This Savory Oatmeal with Avocado and Poached Egg transforms your usual, sweet oatmeal routine into something umami-packed, new, and delicious!

Savory oatmeal with egg and avocado in a white bowl on a blue background

When I’m not stuffing my head with Dutch audio courses (with the hopes of learning via osmosis), I’m listening to podcasts. Podcasts that tell a story (Radiolab), podcasts that teach (Food Blogger Pro), and most recently, podcasts that just talk about food (Food 52’s Burnt Toast). And in an episode of Burnt Toast, they talk about a special area on Food 52 reserved for “Genius Recipes”.

These aren’t necessarily the best recipes of your life, but rather, recipes that change the way you look at cooking. A cauliflower soup with only 3 ingredients that relies on the pectin in cauliflower for thickening. Chocolate mouse from just chocolate + water, the list goes on.

Oatmeal with egg and avocado in a white bowl on a blue background

And a lot of times, these recipes don’t come from seasoned, Michelin Star chefs. They come from chefs who never learned culinary boundaries. Raw food lovers who discovered that raw sweet potatoes aren’t poisonous (as the food world had believed), but instead fan-freakin-tastic. Because if you never learn boundaries, you’ll eventually find yourself in the great unknown, the place where earth-shattering discoveries are made.

That’s definitely not to say this savory oatmeal recipe is genius or earth-shattering by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s different. It’s oats and parmesan and avocado and egg, a simple, satisfying breakfast. I hope that this approach to ingredients and recipes will inspire you to cook in ways out of your comfort zone, because oatmeal doesn’t have to be sweet, and the cooking boundaries that fence you in should come down. Because that’s where something truly delicious happens.

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Here’s what you’ll do

Step 1: Cook the oats
We’ll used rolled oats here, but feel free to go with instant or steel cut (they’re all the same ingredient, oats, just processed differently). Cook according to the instructions on the package if going those routes. Rather than cooking the oats with any sugar, we’ll just use a pinch of salt – these are savory oats after all!

Oatmeal in a white bowl on a blue background

Step 2: Cook the egg(s)
I went with a poached egg for this recipe, but feel free to use your favorite egg style here. Fried or soft boiled would both work great!

Oatmeal with an egg in a white bowl on a blue background

Step 3: Top it like it’s hot
Top it with sliced avocado, a heap of shredded parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, and ground black pepper. You can also through on your favorite herbs, hot sauce, or any other savory ingredients hiding away in your fridge

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