Strawberry Walnut Cheesecake Protein Oats [Clean, Vegan, GF]

These creamy oats are perfect for your morning breakfast. They are easy to make and can be prepped the night before if desired!

First off, HAPPY TAX DAY!! I always get my taxes done ASAP once my forms come in because I get paranoid and don’t want to somehow forget come April. So, my taxes have been done for months now. However, today seems to be the big day for the final countdown when it comes to those pesky annual taxes. Anyhow, enough of the aside. What follows is my brief rant of how busy I have been lately, and sorry for being possibly more distant than normal.

OMG these past couple weeks have been INSANE. I haven’t had much time at all, but have tons to share with you guys. Therefore, I just wanted to write a quick post to let you know I’m still here and will be sharing my recent trip details with you soon! So to recap the last couple of weeks..

• I signed a contract for a real job
• I had my annual residency exam
• I turned 30 somehow
• I traveled for a week to celebrate said birthday to the UAE and Oman!! (keep an eye out for those posts!)
• Then I came back and realized that my apartment lease is ending in 2 weeks
• BUT this is where it gets complicated

Why you might ask?

Well… I am finishing residency at the end of June and will be taking a few months off before starting my job.

BUTTT I finish my last couple of months in a location that is in another state. So, part of my stuff has to go there…and then last minute I decided that the rest will just go back home. Eventually, I’ll have to move it to my new place (but who knows where I’m going to live there yet. That is a problem for my future self).

So, I am currently packing up my apartment trying to decide what can just go home, and what I am still going to need for the new few months and any events that may happen during that time (including another graduation for me! LOL).

Hence, my posting has been very irregular lately as there has been so much going on, but hopefully I might have some more time once I get settled into my new rotation and have had everything moved.

So, I very much look forward to sharing my birthday trip with you, but I thought I’d just say a quick hello and leave you with this easy oatmeal recipe! Enjoy!!

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Strawberry Walnut Cheesecake Protein Oatmeal [Clean, Vegan, Glutenfree]

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 1 bowl

Author AZ@…And A Dash of Cinnamon

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal
• 1/2-1 scoop strawberry protein powder
• 1/2 handful walnuts roughly chopped
• 1/2 T cream cheese (vegan if desired)
• 1 T psyllium husk powder
• few dashes cinnamon
• water/liquid of choice

Instructions

1. Make your oatmeal according to package directions

2. Once cooked, stir in your protein powder, psyllium husk powder and cinnamon until smooth

3. Fold in your walnuts and mix in your cream cheese

4. Eat and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Psyllium husk is a great thickener, but make sure the oatmeal isn’t super hot or it will clump together instead of soaking up extra liquid. If using, use more liquid than otherwise called for. 

Feel free to make this as thin or thick as you want it. 

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