Bariatric recipe

Pumpkin spice protein oatmeal with vanilla cream

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A bowl of pumpkin oatmeal topped with vanilla cream, beside ProtiDiet oatmeal and Proti-Thin vanilla boxes
  • Servings2one small bowl, about ⅔ cup (160 ml) each
  • Time10 min
  • Calories 105
  • Protein 15.5 g
  • Fat 1.5 g
  • Carbs 11 g

Calories and macros are per serving.

Ingredients

2 servings: one small bowl, about ⅔ cup (160 ml) each

  • 1 pouch (26 g) ProtiDiet maple brown sugar protein oatmeal
  • 1 packet (29 g) Proti-thin vanilla pudding and shake
  • 120 ml (4 fl oz / 1/2 cup) hot water — the low end of the box's 110–140 ml direction
  • 90 ml (3 fl oz / 6 tablespoons) cold water — far less than the standard 240 ml (8 fl oz) shake direction
  • 60 g (1/4 cup) canned pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 1 g (1/2 teaspoon) pumpkin pie spice, plus a pinch for the top

Directions

How to make it, step by step

  1. Stir the oatmeal pouch into the hot water in the microwave-safe bowl and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken.

  2. Stir in the pumpkin and the 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.Then microwave 30 seconds until warm through.

  3. While the oatmeal warms, whisk the vanilla packet into the cold water in the small bowl until it turns into a thick, spoonable cream, about 1 minute.

  4. Divide the pumpkin oatmeal between the two serving bowls.

  5. Spoon the vanilla cream over each bowl, swirl it in lightly with the tip of a spoon, and dust with the pinch of spice.Serve right away, warm oatmeal under cool cream.

Equipment

  • A microwave-safe bowl
  • A small bowl
  • A whisk
  • A spoon
  • Two small serving bowls

No blender needed.

Step-by-step photos

See each step before you start

  1. Step 1: stirring the oatmeal mix into hot water in a green bowl, a timer reading 5:00 beside it

    Make the oatmeal

  2. Step 2: stirring canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice into the oatmeal

    Stir in pumpkin and spice

  3. Step 2: warming the bowl of oatmeal in a microwave set to 30 seconds

    Warm it through

  4. Step 3: whisking the vanilla shake mix with a little cold water into a thick cream

    Whisk the vanilla cream

  5. Step 4: spooning the pumpkin oatmeal into a second green bowl

    Divide the oatmeal

  6. Step 5: sprinkling pumpkin pie spice over two bowls of oatmeal topped with vanilla cream

    Top and dust with spice

How it fits your plan

Texture and plan fit

Soft, not pureed — the oatmeal keeps its soft rolled oats, so it sits in the soft section. Both mixes are tagged for bariatric pureed, soft and regular stages; the whole oats place the finished bowl in soft.

Protocol phases
  • Bariatric Stage 4 Soft, Stage 5 Regular
  • Keto Liberal Low-Carb
  • General Weight Loss Active, Transition, Maintenance
  • GLP-1
Nutrition per serving
105 kcal · 15.5 g protein · 1.5 g fat · 11 g carbs · 4.5 g fiber · 6.5 g net carbs
What makes it different
pumpkin and warm spice turn a plain maple oatmeal into a pumpkin-pie breakfast, and the box's shake mix becomes a cool vanilla cream on top instead of a drink.
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