My Crazy Dreams and Baked Oatmeal Obsession

Completely irrelevant to the rest of the post is my re-telling of the bizarre, crazy dream I had last night!  I have bizarre dreams almost every night.  Last night I dreamt that I was in the Hunger Games. All of the tributes were students from my astronomy class and the game was set on a transatlantic flight.  Anyone who lasted until the flight landed won the game.  I was one of eight tributes to make it to the landing.  One of the signs of a good book or movie is one that incorporates itself into my dreams!

As I said in my last post, I felt quite proud of my recent culinary success until I realized that 90% of it is baked oatmeal.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, except when I go on Pinterest instead of doing my homework.  I still don't know what to do with myself now that the Olympics are over.  I was on such a routine of watching the Olympics and doing homework during the commercials.  I have filled the Olympic void with Pinterest; the only problem is that Pinterest does not have any commercial breaks, hence my wasting countless hours pinning baked oatmeal recipes.  At least I actually try them! As someone who used to make Amy's Kitchen frozen dinners for each meal, this is a great culinary accomplishment! All of these recipes were taken from, or inspired by, The Oatmeal Artist: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/.

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal, see it here: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/2012/08/pumpkin-pie-baked-oatmeal.html
I love anything pumpkin flavored, so when I combined pumpkin with baked oatmeal on Saturday, I enjoyed it so much I made it again on Sunday.  The second time (pictured) I added banana and raisins.

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Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal, inspired by: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/2012/07/carrot-cake-oatmeal.html.
I omitted the ginger and molasses and put it in my ramekin instead of baking it stovetop.




Ingredients:
1 Packet Quaker Cinnamon and Spice Instant Oatmeal
1/4 cup almond milk
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped carrots
 Directions: Mix all ingredients and place in a ramekin.  Bake at 350 for approximately 20 minutes.

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Banana Split Baked Oatmeal, inspired by: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/2012/07/banana-split-oatmeal.html.
I skipped cocoa powder and used chocolate chips instead and baked it instead of cooking it stovetop.  I also made Key Lime Pie Overnight Oats for dinner:  http://www.theoatmealartist.com/2013/05/key-lime-pie-overnight-oatmeal.html It was my favorite overnight oats recipe so far!



Ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup almond milk
1/3 cup chopped strawberries (I used frozen)
1/3 cup diced pineapple (I used frozen)
1/2 banana sliced
1 TBL dark chocolate chips
Directions: Mix all ingredients and place in a ramekin.  Bake at 350 for approximately 20 minutes.

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Banana Bread Stovetop, see it here: http://www.theoatmealartist.com/2012/06/banana-bread-oatmeal.html
I forced myself to take a day off from the baked oatmeal (I have a recipe in mind for tomorrow though).  Instead I made Lauren's famous banana bread stovetop.  She correctly predicted that I would love it!

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Have you ever tried baked oatmeal or overnight oats?  Do you prefer them to stovetop?