Passion fruit Baked Oatmeal

The first time I had my encounter with passion fruit was during my Final Year Project in poly days. Before that, I had no idea what passion fruit was. I've always thought passion fruit was purple for unknown reasons, but turns out, passion fruit is nowhere close to purple. Haha.

And that was also when I fell in love with passion fruit. The sweet and sour taste of the juice with the crunchy seeds. It's such an exotic fruit, different from the usual soft or crunchy fleshy and juice bursting ones. It's nonetheless lovely and delicious.

I've actually mixed passion fruit into my usual stove top oatmeal before, but somehow, the baked ones makes it taste even better.

Ingredients:
Rolled oats, around 40g
Milk (enough to cover the oats, you could add water to fill it up)
Passion fruit (as much as you want, I used 2 passion fruit worth of seeds and pulp)
Apple sauce, around 1TBSP
Cinnamon, to taste

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Combine rolled oats, milk (or milk+ water), passion fruit, apple sauce and dust cinnamon on top in a bake safe bowl
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25minutes
4. Top with more passion fruit and cinnamon when eating

Enjoy (:

Blueberry Lemon Baked Oatmeal

The haze is finally clearing! :D So happy to see the sun and breathe fresh air again. We should really cherish what we have and not take things for granted, even down to the most basic things like air. (:

Been working quite a bit at Real Food Cafe recently. I like it there, it has a very homely feel to it. Although most of the time im washing or drying dishes, im actually enjoying it. Haha. A change from the usual I guess. It's good training for me too, since I'm going to be alone in UK and there's no one to wash my dishes. :X haha.

Ok, so here's the recipe for Blueberry Lemon Baked Oatmeal. Really simple, but taste so good. The combination is surprising good! The sweet and sour taste of blueberries and lemon with the salty cottage cheese. Really good (: But again, what could go wrong with blueberries and lemons? (:

Ingredients:
Rolled oats (I measured my oats this time, around 40grams)
Milk (enough to cover the oats, you could add water to fill it up)
Blueberries (as much as you want)
Lemon juice (1/2 a lemon)
Lemon zest and more blueberries, for topping
Cottage cheese, for topping

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Combine rolled oats, milk (or milk+ water), blueberries and lemon in a bake safe bowl
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25minutes
4. Sprinkle more blueberries, lemon zest and spread cottage cheese when eating

Enjoy! (the sun, and the oatmeal :D)

Blackforest Baked Oatmeal

The haze is really getting into me, making me feel really awful and sick. It's scary to know that something essential in our lives is polluted and there's no way we can avoid it. I just hope the rain will come soon to cool the Earth and also bring the haze away.

Had blackforest baked oatmeal a few days back, and it makes me feel as though I'm having cakes in the morning,  minus the sweet jam and alcohol. I really like how the blueberries burst in the mouth, and the flavours would mix with the creamy chocolatey oatmeal. Just the way I like my cake to be (:

Ingredients:
Rolled oats
Milk (enough to cover the oats, you could add water to fill it up)
Applesauce (as much as you want, but I used around 1 TBSP)
1 Tsp Cocoa powder
Blueberries (as much as you want)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Combine rolled oats, milk (or milk+ water), applesauce, cocoa and blueberries in a bake safe bowl
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25minutes
4. Sprinkle more blueberries when eating

Enjoy! (:

Strawberry Cheesecake Baked Oatmeal

Found this picture in my instagram and realised I haven't posted recipe for this! It's a really simple combination with my favourite ingredients - Strawberry and cheese. The sweet chunky strawberries in warm creamy oatmeal topped with chilled, lightly
salty cottage cheese. This combination is simply delicious.

Ingredients:
Rolled oats
Milk (enough to cover the oats, you could add water to fill it up)
Chopped strawberries (I like them in chunky cubes)
Cottage cheese - as much as you like

More strawberries on the side

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 180C

2. Combine rolled oats, milk (or milk+ water) and strawberries in a bake safe bowl

3. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25minutes

4. Spread cottage cheese across baked oats and top with more strawberries

Enjoy:D

Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal

Today is the official first day of holiday! :D was kinda upset with this semester. My results were way below expectations and I'm really afraid of year 2. I need to buck up. I need to really pull my results up.

So, to cheer myself up, a re-creation of my all time favourite apple pie from MacDonald's (: Baked Apple Pie Oatmeal. It's really simple. The only part I had problems with is cutting the apples (because I can't anything properly x.x) But if you're skillful with the knives, this wouldn't be a problem.

I used my applesauce (recipe from earlier on) in this and to bring out the apple pie flavour. And the chunky bits of soft apples gave the oatmeal some texture and flavour.

Ingredients:
Rolled oats
Milk (enough to cover the oats, you could add water to fill it up)
2-3 tsp Applesauce, or more if you prefer (:
Cinnamon, to taste
Sliced apples, to cover the oatmeal when baking

Methods:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Combine rolled oats, milk (or milk+ water), applesauce and cinnamon in a bake safe bowl
3. Slice apples and layer them (single layer) over the oatmeal
4. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25minutes
5. Sprinkle additional cinnamon when serving

(: enjoy!

Basic Applesauce Recipe

It's my first time making applesauce and I have no idea what to expect. But the recipes I see out there all includes added sugar and I decided to make one without any added sugar (: It's a really basic recipe with 3 ingredients - Water, apples and cinnamon. I've been mixing it into my oatmeals and it adds a light sweetness. Really loving this applesauce.

Haven't tried it with other apples, but I think using a crunchy apple would give a nicer texture to the final product (: I don't recommend Fuji apple though, cause I don't find it sweet enough. But if you like the taste of Fuji apples, you could try that too (:

Basic Applesauce Recipe
Prep time: 5mins, Cook time: 30-45mins

Ingredients:
Apples
Water (I did not measure how much water I added, but for a start, the apples should be floating- don't add too much water though because you could add more water but not take out the water)
A dash of cinnamon

Methods:
1. Cut apples into chunky wedges (I cut mine into 8)
2. Add apples to water and bring to boil
3. Boil till the apples are soft (if water gets dried up before apples are soft, add more water) - mine took around 30-45 minutes
4. There should be little water left when apples are soft enough to be mashed
5. Mashed the apples with a fork till desired texture (I left a few bigger soft pieces of apples un-mashed)
6. Add cinnamon to taste
7. Cool and pack applesauce in the refrigerator (:

It's that easy:D Enjoy!

Chocolate Baked Oatmeal

Here's a really simple and basic recipe for baked oatmeals. I love warm breakfast, so baked oatmeals are perfect for me. All I have to do is throw all the ingredients together in a bowl and leave it in the oven for 20minutes while I do my own stuff and I'll get a crispy crust with soft and warm oatmeal hidden under. Super easy and convenient (: I have to try to distract myself for 20minutes to make time past faster though. (:

Recipe:
Serves 1, prep time: 5 minutes, cook time: 20-25minutes

Ingredients:
Rolled oats - not the instant type. I used Quaker rolled oats. (I used about 3-4TBSP)
Milk - enough to cover your oat, or you could do half milk and half water to cover the oat
1/2 TBSP cocoa powder, or more if you prefer a more chocolatey taste
Honey, nuts, fruits - to taste

Methods:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Put oats and liquid (milk/water) into a oven safe bowl and make sure the liquid covers the oats
3. Stir in cocoa powder and mix well
4. Place in preheated oven and bake for 20-25minutes
5. If you prefer a more crispy crust, you could turn the temperature on high for about 3 minutes. Do make sure not to burn them though (:
6. Drizzle honey over (because cocoa powder can be quite bitter) or mix in some fruits such as strawberries or blueberries to taste

A really simple and easy recipe for days when you're craving for something chocolatey and warm (: