Oats are my breakfast every day, snacks in between on other
days and occasionally dinner (when all I need is a quick post-gym snack). So
when I need a quick and simple 2-minute breakfast, often the answer lies in my
oats.
This recipe concept is based on my regular breakfast ‘apple oats’ merged with the amazing breakfast cookie. Last weekend, to shake things up a little instead of eating my regular oats as a very
liquidy mix in a bowl, I reduced the liquid content right down, added some shredded coconut
(for good measure) and then packed the mixture into a mini silicone muffin pan
to cook them up. By the way, the mixture also tastes great pre-cooking…yes I was
very hungry at that point and so very tempted to eat it all…but then I wouldn’t have any
recipe for you!
Quick recap on the apple oats theory. I always grate a whole
apple to mix through my morning bowl of oats for four reasons- it's a great way to get an extra portion of fruit in your day, it gives a
subtle sweet taste without the need for additional sugar, it is fairly neutral so
can easily accommodate other mix-ins to jazz things up, it bulks up the size of
my breakfast without needing to add more oats so offers a great balance between
being substantial and light.
The apple base mix is great…but what about the add ins. It’s
always all about the add ins, that’s what brings sunshine and smiles to my day,
amongst other silly things that make me smile….like a cat on it tiptoes
drinking out of the bird bath (spotted this morning!)
So I spent a little extra time putting together
a few simple flavour combos to get you started- the key thing for me is that
they shouldn't take more than a minute to prepare since this is a speedy breakfast
after all. I also ran a test for
microwave vs oven. I found the only real difference to be that the oven gave a dryer
‘baked’ exterior where as the microwave version stayed soft on the outside. The
inside of both versions were very soft and moist. Take your pick!
You could also make a larger 'breakfast bombe' using my silicone egg poacher method. The photo below is a plain apple oats version with extra coconut flakes on top...still super yummy without anything more!
This is a cheeky little 'bombe' version of the origial apple oats without mixins. |
Recipe: Apple oat bites
This makes approx. 6-8 mini oat bites (or a couple of breakfast bombes)
Ingredients
1 cup regular oats
1/3 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large apple
grated
2 tbs ground chia or flax
½ cup preferred milk alternative
Approx. ½ cup total mix-ins
Mix-in ideas:
'carroke cake' (carrot and nutmeg), date and walnut, 'gingerbread' (fresh, ground and crystalised ginger plus mollasses) maple cacao....plus pretty much anything else you can think of!
Method
Mix everything together and pack firmly into silicone
mini muffins trays (silicone for easy removal and microwave compatibility).
Microwave on full power for approx. 90 seconds until the top feels firm.
my mix-ins of choice- I made two of each of the above listed flavour combos |
basic mixture ingredients |
wet basic mixture |
oven version |
microwave version |
Would this work without the coconut? I want to try it but I don't have any coconut flakes at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI would try subbing some ground almonds or cashews for the coconut, i'm not sure oit would give quite the same texture if you just increased the oats. Hope it works well for you!
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