Peanut Butter Power Oats
Oatmeal built around powdered peanut butter, chia, and flax. Thick enough to eat standing up.
- calories
- 600
- weight
- 4.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 133
- protein
- 22 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 5 min
- total time
- 7 min
- water
- 300 ml boiled
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Alcohol / Esbit
- Backpacking
- Thru-hike
- Basecamp
- Bikepacking
- Vegetarian
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Old fashioned rolled oats | 1/2 cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Powdered whole milk | 3 tbsp | replaces the 3/4 cup of fresh milk |
| Peanut butter powder | 3 tbsp | |
| Chia seeds | 1 tbsp | |
| Ground flax seed | 1 tbsp | |
| Dried banana chips | 1/4 cup | broken small, or freeze-dried banana slices |
| Brown sugar | 1 tbsp | stands in for honey |
| Salt | a pinch |
Method
- Boil 300 ml of water.
- Pour in the premixed bag and stir hard. The flax and chia clump if you go slow.
- Cover and pull it off the heat. Three minutes.
- Stir again. If it is thicker than you want, add hot water a splash at a time.
- Let it sit another minute before eating. It is hotter than it looks.
The original wants fresh milk and a sliced banana. Neither survives a pack, so the milk becomes powdered whole milk and the banana becomes chips that soften back up in the hot water. Honey in a jar is a mess waiting to happen, so brown sugar does that job.
Chia and flax are the reason this holds together. They absorb water and turn a half cup of oats into a bowl that actually fills you. The peanut butter powder carries most of the protein without the weight or the grease of a real jar.
Packing
Everything dry goes in one quart freezer bag at home. Eat straight from the bag inside a cozy if you would rather not wash a pot.
Variations
- Swap the milk powder for coconut milk powder and skip the dairy entirely.
- Freeze-dried strawberries instead of banana if bananas go soft on you.
- Cold-soak it overnight with 300 ml cold water if you are skipping the stove.
https://coffeetapeclimb.com/2017/05/03/the-real-breakfast-of-champions-peanut-butter-power-oatmeal