Lychee, Macadamia & Vanilla Oats

Finally another recipe on my blog that includes lychees!

This breakfast combines two of my favourite ingredients: lychees and macadamia nuts.

Lychees are at the end of their season here and we still have a full box in the fridge.

As you might have guessed from the name of my blog, lychees are one of my favourite fruit and I have lately been adding them to my smoothies, breakfasts, fruit salads, Thai curries and have basically been snacking on them non-stop.

This overnight oats is prepared the traditional way, but I blended the rolled oat flakes into a floury constancy before soaking. This gives the oats a cake-batter like constancy. So yum!!

You can keep the rolled oat flakes whole if you prefer.

WHY WE LIKE OVERNIGHT OATS

• It takes minimal effort to make a delicious and nutritious breakfast.

• Mix the oats in a sealable jar for a quick grab-and-go breakfast in the morning

• Perfect if you are short on time.

• It is super easy.

• No cooking is involved, but you can heat it up in the morning if you prefer a warm porridge.

• Use fruit to sweeten your oats. I personally prefer using a mashed banana to sweeten my breakfast and it makes it even creamier.

OTHER OPTIONS

• For a gluten-free option, make sure to use a gluten-free specified oats.

• Use fruit to sweeten the oats for a refined sugar-free breakfast.

• Any milk will be fine to use, but I prefer macadamia, almond or oat milk

• Replace the macadamia nuts and macadamia butter with almonds and almond butter

• If you don't have chia seeds that is fine, you can omit or use ground flaxseeds as an alternative.

• Adjust the amount of macadamia milk added - if you prefer a thicker consistency add less milk. If you prefer a runnier oats, simply add more.

OTHER RECIPES TO TRY

cape gooseberry compote oats

breakfast parfait

blood orange & chocolate oats

plum & orange compote with overnight oats

LYCHEE, MACADAMIA & VANILLA OATS

A creamy, sweet porridge perfect for the summer.

Serves 2

Time: 5 min, plus overnight soaking

INGREDIENTS

• 80g whole rolled oats, blended into a flour (or keep whole)

• 1 tbsp chia seeds (optional)

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• pinch of sea salt

• 1 mashed banana or liquid sweetener of choice such as maple or date syrup

• 6 - 8 lychees, pealed, pitted and roughly chopped

• 1 tbsp 100% macadamia butter

• 1 tbsp chopped macadamia nuts

• 1 cup macadamia/ almond / oat milk or more to mix

TO SERVE (Optional)

• 2 or 3 more lychees, roughly chopped

• a dollop of yoghurt

• macadamia butter to drizzle

• a few chopped macadamia nuts

• homemade granola

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Add all the ingredients above into into a sealable container. Mix and place in the fridge to soak overnight.

2. In the morning, add more milk if required and mix again.

3. Divide between 2 bowl and serve with a dollop of macadamia butter, chopped nuts and more lychee pieces.

Did you make this recipe?

Leave a comment below and share a picture on Instagram tagging