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Healthy, Cozy Carrot Cake Oatmeal

This carrot cake oatmeal is super healthy and easy, packed with flavor, and a great make-ahead breakfast option (delicious leftovers!). It's gluten-free and dairy-free, so great for people with dietary restrictions, and a wonderful way to get a sneaky serving of veggies in first thing in the morning!
Note, I usually halve this for myself and still have 2-3 days of leftovers.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Breakfast Goodies
Servings: 4 large servings

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 3 cups 720 ml of water
  • 1 cup 240 ml of milk (I use cashew), plus extra for serving
  • 1 cup 175g of steel-cut oats (see notes on substitution)
  • 2 cups 200g of grated carrots, about 4 medium carrots
  • 1/2 cup of golden raisins or regular raisins
  • 3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 3 tablespoons of light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons of grated orange zest

Instructions

  • In a saucepan, bring the water and milk to a gentle boil.  
  • Stir in the oats, shredded carrots, raisins, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt and return to a boil.  
  • Decrease the heat to low and partially cover.  Cook the oats until they begin to thicken and become soft-yet-chewy, stirring once or twice (25 to 30 minutes).  
  • Remove from the heat and stir in the orange zest.  Cover and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.  
  • Serve warm with an extra glug of warmed milk, if you’d like.  This is a great make-ahead healthy breakfast as well, as it reheats nicely! 

Notes

I do believe this is best with steel-cut oats from a texture standpoint, especially as leftovers.  You *can* substitute rolled/old-fashioned oats if you need to, just double the amount of oats vs. steel-cut (keep liquids the same), and you'd only simmer for like 5-8 minutes instead of 25-30.  I also recommend doubling the spices and raisins in that case.  
I've started making my own nut milk (or oat milk) and it is SO easy! The nut milk maker I use is linked below, no need to squeeze it out use a nut milk bag, etc.