Our first recipe post is for a cold winter’s day when all you want to do is linger in your pj’s all morning and cup a bowl of hot cereal to keep warm. This is no quick, instant breakfast.  It takes some preparation and foresight such as purchasing pears so that they are perfectly ripened and soft on the day you will prepare your gourmet oatmeal.

1. Prepare Irish steel cut oats as directed. hopefully you are not in a hurry because this can take up to 20 minutes or more…but oh, so worth it!

2. Peel and slice soft pears into cubes.

3. Gently warm a cup of almond milk.

4. Set aside fresh or frozen blueberries in your cereal bowl. We stocked up on fresh blueberries from a local farm in Richmond and froze them so we can continue to enjoy having blueberries all year long.

5. Assemble your perfect cold-winter’s-morning gourmet hot cereal: big scoop of cooked Irish steel cut oats on top of frozen blueberries, add sliced soft pears, drizzle with pure maple syrup to taste, top with Granola Girl “The Original” vegan organic granola, pour warmed almond milk around your mountain of hot oats.

6. Enjoy.