in the fridge to have for breakfast over the following few days - the rest I wrap individually and place in the freezer.

It keeps in the fridge for 3 days.