Peanut Butter and Jam Whole Grain Breakfast Bowls

Here’s a fun and warming way to start the day — whole grain breakfast bowls topped with apple, peanut butter, and jam. Whole grain breakfast bowls fall between an everyday breakfast and a weekend treat.

Grain options: If you have cooked grain ready ahead of time, you can prepare this warming morning bowl in minutes. My favorite for this recipe is quinoa, but you can also use brown rice, rolled oats (or other rolled grain), steel-cut oats, bulgur, barley (pearl or quick-cooking), or farro.

This recipe makes two servings, and can be doubled for more servings easily, or halved for a solo serving.

Peanut butter and jam don’t often come to mind as grain bowl toppings, but why relegate this classic duo to sandwiches? Peanut butter gives these bowls an extra luscious flavor, and jam makes them extra yummy.

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Peanut Butter and Jam Whole Grain Breakfast Bowls

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A fun and warming way to start the day — whole grain breakfast bowls topped with apple, peanut butter and jam.

Prep Time 6 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Total Time 14 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups or so cooked grains (see options in Notes)
• 1/2 cup plain or vanilla plant-based milk (oat, cashew, soy, etc.)
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup or agave, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries
• 1/2 medium crisp sweet apple, cored and thinly sliced (or see banana variation in Notes)
• 2 to 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons jam, your favorite variety
• A few cashews, other nuts, or seeds, optional

Instructions

1. Combine the cooked grain with the plant-based milk in a small saucepan. Bring to a slow boil, then turn down the heat and simmer gently until the liquid is mostly absorbed. This won’t take long; maybe 5 to 8 minutes.
2. Remove from the heat, then stir in the syrup, cinnamon, and dried fruit.
3. Transfer to a shallow serving bowl and top with half of the sliced apple. 
4. Dollop half of the peanut butter and half of the jam atop each bowl, then finish with a few nuts or seeds, if you’d like. Serve at once.

Notes

• Grain options: Brown rice, quinoa, rolled oats, steel-cut oats, bulgur, quick-cooking barley, or farro.
• Use some thinly sliced banana in place of or in addition to apple.

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