Zucchini Bread Baked Oatmeal

5 from 5 ratings

This Zucchini Bread Baked Oatmeal is a healthy and delicious way to start your day. Make this with or without eggs, and it's gluten-free, dairy-free, and loaded with enough nutrients and fiber to keep you full.

Prep Time15

Cook Time50

Total Time1 5

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: amish baked oatmeal, baked oatmeal

Servings:

Calories: 124kcal

Author: Becca Ludlum

Equipment

Instant Pot 6 qt
Box Grater
Round Instant Pot Pan

Ingredients

8 tsp chia seeds or 8 eggs
½ cup water if using eggs, omit this
2 zucchini medium, grated
4 cups rolled oats
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
4 tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cups almond milk unsweetened

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Instant Pot Instructions:

Mix chia seeds and water in a small bowl and allow your seeds to gel, set aside. 8 tsp chia seeds ½ cup water
Shred and drain your zucchini, then set it aside. 2 zucchini
Add oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix to combine. 4 cups rolled oats 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp nutmeg
Next add your vanilla extract, almond milk, grated zucchini, and chia seeds and stir well. 4 tsp vanilla 2 ¼ cups almond milk
Lightly spray an oven safe dish with cooking spray. Pour in your batter and loosely cover the pan with aluminum foil.
Add 1 cup of water to the Instant Pot. Place the oatmeal dish on a trivet and carefully lower the trivet into the pot.
Close the lid on the Instant Pot and turn the valve to Sealing. Set cook time for 50 minutes on high pressure.
When the cook time is complete allow your pot to release pressure naturally. When the sealing valve drops, remove the lid and set aside. Use the trivet handles to remove the pan.
Remove the foil and serve. Top with Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, chopped nuts, maple syrup, or a little peanut butter.
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Freeze for up to 2 months.

Oven Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350º.
Follow steps 1-5 above.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Remove aluminum foil and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Allow to cool on a wire rack and serve!

Notes

Recipe Tips:

This recipe doesn't contain a traditional sweetener like brown sugar or honey. You can add 1/4 cup of maple syrup or agave to your batter, or serve it on top of your portion (which is how we do it in my house!).
This recipe calls for traditional rolled oats. Quick oats won't work the same in this recipe, as they don't absorb the same amount of liquid as rolled oats. Steel cut oats will work, but you'll have to increase the liquid and cook time.
This recipe is great to meal prep. I like to make it Sunday and eat it all week. If you'd like to prep a few of them in one day and then freeze them, it's a great way to get ahead on meal prepping for the month. I usually store mine in gallon sized freezer bags.
If using the Instant Pot to cook this dish, allow a natural release for 10-15 minutes before releasing the rest of the steam and removing the lid.
If you have picky eaters who don't want to see green on their plate, go ahead and peel the zucchini before grating it.
Need something different? Add chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, or raisins to the batter before cooking.

Healthy Eating Plans:

Weight Watchers: We calculated these points using the WW calculator. We use ingredients to calculate our points, not nutrition information, which is the most accurate way to calculate according to Weight Watchers. Each serving of this recipe without toppings is 1 2025 Plan Point | 5 Blue Plan Points | 5 Green Plan Points | 1 Purple Plan Point | 4 Points on the 2023 Plan
21 Day Fix:
- For the entire recipes: 12 Yellow Containers, 2 Green Containers, 2.5 Orange Containers, 2 Teaspoons.
- Per Serving (recipe makes 8): 1 1/2 Yellow Container, 1/4 Green Container, 1/3 Orange Container, 1/4 Teaspoon.

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