As part of Eat.Drink.Blog 2016, Lumix Australia offered up an awesome little prize for a #mybrekkiebowl instagram competition. Whilst this wasn’t the most awesome instagram shot I’ve ever created – it was a pretty awesome brekkie bowl {containing grated apple, greek yoghurt, maple roasted oats and sultanas}. Not bad seeing as I had made it up using my toddler leftovers.

You see we go through a lot of apples and sultanas around here. Although they can be a hit one week and then a miss the following. Mr Moo is currently going through a phase where he wants to eat the apple whole – rather then me slicing it up {and if you peel the apple there will be tears}. So sometimes he will eat the whole apple and then other times I’m left with a half eaten apple {which isn’t that appealing for a mother to eat – but I hate wastage}.

I thought that I would grate up an apple that had a few bites taken out of it and put it with a half eaten packet of sultanas – waste not, want not!

And if you remember my post from earlier in the year when I made Muesli Bites { …it started out something like this… I was reading VeggieMama the other day and she said ‘For some reason, I’ve found myself drowning in boxes of muesli. Muesli I don’t remember buying, because it’s untoasted, and I’m frightened of untoasted muesli.’ And I thought, ‘OMG – so am I…So why is my cupboard full of the stuff too?’. So I thought that I would whip up some of her delicious simple muesli muffins and then create some special muesli bite treats {okay for toddlers and Mamas alike}.

Well, I also turned some of the oats from the muesli into maple toasted oats and I thought that I would share that recipe with you today.

MAPLE TOASTED OATS

2 cups of oats

1/4 cup of apple juice

2 tablespoons of maple syrup

1 vanilla bean pod, halved and seeds scrapped out

Place all your ingredients in a bowl and toss until the oats are evenly covered. Turn out onto a baking tray, pre-lined with a sheet of baking paper. Bake the oats for 20 minutes at 160 degrees or until nicely toasted. Store in an air tight container for 2 – 3 weeks. Serve with grated apple, greek yoghurt and sultanas.

Are you a cereal person in the morning? What is your ‘go-to’ breakfast most mornings? Do your toddlers take a bite or two of an apple and then place it back in the fruit bowl? If you recreate this recipe, I would like for you to share it on social media and tag #goodfoodweek.