Pear & Tahini Oats

Original post June 2021, updated November 2024

Sweet, nutty and creamy. A healthy and nutritious start to the day. Enjoy warm or as an overnight oats.

ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS IS

• a couple ripe pears

• rolled oats, gluten-free if needed

• almond milk or milk of choice

• a good tahini

• plain plantbased yoghurt

• cinnamon (optional)

• a pinch of sea salt

• banana or a drizzle of maple syrup for sweetness (optional)

• a few toasted hazelnuts

WHAT IS TAHINI?

If you are not familiar with tahini, it is a paste made from sesame seeds which are ground into a paste.

Tahini is a staple in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking (and in mine too) and is an important ingredient when making hummus.

It has a nutty taste and is creamy in texture and also highly nutritious.

Make sure to use a good tahini as a tahini of poor quality can taste bitter.

It is one of my absolute favourite ingredients which can be used in both sweet and savoury.

Drizzling tahini over breakfasts or salads is a tasty way to add healthy fats and antioxidants.

Editing these photos made me so hungry again, I am sitting on the couch with a half-eaten jar of tahini and a teaspoon.

MAKE IT REFINED SUGAR-FREE

If using a ripe, soft pear you probably won't need any additional sweetener, like the maple syrup.

Another great alternative if you prefer your breakfast a bit sweeter is to add a mashed banana to the oats or a few finely chopped dates or date syrup (date caramel).

Other alternative sweetener options are honey or agave syrup, which is however not refined sugar-free.

ADDITIONAL ADD-INS

• Chia seeds or ground flaxseeds to boost the nutritional intake

• A sugar-free vanilla protein powder

THIS BREAKFAST IS

• creamy

• nutty

• nutritious

• comforting

• so quick and easy to make

• and requires only a few ingredients to make

COOKED OR RAW OATS

This breakfast is delicious as a raw overnight oats or with a cooked oats. In winter I love eating this as a cooked oats, but most of the time I eat this as an overnight oats.

If you love this breakfast and the flavour combination, why not try this baked oats version.

If you are making this a cooked oats, you will most likely need to add more liquid.

OTHER BREAKFASTS YOU MIGHT LIKE

tahini & banana oats

apple & raspberry overnight oats

blueberry baked oats

baked pear and chai-spiced oats

PEAR & TAHINI OATS

A naturally sweet, nutty and nutritious breakfast!

Serves: 2

Prep time: 5 min

INGREDIENTS

• 80g rolled oats, gluten-free if needed

• 1 cup almond milk, or adjust to the consistency you prefer

• 1 tbsp oat yoghurt

• a pinch of salt

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

• 1 pear, grated

• 1 pear, cubed or diced

• 1 heaped tablespoon tahini or more to taste

• 1 tbsp maple syrup or 1/2 mashed banana (optional for serving)

• roasted hazelnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix the rolled oats, almond milk, 1/2 tbsp tahini, salt, cinnamon (optional), yoghurt, mashed banana (optional, if using) and the grated pear. Cover and let it sit overnight in the fridge.

2. In the morning divide between two bowls, serve with the diced pear, a drizzle of tahini, a few chopped hazelnuts and maple syrup (if using)

HAVE YOU TRIED THIS RECIPE?

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