Easy Healthy Oatmeal Recipes to Celebrate National Oatmeal Month

A goal for 2019 is to have more fun with food by planning some of our meals around our many National Food Holidays.

If you wanted, you could celebrate a different food practically every day of the year.

And some lucky foods have whole months dedicated to them.

What better place to start than January, with Easy Healthy Oatmeal Recipes for National Oatmeal Month.

Jar of Rolled Oats

Oatmeal is good and good-for-you.

In addition to being packed with thiamine, iron and fiber, it's been shown to lower cholesterol, stabilize blood sugar, reduce your risk of diabetes and prevent breast cancer - just for starters.

Here's a great article from Mother Earth Living if you want to know more about the health benefits of oatmeal.

Blueberry Oat Scones

Inexpensive and easy to make, oats are a great way to start the day - either in a steamy bowl of oatmeal or as the primary ingredient in homemade granola bars, muffins and breads or scones.

And there are lots of ways to add them to your diet throughout the day - as a substitute for bread crumbs in meat loaf or as part of a tasty sweet treat like oatmeal bars or cookies.

Here are some of my favorite easy healthy oatmeal recipes, with calorie and Weight Watchers Points information, gathered all in one place.

Easy Healthy Oatmeal Recipes with Weight Watchers SmartPoints

Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies
(*4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Simple wholesome cookies that are easy to make and really satisfying, each with only 92 calories.

Low-Fat Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies

Baked Oatmeal Recipes
(WW Freestyle SmartPoints vary by recipe)
A great collection of recipes for baked oatmeal with WW Points information.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies
(*4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
The kind of cookies you can eat for breakfast without feeling too guilty since they are full of good-for-you breakfast ingredients like oatmeal, bananas and walnuts.

WW Friendly Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Best Healthy Homemade Maple Granola
(*5 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Lots of granola recipes call for honey, but I like maple syrup, so I use it instead. Each ½ cup serving has just 110 calories.

Healthy, Homemade Maple Granola

Buttermilk Oatmeal Pancakes
(*9 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Start your day with a plate of nourishing wholegrain pancakes - 271 calories.

Caramel Chocolate Oat Mini Bars
(*4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
A little sweet treat that's easy and delicious. Because they are sweet and rich a little goes a long way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Each mini bar has just 80 calories.

Caramel Chocolate Oatmeal Mini Bars

Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Bread
(*5 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
A delicious quick bread brimming with fresh cranberries, orange zest and oats.

Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Bread

Great Granola Bar Recipe
(*12 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Makes granola bars with great flavor and lots of texture that are packed with wholesome ingredients.

Healthy Homemade Granola Bars
(WW Freestyle SmartPoints vary by recipe)
Makes delicious soft and chewy healthy granola bars (or energy bars) full of oats, dried fruit, and whole grains. Sweetened with maple syrup.

Moist & Chewy Low Fat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
(*7 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
A delicious healthier way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Each cookie bar has about 162 calories.

Moist & Chewy Low Fat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Skinny Banana Oatmeal Muffin and Bread Recipes
(WW Freestyle SmartPoints vary by recipe)
A great collection of of winning easy healthy oatmeal recipes with Weight Watchers Points Values.

Skinny Mini Meatloaf Muffins
(*5 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
One of my all time favorite easy healthy oatmeal recipes, these quick and easy mini meat loaves with just 7 ingredients, including quick cooking oats that are delicious.

WW Mini Meatloaf Muffins

Slim & Healthy Ways to Enjoy Easy Healthy Oatmeal Recipes for Breakfast
(WW Freestyle SmartPoints vary by recipe)
Including instructions and videos for making both rolled oats and steel cut oats, topping ideas and oatmeal recipes with Weight Watchers Points values.

Summer Muesli Recipe
(*7 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
A great way to enjoy oats for breakfast during the summer. Each serving has 190 calories.

Easy Healthy Summer Breakfast - Muesli

Individual Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal Muffin Cups
(*4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Healthy banana oatmeal baked in muffin cups for perfect personal-size servings you can enjoy now, or freeze for later.

Personal Healthy Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal

*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.