Winter overnight oats with poached pear

📷 - Captured beautifully by Priscilla Lay at Essência Studio

Ingredients

Makes 1 serve – multiply the recipe as many times as required.

• 1/3 cup organic oats (Gluten free if required)

• 2/3 cup choice of milk

• 1 tbsp chia seeds

• 1 tbsp hemp seeds

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon + extra for the poached pears

• 1 tsp maple syrup

• 2 tablespoons unflavoured collagen powder (I used Chief - click here for 10% off your order)

To serve

• 1 tbsp almond butter

• Roughly 1/4 cup coconut yogurt

• Poached pear (boiled with cinnamon, 2-3 slices of ginger, 2 star anise and 3-4 cardamom pods)

Method

The night before

1. Prepare your overnight oats by combining all of your ingredients (minus the topping ingredients) in a bowl and stir well until combined. Cover and allow to soak overnight in the fridge.

2. Meanwhile, prepare your poached pears. Cut your pears in half, scooping out the core (but keeping the skin on!).

3. In a small saucepan, add the pear halves along with the cinnamon, ginger, star anise and cardamom pods, and enough water to cover the pears.

4. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat and poach for roughly 10 mins or until pears are tender. Remove from the liquid, allow to cool and store in the fridge.

In the morning

1. Remove overnight oats from the fridge, heat up and top with your almond butter, coconut yogurt and poached pears alongside any other of your favourite additions.

2.  Enjoy!