A healthy and delicious savory vegan breakfast bowl with oats and fresh veggies you can make in the Instant Pot for meal prep or on the stove. A healthy way to start your day!
Prep Time 3 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 minutesminutes
Pressurize and Depressurize Instant Pot 25 minutesminutes
Place the oats, broccoli, cauliflower and 4 cups of water in a 7 cup bowl that will fit in your instant pot and stir it up.
Add 1 cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot insert. Place the rack inside and then add the bowl with your oats into the IP. Lock the lid in place on the top of your Instant Pot and make sure the pressure release valve is closed.
Select high pressure cooking and set the time for 2 minutes. When it is finished cooking, let it naturally release for 10 minutes and then use quick release to vent the steam from the Instant Pot. Move the pressure release handle to “Venting”, using a wooden spoon or covering your hand with a towel or hot pad. Never put your hands or face near the vent when releasing steam.
Open the pressure cooker lid and stir in the nutritional yeast, garlic and onion powder. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.
Serve up with a drizzle of olive oil or sliced avocado if desired.
Stove Top Directions
Heat four cups of water in a pot on medium high heat. When water boils, add the broccoli and cauliflower and cook for 2 minutes.
Then stir in the 2 cups of oats and cook until all the water is absorbed and the oatmeal is tender, about five minutes.
When the oats are cooked, stir in the garlic powder, onion powder and nutritional yeast. Then add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Expert Tips for Making Instant Pot Oats:Make sure the insert bowl you use inside the Instant Pot is safe to be heated. Pyrex makes glass dishes that are oven safe and they have worked well for me.Use the right size bowl for your Instant Pot or pressure cooker. The main requirements are that it fits inside your Instant Pot, is safe to cook under pressure and will hold about 7 cups of food.Use rolled oats and NOT quick oats when making this instant pot oats recipe. The quick oats turn to complete mush when cooked in the Instant Pot.Cut up the broccoli and cauliflower into very small pieces. Smaller pieces mix in better with the oats creating a pleasant texture without large chunks of vegetables.Don't leave the oatmeal sitting in the Instant Pot with the lid secured past the 10 minutes of natural release. As long as the lid is in place the heat on the inside will continue cooking the oatmeal and cause it to be overly mushy.