Showing posts with label Basil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basil. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

30 Days of Oatmeal: Pizza Parfait

 Are you a fan of cold leftover pizza for breakfast? Some are. Some aren’t. I’d probably put myself in the later category.
The Oatmeal Artist has a great pizza porridge recipe, but I wanted to go a bit different. I wanted a quick, on-the-go, savory version. So I went parfait style.



This recipe tastes exactly like a piece of cold cheese pizza, a good piece of cheese pizza-the kind that comes from a pizzeria, not a pizza chain. The spices I added tasted right for me, but feel free to adjust them to your own personal taste.

Ingredients:


½ c quick cooking oats, divided
½ c tomato sauce*, divided
½ c plain yogurt (I used Mountain High Dairy’s whole milk yoghurt**)
¼ t dried basil
¼ t dried oregano
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Sea salt

Directions:


1. Mix together ¼ c oats, ¼ c tomato sauce, and ¼ t oregano. Layer in the bottom of a one cup jar.
2. Add a layer of ¼ c yogurt, topped with a sprinkle of garlic powder and sea salt.
3. Mix together ¼ c oats, ¼ c tomato sauce, and ¼ t basil. Layer in jar.
4. Add another layer of ¼ c yogurt, topped with a sprinkle of onion powder and sea salt.
5. Refrigerate overnight, or for at least eight hours.


*I used home-canned tomato sauce, which can be runnier than store-bought. Adjust liquid amounts as needed.

**Use whole milk yogurt for best flavor. Low-fat or fat-free yogurt will be runnier and have less flavor.



Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Citrus Basil Oatmeal

What do you do when you have leftover orange wedges? Incorporate them into oatmeal, of course! This recipe was inspired The Oatmeal Artist's basil chocolate zucchini oatmeal. It was there that I learned to chiffonade basil.




This clean tasting oatmeal was light, refreshing, and just right for the start of spring and the transition into spring. (Oranges are in season right now, after all.)

Ingredients:


½ c quick oats
1 c water
¼ c unsweetened applesauce
1 t lemon juice (I think I would use more next time to amp up the citrus flavor.
Peeled, orange segments
Chiffonaded basil

Directions:


1. Bring water and oats to a boil and reduce heat to medium.
2. When oats reach the desired consistency, stir in the lemon juice and applesauce. Simmer oatmeal on low until some of the liquid from the applesauce absorbs and the oats become thick and rich.
3. Transfer oatmeal to a bowl and top with the orange segments and chiffonaded basil