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Yep – another non-traditional take on peanut butter and jelly. 😛 After I spent so much time extolling the virtues of PB&J in last Friday’s PB&J Fried Taco post, surely you aren’t surprised. Today’s recipe is a great way to wake up your breakfast routine! Creamy peanut butter oatmeal with sliced strawberries is an exciting way to start the day. I just topped the oatmeal with sliced fresh strawberries, but if you prefer more of a cooked jam flavor, chop the strawberries up and cook them with the oatmeal.
More of an overnight oatmeal person? I’ve given a suggestion for an overnight oatmeal version in the printable recipe below. I’ve become more of a hot oatmeal person lately for some reason. Partly because I usually forget to mix something up the night before. Partly because I just like something hot to eat in the morning. There’s something much cozier about hot oatmeal, especially if I eat it in on the couch in my pajamas while reading The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Since Trim Healthy Mama advocates separating carbs and fats for the best metabolism boost, I used defatted peanut flour for the peanut butter flavor in this oatmeal. Defatted peanut flour is just what it sounds like – flour made from peanuts with the fat removed. It gives you a lovely peanut butter flavor without added fats to clash with the carbs from the oatmeal! I personally prefer this brand of defatted peanut flour from Amazon. I’ve tried the Trim Healthy Mama brand as well, but it has a bitter note to it (according to my taste buds, that is).
Good news! The defatted peanut flour adds a nice dose of protein to this oatmeal to help it hold you over until lunchtime!
For some flavor variation, you could always add a little cocoa powder for a chocolate-covered PB&J taste. If that sounds too adventurous, you could omit the strawberries and enjoy a chocolate peanut butter bowl of oatmeal.
I really do love oatmeal. In fact, I have it most mornings for breakfast. You can find many of my favorite oatmeal variations in my Breakfast recipe picture index. Try…
- Easy Chocolate Oatmeal (what I have most mornings)
- My Fave Overnight Oatmeal
- Creamy Maple and “Brown Sugar” Oatmeal
As always, check out the Notes section of the recipe for extra info. Check out the links in and below the recipe to see the products I use and recommend. Some of the links included in the recipe and blog post are affiliate links, which means that if you make purchases through these links, I make a small commission to help defray the costs of running this blog (at no extra charge to you). Thanks for your help!
You may also enjoy:
- Starting THM
- my recipe index
- my recipes grouped by fuel type, allergy info, and theme
- all my strawberry recipes
- all my peanut butter recipes
- ½ c. old-fashioned oats (use gluten free if necessary)
- 1 c. water
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- ⅓ c. unsweetened almond milk
- 3 T. defatted peanut flour
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- ⅛ tsp. THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder
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- Sliced strawberries
- Microwave the oats and water for 3 minutes or until soft. (I use a large serving bowl so the oatmeal doesn't run over in the microwave. If the oats aren't soft in 3 minutes, cook longer until the desired texture is reached. Some microwaves are stronger than others. Alternatively you could cook them on the stovetop until the desired consistency is achieved.)
- Whisk in the almond milk, peanut flour, salt, and stevia. Top with sliced strawberries and enjoy!
- To make the strawberries more of a jam-like consistency, mash them up and cook them with the oats and water in the first step.
- To make this an overnight oatmeal, try omitting the cooking step and adding a scant ½ tsp. glucomannan. Shake all the ingredients together in a pint-sized jar with a lid and refrigerate overnight.
Suggested products:
- Defatted Peanut Flour (Amazon)
- THM Defatted Peanut Flour
- THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder
- Glucomannan (Amazon)
- Great Lakes Collagen
- THM Integral Collagen
Oh my! DELICIOUS ???? I cooked it on the stove and added just a little raspberry extract – thankfully I tripled it because it is SO YUMMY and perfect for cool weather! Thank you so much for all your amazing recipes ?
I’m so glad you liked it, Nancy!
I’m a little confused on what kind of defatted peanut flour you use. What brand do you use….you said “my favorite brand ” is that a brand name? I’m slowly getting started on the plan and am trying to get my groceries bought.
Thank you for your blog. It has been most helpful!
Hi Lou! This is the one I buy (affiliate link): https://www.briana-thomas.com/recommends/defatted-peanut-flour-amazon/
Super tasty – thank you so much!
Brianna,
I got this email yesterday, made the oatmeal this morning, although I made the chocolate peanut butter kind instead of pbj-my kids loved it! They have not enjoyed oatmeal for months, so thank you so much! They even asked for me to make it again-a first in a long time!!!
Oh wow! I’m so glad to hear that!
I am enjoying this right now What a great way to get my peanut butter “fix” at breakfast! Thanks Briana for all your awesome recipes!
Hey! I’m a new THM and enjoy your posts! Thanks a bunch for your encouragement and great recipes.
A bit of an introduction since I’m new: my name is Rachel and I’m 24, married nearly 3 yr, blessed with a wonderful guy and a sweet son- I have a great life! I love the Lord Jesus, my family, friends, coffee, chocolate, ice cream (like you in this obsession!) writing, traveling, cooking, dreaming…
I’m also a word freak; growing up, we had dictionaries that were given affectionate nicknames (Ada Kay and Elda Zee- get it?) and a place of honor very close to our dining room table for easy- and frequent!- reference.
You asked for our input in say, things like misspellings on your blog, which is unlikely with auto correct, (which has become my worst enema lol). So I’ll toss this out: I noticed you have used ‘alternately’ in recipes (to suggest more options ) where I would be thought ‘alternatively’ would be the correct word.
Hi Rachel! Thanks for introducing yourself! I love to “meet” my readers. And thank you for pointing out the difference in word choice; I will definitely keep that in mind for the future!
Could I use peanut butter powder instead of the peanut flour? Have your cookbook and loving the recipes! Love the cake batter shake. I’ll switch out extracts using strawberry, raspberry, banana etc to change the flavor. I keep it in the cream color, cause that’s just how I roll DELICIOUS !!! Thank you for your hard work putting it together.
Your peanut butter powder is probably about the same thing as defatted peanut flour. 🙂 Just make sure it doesn’t have any added sugar in the ingredients and less than 5g fat in the amount used in this recipe so you can stay in THM:E territory. I’m glad you’re enjoying the cookbook!
Oooh, this looks so yummy!! I, too, have become a hot oatmeal person because I forget to cook something the night before. Although, my new favorite thing lately is to dump 1/2 cup pats, 1 cup unsweet cashew milk (or a mixture of cashew milk and coffee or tea–yummm), and a bit of super sweet, into my favorite mug, then I pop it in the fridge overnight. In the morning I top it with berries and Peanut Junkie Butter. SO GOOD, and actually is reminiscent of cold cereal. And, it takes 0.325 seconds to whip up before bed. BOOM. You should give it a whirl! 😉
(But I still sometimes forget to do this and end up with hot oatmeal anyway. C’est la vie.)
Hey, I like that idea – specially the tea idea. Not so much coffee. ;P
Good recipe!
Briana, your blog is my favorite. Until recently, I didn’t realize how young you are. Good job, little girl! (I mean little girl in an endearing way, not condescending…have to be careful with language when it is not spoken, but written). But, thanks for all of the fine recipes that you share with us!
Aw, thank you, Sandy! Blessings
I am eating this right now !! Yum