These Oatmeal Recipes Are Worth Waking Up For

When it comes to breakfast rankings, oatmeal is pretty much at the bottom of the totem pole. Very few people actually want to eat oatmeal -- especially when pancakes and bacon are an option. It's just boring. But we eat it since it's good for our health .

Lucky for your health and palate, this is one problem you can easily fix with some creative oatmeal recipes. Put a fried egg on your oats and double up on protein. Or add a little bit of dark chocolate to satisfy your sweet tooth (and it's good for us too). Make it with quinoa to get in your daily dose of protein. Check out the oatmeal recipes below, and never eat a boring bowl again.

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Maple Brown-Sugar Oatmeal With Sweet Potato

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Crunchy Baked Oatmeal With Caramelized Strawberries

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Breakfast Quinoa

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Apple-Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal

Annie's Eats

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Black Cherry And Walnut Baked Oatmeal

A Beautiful Mess

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Hot Oatmeal, 9 Ways

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Savory Sriracha Oatmeal

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Steel Cut Oats With Apples And Raisins

Annie's Eats

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Chocolate Chip Blueberry Breakfast Quinoa

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Carrot Cake Oatmeal

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"Perfect Oatmeal"

Blooming On Bainbridge

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Vanilla & Brown Sugar Breakfast Polenta

Brown Eyed Baker

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Toasted Coconut Oatmeal

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"Instant Oatmeal That Doesn't Suck"

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Oatmeal With Kimchi & Fried Egg

Mango & Tomato

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Dark Chocolate Oatmeal

Pastry Affair

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Steel Cut Oats With Caramelized Onions & Ricotta

In Jennie's Kitchen

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Creme Brulee Oatmeal

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Chai Oatmeal

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Nutella Oatmeal With Sliced Bananas

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Chocolate Cherry Overnight Oats

Edible Perspective

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Steel Cut Oatmeal With Maple Sauted Apples

Erin's Food Files

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