Oats are easily one of my favorite foods; porridge, granola, oat bars, oat cookies there is no variation of oats that I don’t love! You can imagine my delight when Alpro kindly sent me some of there new oat milk to try out. To add to this I have spent the past week studying for my Christmas exams so comfort food is all I want! When it comes to comfort it doesn’t get much better than breakfast that tastes like dessert.These deliciously warming baked blackberry, hazelnut and pear baked oats have all the great seasonal flavors of a fruit crumble. I can’t get enough of the crispy top layer that gives way to creamy oats, with hidden chunks of tender pear and sweet blackberries all spiced with a hint of winter spice and topped with crunchy hazelnuts. These are definitely worth getting out of bed for! The oat milk gives these a wonderful sweetness and richness to make these baked oats my favorite breakfast ever. I never thought I would say this but oat milk might just be the new almond milk…..

Oats are one of my favorite super foods for so many reasons. Firstly they are a wonderfully affordable and accessible nutritious food. Oats are best known for their cholesterol lowering benefits. Beta glucan a compound contained in oats has been proven to lower the level of LDL or “bad” cholesterol in our bodies thus reducing cardiovascular risk.Thanks to the high fiber content of oats they make for a wonderfully satisfying food which can aid weight loss. In beta glucan has been illustrated to increase the level of the hunger curbing hormone cholecystokinin.