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Vegan Steel Cut Oats is the perfect high protein breakfast. These 4 flavors options are a great meal prep breakfast suitable for healthy vegan weight gain.
Ninja Foodi Slow Cooker
For this 4 day breakfast meal prep recipe, I’m using my Ninja Foodi Cooker! I LOVE this cooker because, it’s an electric pressure cooker, air fryer, slow cooker, oven, stove-top, steamer, and dehydrator all in one!
I use this cooking in appliance often like in my Oyster Mushroom Jackfruit Pot Roast, Stove Top Baked Beans, Instant Pot Potato Salad, and Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower.
And yes it slow cooks too! But if you don’t have a Ninja Foodi, any slow cooker would work.
How to Make Steel Cut Oats
*Please read detailed and printable recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions.
- Add oats to a pot along with water and vegan milk. (Photo 1, 2, & 3)
- Place lid on top of your Ninja Foodi. Press the slow cooker button, turn it on low, and set the timer to 8 hours. Allow it to cook overnight until done. (Photo 4, 5 & 6)
4 Flavor Options
Once oatmeal is cooked, skies the limit on how it can be flavored!. These flavor combinations are great for healthy vegan weight gain as each flavor is high calorie and packed with vegan protein!
Peanut Butter Banana
Simple and classic combination ingredients that include:
- bananas
- hemp seeds
- peanut butter
- maple syrup
Almond Blueberry Coconut Orange
This combination gives you a light Spring and Summer fill while still packing a lot of nutrition. Ingredients include:
- vegan condensed milk (you can buy it or make your own homemade coconut vegan condensed milk)
- coconut flakes
- sliced almonds
- blueberries
- fresh squeeze orange juice
- orange zest
Salted Apple Pecan Cinnamon
This is my FAVORITE combination as it gives you an Autumn feel. And when the sea salt hits the maple, it is HEAVEN! Ingredients include:
- vegan apple butter
- fresh apple
- sea salt flakes
- pecans
- maple syrup
- cinnamon (preferably ceylon cinnamon)
Maple Walnut Sweet Potato
This breakfast combination will for sure keep you full all morning long. Ingredients include:
- sweet potato puree
- maple syrup
- walnuts
- peanut butter
Substitution, Cook, & Storage Tips
- Try different flavor combinations. This recipe is super versatile. You are free to dress it up however you choose. Top with vegan chocolate, vegan date caramel, peanut butter and blackberry jam ( or strawberry jam), etc. Whatever you desire!
- This recipe will keep in the refrigerator for 5 to 6 days. It will last in the freezer for 3 months.
How Does This Recipe Help With Vegan Weight Gain?
Each bowl and the flavor combination was designed to be high in calories protein, and carbs.
These in general is a “curvy carbohydrate” having 29 grams per every ¼ cup. Carbs are ESSENTIAL to your weight gain journey.
How Does This Recipe Help With Vegan Weight Loss?
You can make this recipe apart of your vegan weight loss plan by:
- In all the combinations, leave out nut butters and use half the serving of nuts or none at all.
- Use berries as your toppings instead of extra bananas as they are lower in calories
- Lower the portions per serving. to cut back on calories per bowl
More Oat Recipes You’ll Love
- Apple Vegan Baked Oatmeal
- Strawberry Oatmeal Bars
- “Alkaline” Blackberry Breakfast Bars
- Ginger Oatmeal Cookies
Additional Vegan Breakfast Recipes To Try
Other Ninja Foodi Recipes
- Oyster Mushroom Jackfruit Pot Roast
- Stove Top Baked Beans
- Instant Pot Potato Salad
- Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower
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4 Vegan Steel Cut Oats in Slow Cooker
Ingredients
Steel Cut Oats in Slow Cooker
- 1 teaspoon grapeseed oil
- 1 ½ cup dried steel cut oats
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups hempseed sea moss milk (or whatever vegan milk you desire)
Peanut Butter Banana
- 1 medium ripe banana (mashed)
- 1 ½ cup cooked steel cut oats
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons hempseeds
- optional toppings: banana slices, peanut butter, and 1 teaspoon of maple syrup
Almond Blueberry Coconut Orange
- 1 ½ cup cooked steel cut oats
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeeze orange juice
- 2 tablespoons vegan coconut condensed milk
- ¼ cup fresh blueberries
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon coconut flakes
- optional toppings: blueberries, almonds, coconut flakes, orange zest, and 1 teaspoon of maple syrup
Salted Apple Pecan Cinnamon
- 1 medium apple (peeled, chopped, and cooked)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 ½ cup cooked steel cut oats
- 1 tablespoon crockpot apple butter (or store bought)
- ¼ cup crushed pecans
- optional toppings: cooked apples, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, cinnamon, crushed pecans, and sea salt flakes
Maple Walnut Sweet Potato
- 1 medium sweet potato (peeled, chopped, baked, and mashed)
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons melted coconut oil
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ cup cooked steel cut oats
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ cup walnuts
- optional toppings: cooked sweet potatoes, crushed walnuts, and drizzle of maple syrup
Equipment
Instructions
Steel Cut Oats in Slow Cooker
- Lightly oil your pot with oil to help prevent sticking of oats once they are done cooking. Add dried steel cut oats in pot along with water and hempseed sea moss milk. Slow Cook overnight for 8 hours. Once done, it is time to serve!
Peanut Butter Banana
- In a bowl smashed your ripe banana. In a separate bowl, add the oats, mashed banana, peanut butter, and hemp seeds. Stir until combine. Top with additional banana slices, peanut butter, and maple syrup.
Almond Blueberry Coconut Orange
- In a bowl add the oats, fresh squeeze orange juice, vegan condensed milk, fresh blueberries, sliced almonds, and coconut flakes. Stir until combine. Top with additional blueberries, almonds, coconut flakes, orange zest, and 1 teaspoon of maple syrup.
Salted Apple Pecan Cinnamon
- Peel and chop apple. To a small sauce pan, add chopped apples and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup. Cook down for about 3 to 4 minutes until apples soften.
- In a bowl add the oats, apple butter, maple syrup, crushed pecans, and ½ cooked potatoes. Stir until combine. Top with other half of cooked potatoes, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, cinnamon, crushed pecans, and sea salt flakes.
Maple Walnut Sweet Potato
- Pre heat oven to 400°F (200°). Peel and chop sweet potato. To a parchment paper lined pan, add chopped sweet potatoes, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, melted coconut oil, and cinnamon. Toss until potatoes are evenly coated and baked covered for 15 to 20 minutes until potatoes are soft and fork tender.
- In a bowl, add your all your cooked sweet potatoes (all except 4 cubes to reserve for topping). Smashed your cooked sweet potatoes until it's a puree. In a separate bowl, add the oats, mashed sweet potato, peanut butter, 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, and walnuts. Stir until combine. Top with remaining cubed sweet potatoes, walnuts, and a drizzle of maple syrup.
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Notes
- ADDITIONS & SUBSITUTIONS: You can flavor these oats any way you desire. You do not have to follow the flavors above. Be creative and go what what you like and desire!
- NUTRITION INFORMATION: Below are the specific macros for each oatmeal flavor.
Nutrition
Update Notes: This post was originally published on January 25, 2019, but was republished with new pictures, step by step instructions, tips, and a video on February 18, 2021.
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