Tropical pineapple and coconut baked oatmeal
It’s like a holiday in a bowl....tropical paradise by the
spoonful!
I love my baked oatmeal and I have been experimenting
with different flavour combinations recently. This is one of my favourites and
it definitely has the’ dessert factor’, in much the same way as this apple and blueberry pie did.
Use large flakes or coconut curls instead of desiccated
coconut for the best appearance and texture. The pineapple is so sweet you
barely need any additional sweetener but I added a touch of coconut sugar for
good measure... just follow your taste buds. For extra indulgence use coconut
milk as your ‘milk’ of choice.
This is definitely one of those ‘mix it up and throw it
in the oven’ bakes...healthy, foolproof’ and it simply tastes divine. I ate this as breakfast (with the help of my mum)...but it's totally desert worthy and once against ridiculously healthy in the desert stakes! No excuses...just make it now!
If it’s not hot and sunny where you are quite yet....this
will transport you back to your holiday’s with one simple bite!
Recipe: Tropical
pineapple and coconut baked oatmeal
Serves 2
Ingredients:
½ cup oats
1 tbs ground flax
Pinch salt
1 tsp coconut sugar (or other sweetener of choice-
optional)
2/3 cup fresh pineapple chunks (or 1 tin)
¼ cup chunky coconut flakes/curls
¾ cup non dairy milk of choice (I used almond but coconut
milk would be great!)
1 tsp vanilla extract (or rum flavouring)
Note: for a more
‘grown up’ dessert you could try add some rum for part of the milk content- I
haven’t tried this!
Method:
Mix all
ingredients together in a medium bowl, adding the pineapple and coconut last,
sprinkle a few of the coconut flakes over the top surface.
Spoon evenly into
a medium pie dish- approx 20cm diameter (the mixture should be approx 2cm deep)
Bake at 180C for
approx 30 mins until the top is golden.
Oooh get a little cheeky...cheeky! :-)
For further guidance on making gluten free choices please see this post.
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