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Prep Time	Cook Time	Total Time	Makes	Calories
10 min.	45 min.	55 min.	6	293

Tropical Oatmeal Bake

Sweet, satisfying, and low in calories and fat.

2 cups of rolled or instant oatmeal oats

2 tsp. of cinnamon

1/2 cup of coconut sugar or sugar substitute (other natural syrups will work too such as maple or cane syrup)

1/2 cup of shredded non-sweetened dried coconut

1 tsp. of baking powder

1 tbsp. of lime zest

1 egg

2 cups of milk (or non-milk)

1 tsp. of sea salt

2 tsp. of vanilla

1 tsp. of ground ginger

2 ripe bananas (sliced longways)

1 apple cored and sliced thin

3 tbsp. of melted butter

Optional additions: nuts, raisins, berries, favorite sweet spices

1	Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix dry ingredients (including the lime zest) into a medium sized bowl. Grease with non-stick lo-cal spray or cooking oil a 8-9inch square, bake-safe, casserole dish. Arrange apple slices and bananas on the bottom of greased dish.
2	In another medium bowl mix all wet ingredients.
3	Sprinkle evenly the mixed dry ingredients over the apples and bananas in the casserole dish. Then pour wet ingredients over dry mix. Gently rotate and shift the casserole dish with your hands to spread the wet mixture over the dry.
4	Place in the oven for 40-45 minutes. Once oats are golden brown and bubbling occurs remove and let cool for 5-10 mins. Serve warm alone or with a tablespoon of Greek yogurt.

You can easily alter this recipe and omit the coconut and lime, substitute/add berries and other seasonal fruit.