Dessert for breakfast is going to be a standard occurrence with this delicious Baklava inspired overnight oats! Gluten Free, Dairy Free, refined sugar free, high in protein and a vegan option, this takes barely any prep and has all the flavours of delicious baklava!
Bloggers, have you ever created a recipe or have a post that you’ve been meaning to post for the longest of times but held back?
I did.
Long term readers would be familiar with me mentioning creating a baklava oatmeal on here several times. It’s one of my all time favourite creations last year but I never ended up posting it.
Why?
A combination of reasons.
The fear that this recipe idea would be laughed at.
The fear that it would be completely irrelevant in the world of ‘food blogging’
The fear that I would be the only person to make it.
Did you read that last one?
I’ve come to grow so much as a blogger and especially the last few months have been a massive learning curve. One thing that has remained constant through it all has been my blogging voice, authenticity and doing things my way- As selfish as that sounds.
The same goes with my recipes. So what if I’m the only person who makes this recipe?
It’s easy for us to all fall into the trap of seeing what’s trending and taking the ‘business frame of mind’ of our blogs a tad too far which leads to us to not posting what we truly want. Now that I’m really seeing The Big Man’s World as a business, I often consider those thoughts. However at the end of the day, I want to post content that excites ME and hopefully that inspires you or even inspires you to embrace your recipe or post ideas.
For those of you out there who have some epic recipe, idea or concept you’ve been meaning to post but never have out of judgement, fear or simply because it’s not ‘trendy’- Reconsider it.
It’s your blog, you can make baklava oatmeal if you want to. post whatever you want to.
When the epic folk at Blue Diamond sent me their Almond Milk hint of honey vanilla, it was literally the final boost of motivation to post this recipe for Baklava Overnight Oats. Growing up, my mum would make the BEST baklava (which she indeed claims was a Persian invention). It had just the right amount of honey to pastry ratio (ever had baklava which was WAY too overpowering? Yeah, not cool!) and the perfect hint of vanilla- Which is exactly what this Almond Breeze Almond Milk Hint of Honey Vanilla had!
These baklava overnight oats are exactly like having dessert for breakfast- Healthy style. They have the taste and texture of a pudding thanks to some tiny prep the night before but in the morning- You’re all sorted. Naturally gluten free, these baklava overnight oats are also high in protein, dairy free, refined sugar free and have a vegan option! It has just the right amount of sweetness thanks to the honey and for texture lovers- The crunch of slightly salted pistachios on top!
For those of you not fan of the overnight oatmeal texture, this is different as it doesn’t use yogurt and pre cooks the oats the night before. If that still doesn’t twist your arm, it most certainly tastes delicious hot.
If that STILL doesn’t sway you, you can most certainly go to Melbourne and bribe my mum to make some real deal homemade baklava.
NOTE- For true Baklava fans out there- Eat it with a side of pastry.
Baklava Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup gluten free rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups* Blue Diamond Almond Milk Hint of Honey Vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon rosewater essence
- pinch cinnamon
- pinch sea salt
- 2 tablespoon granulated sweetener of choice optional**
- 1 scoop vegan vanilla protein powder optional- Do NOT use whey
- 2 tablespoon honey divided (for a vegan version, sub for agave)
- 1/4 cup chopped pistachios can sub for any crushed nuts
Instructions
- In a microwave safe bowl or saucepan, combine the oats, Blue Diamond Almond Milk Hint of Honey Vanilla, rosewater essence, cinnamon and sea salt and cook until most of the liquid is absorbed.
- Add the granulated sweetener of choice and protein powder and mix well. Add slightly more almond milk if mixture is too thick. Stir through one tablespoon of honey and refrigerate uncovered.
- The next morning, add extra almond milk if desired and top with extra tablespoon of honey and chopped pistachios.
Notes
** If your protein powder is sweetened, do not add or adjust to taste
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Bloggers, have you ever second guessed yourself on a post based on external circumstances or self doubt?
Are you a fan of baklava?
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this is such a good idea! I love coming up with dessert-like oatmeal recipes, and this sounds perfect! Pinning!
Thank you! Same here! 🙂
How could any oatmeal recipe be inappropriate in the food blogger sphere? 😉
True! there’s a lot of oatmeal out there between us food bloggers!
You can’t just tell us to not use whey without giving a reason why 😀 I can see why it’s bad in some recipes, but in oats?
Hi Max! It tends to make oats more liquid like as opposed to a blend or casein or vegan one 🙂
I definitely post stuff that isn’t on trend and feel like I should be doing more trendy stuff – like overnight oats for instance. But like you said, you have to be true to yourself and do what excites you. It would be too hard to post something I wasn’t super excited about and it would come through to my readers. As for baklava, I’m not such a fan – although I’m sure your mum’s homemade version would change that, as would this oatmeal!
Seriously, visit her in Australia and she will 😉
I think you was totally wrong to have held this recipe back. It’s perfectly relevant (at least to me and you know if an idea has reached even one person – it’s a worth one!). But I do believe I’m not the only one person to love this! That even sounds amazing – good marketing approach! 😉 Nicely done!
Thanks Ben- Appreciate it!
I am a huge oatmeal fan – and I am a huge baklava fan – and you took them and put them together! Dude – that’s brilliant! But I’m wondering what the odds would be of your mom coming to visit you in NYC and leaving behind a whole bunch of baklava for when I come and visit?
How about we take a trip to Australia? She loves lentils 😉
Dessert for breakfast is a must! As well as breakfast for dinner, haha!
YES. So much truth there!
Confession: I’ve never had baklava before, probably because of the whole nuts thing 😛 Buuuuut you know how much I love the combination of almonds and honey, so I’d be down for that version. And I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve second guessed myself when blogging… which is ridiculous seeing as some of my most popular recipes are ones that I wasn’t going to post.
I am not even replying on here.
Baklava overnight oats?! Get out of here! Don’t know how you held this baby back. I think it’s always a good idea to to just GO FOR IT.
Thanks Alanna 🙂 I’ll make you some!
Rose water’s so unusual. I like combining it with pistachios. I also like oatmeal, so this sounds pretty good to me.
Thanks heaps Jeff! Hope you try it out! 🙂
You eat for you. You create recipes for you. Anything else is unauthentic. I love pistachios, so therefore I will love this. I thought Baklava was acceptable for breakfast? Or was that just me…
Haha, if you actually ate it it would be!
This sounds amazing! I have never thought to make a baklava inspired oatmeal!
Thanks Heather! It’s delicious!
My father makes the best baklava, hands down and I’ve eaten baklava all over Greece.
It’s my blog and I posted Kohlrabi fritters with a side of cat. How non hygienic of me. 🙂 🙂
Hahahaha Oscar got a beheading 🙁
A long time health-nut and foodie, I just came across your blog and absolutely LOVE your recipes! Just made the blueberry bites and ate half the batch. I cant wait to make this one as well. I adore rosewater.
You are an amazing chef and photographer…keep the recipes coming!
Jaime- This comment made my day! Thanks so much!
I can totally relate to second guessing yourself in blog posts. Not specifically for recipes for me just general life shares or other things. I am at a point now where I believe in myself so it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks! You definitely should not of worried about this recipe, especially when you make baklava oats. Baklava is so freaking good, I love that stuff!
Right? I find the irony is those posts do well! Thanks Lauren! 🙂