Combine your two favorite morning routines—coffee and oatmeal—into one delicious bowl with this Mocha Coffee Oatmeal recipe. All you need is some healthy ingredients to give yourself a convenient, nutritious breakfast to perk up your mornings.
This recipe features fresh brewed coffee, cocoa powder, sliced almonds and chocolate chips mixed together in a delicious bowl of warm, hearty oats.
Oats are a great source of both soluble and insoluble fiber, which help keep you feeling fuller for longer and are critical to your overall health. Its richness in soluble fiber helps to slow digestion, increase satiety and suppress appetite.
Oatmeal is also a good source of many vitamins and minerals including manganese, phosphorous, copper, B-vitamins, iron, selenium, magnesium and zinc. Oats even contain more protein and healthy, unsaturated fats than most other grains. Click here to learn more about the nutritional benefits of oatmeal and what kinds are healthiest >
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Servings: 1
Calories per Serving: 217
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb, 1 Powerfuel and 1 Extra
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup dry oats
- ½ cup brewed coffee
- ¼ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp. stevia
- 1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ Tbsp. sliced almonds
- ½ Tbsp. chocolate chips
Directions:
- In a container or Mason jar, stir together oats, coffee, yogurt, cocoa powder and stevia.
- Top with almonds and chocolate chips.
- Place in the refrigerator overnight.