Pumpkin Oatmeal Recipe
This is a great choice before your workout and on those chilly fall mornings. Steel-cut oats have no gluten, so they are not a problem for anyone who is grain-sensitive or suffers from Celiac disease.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Recipe: Serves 4, Calories per serving: 360
Ingredients:
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- 1/4 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin (organic preferred)
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice* (or cinnamon)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon agave syrup
- Chopped raw walnuts (optional)
Directions:
Follow cooking instructions for steel-cut oats. While it cooks, mix in canned pumpkin and all remaining ingredients.
*If the pumpkin spice has refined sugar in it, use plain cinnamon instead.
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Dr. Robert Zembroski is a Physician, Board-Certified Chiropractic Neurologist, Clinical Nutritionist, specialist in Functional Medicine, author and public speaker. Twenty-one years in private practice helped Dr. Zembroski to become an expert in health topics from heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, hormone-related issues, neurological dysfunction and more. Currently, Dr. Zembroski is the director of The Darien Center for Functional Medicine, in Darien, Connecticut. For more from Dr. Zembroski visit http://drzembroski.com/.