World’s Best Oatmeal
So, I made a wish this morning at 11:11 and am planning to make another one tonight at the same time. Yes, you still do cute stuff like that at age 33 when you spend most of your day surrounded by bubbly teenagers. You can’t help but borrow some of their sunshine into your life.
While I’m waiting for my (very secret) wish to take its course and perhaps come true, there is something I can make happen right away: a good breakfast. I think I deserve a good bowl of oatmeal this weekend.
This oatmeal borrows the idea of combining prunes, toasted almonds and sesame seeds from a version of this prune tagine, but they have little in common otherwise. The ingredients are bound together with an exotic undercurrent of coconut oil. The result is an exciting bowl of oatmeal with lots of crunch and balanced sweetness.
I used steel cut oats for this recipe. They’re the only kind I like. I have tried hard to like rolled oats but haven’t been able to. I just couldn’t get the texture. I can even say there is a grave lack of compatibility between rolled oats and me. If you belong to the lucky group of people who tolerates them, you could definitely substitute them in this recipe (adjusting cooking time and liquid level).
OATMEAL WITH PRUNES, TOASTED ALMONDS AND SESAME SEEDS RECIPE
Yield: 1 serving
Prep Time: 5 min.
Cook Time: 25 min.
Ingredients:
For the oats
1 ½ cups water or milk (or a mix)
1/4 cup steel cut oats
¼ teaspoon sea salt, or to tasteFor the toppings
8 prunes, pitted and chopped
¼ cup sliced almonds
1 tablespoon sesame seeds,
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon honeyDirections:
Bring water or milk to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir in the oats and salt, reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes.
Toast the almonds and sesame seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat until golden and fragrant. Stir in honey and coconut oil and cook for a few minutes until melted and slightly bubbly.
Place the oatmeal in a serving bowl. Top with the chopped prunes, coconut oil-honey glazed almonds and sesame seeds, and the rest of the melted coconut oil and honey in the pan.
Stir and taste. Sweeten with more honey if you wish. Enjoy!
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Rosa — 11/11/2011 @ 7:27 pm
A wonderful treat! So healthy and really mouthwatering. That’d make a perfect breakfast.
Cheers,
Rosa
Nisrine — 11/11/2011 @ 8:03 pm
It definitely would.
marla — 11/11/2011 @ 8:48 pm
The perfect recipe for oatmeal! Love the prunes :)
Joanne — 11/12/2011 @ 6:30 am
Yay for making wishes!
I love the toppings on this oatmeal and how you took the flavors from one dish and transformed them into something totally different!
kitchenriffs — 11/12/2011 @ 3:57 pm
Good recipe – cool combo of flavors. Fortunately, I can tolerate rolled oats so I may try it with that (but steel cut are better). You have a great blog – I discovered it when you left a comment on mine. Trust me, I’ll now be a faithful reader. I used to live in Morocco in 1973 and ’74 (In Fez; I taught English in a high school) and love the food! Thanks.
Monica — 11/12/2011 @ 6:52 pm
I love oatmeal recipes and my husband has recently discovered his love of steel cut oats.
Liz — 11/12/2011 @ 8:17 pm
That’s got to be the most beautiful photo of oatmeal I’ve ever seen! Such a delightful recipe~
Reeni — 11/12/2011 @ 8:17 pm
Hope your wishes come true Nisrine! I’m adding steel-cut oats to my shopping list, I never had them before but love oatmeal. This looks wonderful! And so does your site design! It perfectly suits you.
Ann — 11/12/2011 @ 8:19 pm
That looks absolutely stunning! I LOVE oatmeal and prunes…I don’t know why I never put them together! Honey bunny wants to go to breakfast tomorrow…I think I may make this instead!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com — 11/12/2011 @ 10:21 pm
I am a sucker for a nice bowl of hot oatmeal – every day! I love that you used coconut oil as topping!
BTW, thanks for visiting my blog dear :)
Trix — 11/13/2011 @ 2:17 pm
Now that it’s getting chilly I am switching over to oatmeal from yogurt for breakfast, and I absolutely must try this! Hope your wish comes true. : )
Betty — 11/13/2011 @ 11:05 pm
I am SO loving oatmeal these days, and this one looks divine. I’m adding it to my list- I have plenty of steel cut oats too! :)
Fresh and Foodie — 11/14/2011 @ 6:53 am
Coconut oil! Great idea. I eat oatmeal nearly every day but I never thought to add coconut oil. Definitely going to try that. Sounds delicious.
Emma Galloway — 11/16/2011 @ 7:24 am
Yum, sounds like the perfect breakfast. Especially loving the addition of sesame seeds in the topping :-)