Healthier and heartier than it's doughy alternative, this sweet and spicy bowl of oats tastes as good as the real deal but is packed with good-for-you ingredients.

INGREDIENTS

Oatmeal

• 1 cup milk of choice (dairy, almond, etc.)
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats (not instant)
• 1/2 small ripe banana, mashed
• 1 tbsp chia, flax or hemp seeds 
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch sea salt

Topping

• 2 tsp pure maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp vanilla-flavoured Greek yogurt
• 3 pecans, chopped

DIRECTIONS

1 In a small saucepan, heat the milk over medium-high heat until barely simmering.

2 Reduce the heat to low. Add the oats, banana, chia seeds, cinnamon and sea salt. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until the oats reach your desired consistency. Remove from the heat and spoon into a serving bowl.

3 To make the topping, combine the maple syrup and cinnamon in a small bowl. Drizzle the maple syrup mixture and the yogurt over the oatmeal. Top with the chopped pecans; serve.

Makes: 1 serving

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Excerpted from Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski. Recipes Copyright © 2017 Greta Podleski, Photography copyright © 2017 Greta Podleski. Excerpted by permission of Granet Publishing Inc. All rights reserved.