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Savory Oatmeal: A Cozy, Hearty Breakfast That Isn’t Sweet

This recipe was inspired by one I saw on the Need Never Get Old YouTube channel.

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup organic rolled oats not quick oats; see note below
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 tbsp miso paste heaping
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 8 cremini mushrooms sliced
  • 1 cup white beans such as cannellini
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 3 cups spinach or your greens of choice
  • 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Chop the onion and garlic, slice the mushrooms, and get the rest of your ingredients ready.
  • Warm a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook, stirring, for about 3–4 minutes, until the onion softens. If anything starts sticking, add a small splash of broth.
  • Add the garlic and stir for about a minute.
  • Stir in the rolled oats and let them toast in the pan for about a minute.
  • Whisk the miso into the vegetable broth until it dissolves, then pour the broth mixture into the pan. Bring it to a boil, then lower the heat to medium and stir often as the oats cook.
  • Stir in the pepper and nutritional yeast. Add the peas, white beans, and spinach, folding everything together until the spinach wilts and the oatmeal looks creamy.
  • Take the pan off the heat and let it rest for about 5 minutes. It will thicken as it sits. Then scoop into bowls and enjoy!