Looking for a quick, easy dessert that takes hardly any time to prepare but is wholesome, is filling and utterly delicious all rolled into one?
If so, you need look no further than this super simple, 4 ingredients blueberry crumble made from whole foods only.
What Does ‘whole’ Foods Mean Exactly?
Whole foods in the context of the whole foods, plant based diet means exactly that. Foods that haven’t been processed in any way (or processed very minimally) to keep all their fibres and nutrition intact, thus making them much healthier for the human body.
Not only are whole foods better for the body to break down, assimilate and eliminate, they also help to boost weight loss due to high fibre content.
This best ever blueberry crumble recipe is made from 4 whole food ingredients that are staples in most people’s pantries, therefore this is a great recipe to make at short notice.
What’s So Good About This Crumble?
Our easy blueberry crumble is also OIL FREE. Most people automatically think that you must use butter or margarine to make your crumble mix. This is very much not so. Our crumble needs no oils or fast of any kind and we promise you won’t even know the difference. That’s right, you definitely can’t tell the difference when you don’t use oil in this dish.
Nutritional Benefits
Oats
The nutritional benefits of this amazing 4 ingredients, blueberry crumble recipe are many.
For starters, the wholegrain oats are loaded with B-vitamins, are heart healthy, and are high in fibre. Fibrous foods help to keep cholesterol under control, blood sugar more even, and aid in hunger management, thus helping weight loss.
Blueberries
Blueberries are LOADED with antioxidants that are healthful in many respects. Blueberries are one of the highest antioxidant rich berries among all the berries.
Antioxidant rich foods have benefits such as reduced risk of cancers and diseases, improved brain health, eye protection and glowing skin.
Eat your blueberries as often as you can. Daily id possible. Try them in your morning smoothie or ice-cream bowl to get the most out of them at the beginning of your day.
Cinnamon
We add a lot of cinnamon to this easy berry crumble simply because it’s a superfood among spices and it takes your crumble’s taste into the stratosphere. Yes, cinnamon gives this crumble ZING and works perfectly alongside the maple syrup’s flavours to deliver a taste explosion in your mouth.
Cinnamon has a myriad of health benefits, it’s most famous being the lowering and control of blood sugar.
Other benefits of this wonder spice include high antioxidant levels, anti inflammatory benefits, may help protect against heart disease, is good for the brain, may help protect against cancer alongside a healthy diet in general, and is anti fungal/anti bacterial.
Try adding cinnamon to this fat burning spice mix that you can make at home.
Maple Syrup
We have used maple syrup in this crumble recipe simply because the flavour of maple is superior to any of the other sugar alternative syrups. You need to use a syrup in this crumble as there is no fats to bind the oats, therefore syrup works just as well with zero fat.
You can, however, swap your maple syrup out for other sugar alternative syrups such as date paste, agave nectar or brown rice syrup.
Maple does have health benefits over white, cane sugar in the respect that it contains minerals too.
Highly Versatile
Your blueberry crumble is super versatile and the crumble topping can be used on any kind of crumble you like. You can use other spices such as cake spice, pumpkin spice and nutmeg, depending on the fruits you use these may taste better.
You can swap out your blueberries for any other fruits and it may work just as good.
Examples include:-
- Cherries
- Blackberries
- Apples
- Pineapple
- Mixed berries
- Rhubarb
Ways To Eat Your Crumble
This crumble is VERSATILE and can double up as a healthy meal too!
There is no reason why you cannot eat this as a healthy breakfast food. It tastes great from the fridge and has everything you need it it for a great start to your day.
It’s also a filling dessert that will satiate you until morning.
What To Serve Crumble With
You can serve this crumble alone or with toppings such as:-
- Custard
- Ice-cream
- Plant based cream
- Extra sauce or berry coolie
- Extra berries or fruits
4 Ingredients Blueberry Crumble Recipe Made From Whole Foods
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Oven dish 6-8 inches diameter
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups oats Jumbo rolled oats are best for this, but any will do.
- 2.5 cups frozen blueberries Preferably organic
- ½ cup maple syrup save 1 tbsp of this to mix with your blueberries
- 1 heaped tbsp cinnamon powder
- ¾ cup water
Instructions
- Get your blueberries out to thaw for an hour or so before you start recipe. Thaw them in the oven proof dish you will be baking your crumble in.
- Put your oven on to heat at around 180 celsius (360 fahrenheit).
- Meanwhile, prepare your crumble topping by mixing well together the rest of your ingredients in a mixing bowl. This is easily done by hand so no equipment is necessary.
- Once you berries are thawed you should take a fork and smash at least half of them down to release their juices and flavours. This will help make the delicious blueberry sauce that your berries will be in after baking. Add your tbsp of maple syrup and the water and mix well.
- Now top evenly with your oats mixture. Put it on a spoonful at a time so that you end up with an even topping. You also want to be careful with this process so your oats don't sink into the blueberries too much.
- Now bake for 30-40 minutes until well cooked and dark golden on top. If you have used various sized oven dishes then you may need to tweak cooking times slightly.
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