Refrigerator: Mango Breakfast Bircher

It was the title of Jack Monroe's recipe, Mandrin Breakfast Bircher, that grabbed my attention. What’s a bircher?

Then, I looked at the ingredients and processes and asked myself, "Do I have the ingredients? Can I make it?"

I had everything but the mandarin oranges but I am on a mango kick, at the moment, so using canned mango slices seemed an ideal substitution!

 

Refrigerator: Mango Breakfast Bircher
(Adapted from: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2014/01/31/mandarin-breakfast-bircher-recipe/ and Cooking on a Bootstrap)

 

Ingredients:

Oats
Yogurt, plain
Milk (dry milk mix or other)
Fresh or canned mango, drained, sliced

Honey (Optional)

Nuts, crushed (Optional)

Note: Use any fruit you desire.

 

 

Process:

 

In a small bowl with a cover, add a thick layer of oats.

Pour in 2 oz or more yogurt.

Pour in 2 oz or more milk.

Liquids should cover oats and a bit more. Oats will soak up the liquids overnight.

Stir ingredients thoroughly.

Cover bowl and store in refrigerator overnight.

When are ready to eat, if oats are too dry, add more milk.

Top with fruit slices.

Optional: Add honey or nuts, if desired.

 

Jack makes several oats recipes that are similar like: porridge, overnight oats, and bircher.

Funny thing, I never liked hot "porridge" but I do like Jack's cold oats recipes.

Microwave: Mug O'Mixed Fruit Bread Pudding (Non-Dairy)

I started out thinking I'd try making different Mug Recipe, then, I switched to thinking about my recipe Mug O'Diana's Bread Pudding which used raisins.

 

I thought, I have raisins. Hmmm, I have apples. I have blueberries. Let's see how this goes.

 

Then, I realized I didn't have any milk, at the moment. Then, I thought, hey, use the crema de coco (Cream of Coconut) which is cream-like. Then, I thought, try using the condensed Horchata. So, here is the result.

Microwave: Mug O'Mixed Fruit Bread Pudding

(Non-Dairy)

 

 

Ingredients:

 

A Dollop of Olive oil

A palmful of Raisins

A palmful of Dried blueberries

1/4 Apple, diced

A Tspn Crema de Coco

A Tspn Horchata

A Dollop Water

A Capful Vanilla flavoring

A Drop of hot sauce

A Grind of Black pepper

1 Slice of Multi-grain bread, torn into small bits

1 Egg

 

 

Process:

 

Add oil to bottom of mug.

Swirl oil around to coat bottom and sides of mug.

Add fruits.

Add Crema de Coco and Horchata.

Add a dollop of water.

Add Vanilla and spices.

Add bread.

Stir and mix ingredients thoroughly until bread has been mixed well with the liquids.

Add egg.

Stir and mix well.

Cover Mug with a saucer.

Microwave 2 minutes on high. Check, if mixture is still too liquidity, microwave another 30-60 seconds.

Note: saucer may pop off as mixture heats and rises.

 

I ate it straight from the mug. It was delightful and surprisingly substantial.