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DIY Homemade Instant Oatmeal In A Jar Recipes

February 10, 2014 by Jeanette 16 Comments

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These DIY Homemade Instant Oatmeal In A Jar Recipes make breakfast a no-brainer. The combinations and possibilities are endless and make for a delicious and healthy way to start the day.
DIY Instant Oatmeal in a Jar
This past week, I’ve been playing around with different oatmeal combinations at breakfast time to mix things up. There are so many different combinations you can come up with and making DIY Homemade Instant Oatmeal In A Jar is a great way to pick and choose your favorites.

DIY Instant Oatmeal Jars with Mix Ins

The best thing about making your own Instant Oatmeal mixes is that you can choose the very best ingredients – organic quick cooking oats, unsweetened unsulphured organic dried fruits, raw or roasted nuts – and add extra mix-ins as you please. Chia seeds and ground flax seeds add extra fiber and protein, and almond butter or sunflower butter add healthy fats and protein. Sweeteners are optional, and you have your choice here too, whether it’s maple syrup, honey, or organic jam.

DIY Instant Oatmeal Jars with Mix In Ingredients

One serving of oatmeal is 1/3 cup – 1/2 cup dried and has 100-150 calories. When I add in chia seeds or flax seeds, I use 1/3 cup oatmeal; otherwise, I use 1/2 cup. Depending on what your caloric target is for breakfast, choose your ingredients wisely.

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I’ve put together this chart of Oatmeal Add-Ins with calories so you can get an idea of what you’re eating when you choose different mix-ins. I’ve assumed one tablespoon of these ingredients (except the milk products) for the caloric count. All the fruits, nut butters and milks in this chart are unsweetened.

DIY Oatmeal Calorie Chart © Jeanette's Healthy Living

So, for example, a Blueberry Chia Almond Oatmeal mix of 1/3 cup oats, 1 tablespoon each of chia seeds, sliced almonds and dried blueberries is 290 calories. This particular combination has 11 grams of fiber, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 9 grams of protein, and 25% of your iron daily value and 15% of your calcium daily value. If you serve it with sweeteners and milk, you need to add on the additional calories in the above chart. Spices have nominal calories, so feel free to sprinkle in as much as you like.

DIY Homemade Blueberry Almond Chia Oatmeal

Blueberry Chia Almond Oatmeal Nutrition

You can assemble a bunch of oatmeal jars for the week and bring them to work. Just add 3/4 cup of water and heat it in the microwave for 2 minutes (the jar gets super hot, so be sure to use potholders when you remove the jar from the microwave). Of course, you can also make this on the stovetop.

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The possibilities are endless! Line up your jars and start creating your favorite combinations for your own DIY Homemade Instant Oatmeal.

DIY Instant Oatmeal Jars with Mix Ins

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DIY Homemade Instant Blueberry Almond Chia Oatmeal

Make a set of DIY Homemade Oatmeal Jars for a week at a time and switch up the fruit, nut, seed and spice combinations.
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 1

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1 tablespoon dried blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
  • a sprinkling of cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Spoon all ingredients into a jar and cover. When ready to serve, add 3/4 cup water and microwave for 2 minutes (use potholders to remove as the jar gets very hot) or cook on stovetop for 2-3 minutes.
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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    February 10, 2014 at 9:10 am

    I love all these different oatmeal combinations Jeanette 🙂 I have a bowl of oatmeal every morning (lately even for dinner) and I love all these great variations! Your mix-in chart looks fantastic and so helpful too, I can’t wait to give some of these a try 🙂 Pinning 🙂

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    • Jeanette says

      February 10, 2014 at 10:12 pm

      Thanks Kelly – I had fun putting this together and trying all the different combinations!

      Reply
  2. EA-The Spicy RD says

    February 10, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Wow! I just love this Jeanette! Every jar looks so tasty and I love your chart too. I am getting very hungry looking at this 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 10, 2014 at 10:16 pm

      Thanks EA – we’ve been having fun trying the different variations. It’s been so cold this winter, these have been perfect for warming us up in the morning.

      Reply
  3. Anne|Craving Something Healthy says

    February 10, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    Great ideas for mix-ins and I really love your chart! Pinned it 🙂

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    • Jeanette says

      February 10, 2014 at 10:16 pm

      Thanks Anne! I had fun putting this together. Glad you like it, and thanks so much for the pin!

      Reply
  4. Mary says

    February 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    Great line up of granolas – all delicious – couldn’t think of a better way to start the day:)
    Mary x

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    • Jeanette says

      February 10, 2014 at 10:17 pm

      Thanks Mary – oatmeal is so good for you, so I wanted to make it fun too!

      Reply
  5. Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) says

    February 11, 2014 at 7:44 am

    Fun idea. I’m not an oatmeal person, but I think my grandkids would have a good time with this.

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  6. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

    February 11, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    I could never resist oatmeal!! What a great idea even for gifting, Jeanette 🙂

    Reply
  7. Faye Wilkerson says

    February 12, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Great idea for oatmeal. It would have to be cheaper than the prepackaged stuff. Saving money while getting an upgrade is always nice.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2014 at 2:25 pm

      Thanks Faye – yes, it is definitely less expensive and so much better!

      Reply
  8. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    February 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Your post/instruction is SO thorough! I love that calorie chart and I was quite surprised that what I like actually gets more calorie. =P

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 13, 2014 at 11:56 pm

      Thanks Nami – I had fun putting the calorie chart together and was also surprised by how quickly the calories add up 😉

      Reply
  9. Sharon says

    February 21, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    4 stars
    I love every single oatmeal idea that you have posted! I have been going through Chemo and wanted to find some healthy, delicious breakfast snack ideas that doesn’t put all. Of those chemicals and unhealthy fats into my body. Thanks for all of your wonderful ideas!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 21, 2016 at 7:30 pm

      Sharon – I hope you find these combinations helpful. Best wishes with your chemo treatments – so glad to hear you are nourishing your body to keep yourself strong throughout the treatments.

      Reply

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