Here’s your guide to the perfect bowl of oats… without dirtying a single pot or pan!
If you think you don’t like oatmeal (or think you don’t like anything besides sugary instant oatmeal), give this a try. The banana is the key. I promise you’ll love it!
Ingredients:
- 1 ripe banana, sliced
- 1/2 C (overflowing) rolled oats
- 1/2 C (overflowing) skim milk (or dairy substitute)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Toppings as desired (berries, brown sugar, flax, coconut, nut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.)
Instructions:
First, slice a ripe banana into a microwave safe bowl. The super ripe banana is the key to oatmeal – it makes it nice and sweet (the riper the banana, the sweeter it is!) and gives it a fun texture!
Top the banana with the oats, milk, and cinnamon. I never make my oatmeal using water. Milk makes it SO MUCH TASTIER! 
Pop the bowl into the microwave and heat on high for 3 minutes, stopping once halfway through to stir.
Once it’s out, add desired toppings and enjoy!
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18 Comments Created by Anne P
[...] it was a base of my Perfect [Microwaved] Banana Oatmeal, which I then topped with fresh blueberries, 1/3 C of 1% cottage cheese, and 1 Tbsp of chia seeds. [...]
[...] Microwave Banana Oatmeal (0.5 C oats, 0.5 C skim milk, small banana, 1/4 C blueberries, 1 Tbsp. almond butter) [...]
I made this in my dorm for breakfast this morning! It was delicious and didn’t require a stove!! Thanks for the yummy recipe!
Love this recipe. We just moved from Raleigh to Oregon and at the Trader Joe’s in Corvallis I found peanut flour! Have you tried this recipe with peanut butter in it? Yum! Have you used peanut flour before? It is basically just peanuts ground into flour that they take some of the fat out of. It has almost the same nutritionals as the expensive whey protein powder I used to use but is way cheaper and more natural. If you like PB this stuff is the best. Added to the oatmeal, or in a shake with a banana and milk, it is fantastic
Whoa – that sounds epic!! I need to pick some of that up!
[...] you always used to buy pre-packaged? Oatmeal is another thing I always make from scratch now – my Perfect [microwave] Banana Oatmeal is WAY more awesome than any instant oatmeal and just as easy Share and [...]
You have no idea how excited I am to try this!! I have homemade oatmeal almost every morning and microwave it even but I think that adding banana to it will make it THAT much yummier. Plus I always use water but skim milk would most likely taste much better. Once I get some bananas I will try this
Skim milk and banana make all the difference
Just made this with 1/3 cup oat bran, 1/2 cup skim milk, banana, and topped with blueberries and coconut. SO GOOD!
Yum!
This looks amazing! I love eating oatmeal for breakfast, and I am always looking for new creative ways to eat it! I will definitely have to try this soon! I am a huge fan of steel cut oats, I wonder if I could sub the steel cut oats for rolled oats.
I bet steel cut would work! You might just want to microwave a bit longer if you don’t want them to be super chewy.
[...] used my trusty Perfect (Microwave) Banana Oatmeal recipe and stirred in blueberries halfway through the cooking time. When it was out, I added in some [...]
isnt milk+banana high in calories??like,if i am dieting,can i go 4 (oats/cornflakes)+milk+banana???plzz reply…
I’d recommend looking at it in terms of nutrient/nutrition value vs. calories. Bananas and milk are very good for you! No need to cut them out if you are trying to lose weight. Focus on decreasing unhealthy things (process foods, white flour, sweets, etc.) and leaving in the healthy.
Thanks Anne
[...] absolute favorite oatmeal combination is my Perfect Microwave Banana Oatmeal (click for recipe) with some frozen blueberries added in half way through cooking, and 1/2 cup [...]
Wonderful and very delicious!
I substituted in soymilk and added in some GOOD-brand hemp protein powder (has all essential amino acids…great for being vegetarian!), blueberries, and raisins
Thanks for the recipe!