Strawberry-Banana Freezer Oatmeal

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar , divided
• 2 cups fresh strawberries , sliced
• 3 cups water
• 2 cups almond milk
• 2.5 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1.5 cups bananas , mashed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.13 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.5 cups pecans , chopped

Instructions

1. 1

   Sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar over sliced strawberries in a bowl. Let rest until juices have been released, 10 to 15 minutes.

2. 2

   Boil water and almond milk together in a large pot. Add oats and cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in strawberries, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, bananas, cinnamon, vanilla extract, salt, and nutmeg and remove from heat. Stir in pecans.

3. 3

   Grease 18 muffin cups and fill each to the top with oat mixture, mounding a bit. Freeze 8 hours to overnight. Remove oatmeal from muffin cups and place in freezer bags or a freezer-safe container.

4. 4

   Prepare 1 frozen oatmeal cup by placing in a microwave-safe bowl and heating in a microwave oven for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.