Name: Savory Oat Bowl with Soft Egg and Greens
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 50 g steel-cut oats (or rolled oats); 250 ml chicken stock (or vegetable stock); 20 g parmesan (grated); 1 egg (soft-boiled or fried); 1 handful baby spinach; 1 clove garlic (minced); 1 tbsp olive oil; chili flakes (to taste); salt (to taste); black pepper

Forget sweet oatmeal — this savory version with parmesan, wilted greens, and a runny egg is the breakfast you did not know you needed.

I know what you are thinking. Savory oatmeal? But hear me out. Oats are basically just a grain, right? We eat rice savory, we eat polenta savory — oats deserve the same treatment. Cook them in stock instead of water, stir in some parmesan, top with sauteed greens and a soft egg, and suddenly you have this creamy, comforting bowl that feels like risotto's casual morning cousin. I started making this on cold mornings when sweet oatmeal just was not cutting it. Now it is a permanent rotation brea