I believe when we have an awesome breakfast prepared {often pre-prepared} that our whole day flows better. The other morning, I prepared this porridge with salted pears and pistachio and sesame sprinkle. I was kicking goals…

And then as I was waiting for dinner to finish cooking, I thought ‘I’ll pop into the laundry and finish folding that washing’ – and as I was folding that washing, the little dude took a tumble down the two steps into the laundry. I scooped him up and gave him a cuddle and then realised that blood was running down my arm.

He’d managed to split his head open {and unlike the time that he climbed on top of the red and yellow car and fell off, the day after I had brought the Z man home from hospital}. I couldn’t stop the bleeding. I knew I needed to take him to see someone. But who was open?

I’d called the local GP, but they were closed for the holidays. I called the hospital where I had given birth, but they had closed their emergency department. I called my Mum – because that’s what you do when thing go wrong – right? And I jumped in the car to take him to the closest hospital with an emergency.

I was right, they needed to glue him back together.

So some days, even when we have the best intensions to ‘kill it’, life throws us a curve ball.

PORRIDGE WITH SALTED PEARS AND PISTACHIO SESAME SPRINKLE

100 grams of oats
100 mls of coconut milk
1/2 tsp of sea salt
1/2 tsp of vanilla bean paste
2 pears
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tbsps Greek yoghurt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp pistachios
1 tbsp sesame seeds

Make the salted pears first – combined the pears, coconut oil, maple syrup and salt in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 8 minutes or until the pear is tender and the carmel has thickened.

Place the oats, coconut milk, salt, vanilla bean paste and 150mls of water in a saucepan. Place on a medium heat and cook stirring for 4-5 minutes.

Prepare the toppings by mixing the yoghurt and cinnamon together. And seperately mixing the pistachios and sesame seeds together.

Spoon into two bowls top with the salted pears, cinnamon yoghurt and the pistachio and sesame sprinkle.

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