Oat Recipes

Oatmeal Berry Smoothie Bowl

oatmeal smoothie bowl

Ingredients (for one bowl):

  • 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
  • 1/2 cup frozen ripe banana, sliced (1/2 cup)
  • 1/3 cup cooked Alara Scottish gluten-free organic oats
  • 2 tablespoons nut or dairy milk
  • Optional toppings: banana, sliced strawberries, raspberries, blueberries

Method:

  1. Cook Alara Scottish gluten-free organic oats in water until fully cooked.
  2. Transfer the cooked oats into a blender.
  3. Add berries and bananas to the blender with the oats.
  4. Blend the mixture until it reaches a super smooth consistency.
  5. Pour the blended mixture into a bowl.
  6. Top the bowl with your favourite toppings.

 

Christmas Oat Cookies 

Ingredients (for 15/16 cookies):

  • 2 cups of Alara Fruity Oats Gluten Free Muesli
  • 2 medium-sized eggs (only the egg white/albumen)
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 ½ tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • ½ cup brown sugar

Method:

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 C.
  2. Mash down the ripened bananas in a bowl using a fork.
  3. Crack the eggs and use only the albumen (egg white)
  4. Add all other ingredients including the oats.
  5. Shape your cookies and place them on a prepped baking tray.
  6. Bake the cookies for 20-30 minutes to achieve a soft inside and a crisp outside.

 

Mixed Seed and Goji Berry Flapjacks

Ingredients (for +/- 12 squares):

  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
  • 200g any Alara oats of your choice
  • 60g sunflower seeds
  • 60g pumpkin seeds
  • 60g goji berries

Method:

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 C and prepare your baking tray.
  2. Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup and mix with a wooden spoon until completely melted.
  3. Add your jumbo oats, mix until they are completely coated
  4. Slowly add all other ingredients
  5. Spoon into your lined baking tray and pat down.
  6. Bake until it begins to brown – roughly 15-20 minutes (Or longer if you’d prefer your flapjacks less chewy)
  7. Once baked, allow cooling before cutting into 12-15 equal squares

 

Vegan Bean and Oat Burger Patties

Ingredients (for 4 patties):

  • 1 can of black beans
  • 80ml BBQ sauce
  • 70g of Alara oats of your choice
  • 1 chopped onion
  • Garlic salt to taste
  • Cooking oil of your choice

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 220 C.
  2. Grease or spray a small sheet pan with cooking spray or oil.
  3. In a large food processor; process the oats until chopped, but not flour.
  4. Fry your diced onions until brown in a pan.
  5. Add the drained beans to the pan.
  6. Add onion and bean mixture to food processor and pulse until blended, but beans are still slightly chunky.
  7. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl and stir in the BBQ sauce.
  8. After wetting your hands, shape the bean mixture into four patties.
  9. Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes.
  10. Open oven and, using a spatula, turn over patties.
  11. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes longer until browned and crispy at the edges.

 

5-Ingredient Individual Oat Apple Crumble

Ingredients (for 2 crumbles):

For filling:

  • 1 apple, peeled and cubed
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

For topping:

  • 3 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Alara Old Fashioned Oats

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
  2. Toss apples with sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
  3. Divide apples into 2 ramekins, push down and set.
  4. Mix flour and sugar, then add melted butter in a bowl.
  5. Mix with a fork, until the mixture clumps together.
  6. Mix in oats and nuts.
  7. Sprinkle crumble evenly on top of the apple mixture.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown.