vanilla bean sugar pear pecan

Have I mentioned how much I love the vanilla bean sugar?!  Well, if I haven’t…I love it!  This delicious om of the day was a great combination and I will CERTAINLY eat this again…

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
1 T vanilla bean sugar
2 T pecans, chopped
1 pear, chopped

Directions: Mix all ingredients together and simmer with a touch of water until warm and the pears are soft… Ladle on your om…enjoy!

Om,

Renata

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pear apple butter

We have a few friends who make the most delicious treats.  Yesterday they brought us some homemade pear apple butter and it was so fantastic that we couldn’t wait to put it in our om of the day!  My suggestion…find a few friends who make their own PAB and enjoy this treat.

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
2 T pear apple butter

Directions: Mix all together and enjoy…

 

Om,

Renata

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peanut butter apple pear

 

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
1 T peanut butter
1-2 t agave
1/2 apple, chopped
1/2 pear, chopped

Directions: Heat peanut butter and agave in saucepan and add fruit. Add a little water if you need to thin it out a bit at first. Cook over low heat for a few moments until fruit softens.  Mix it in oatmeal and enjoy!

Om,

Renata

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pear maple caramel

Pear and Maple Caramel Om of the Day…

2 T maple caramel with chopped pears, over low heat…

Simmer until melted and yummy!

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
2 t maple caramel
1 pear chopped

Directions: Cut up pear and simmer in small pan with maple caramel until soft (adding a little water if necessary).  Add to oatmeal and enjoy!

Om,

Renata

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pear and maple pistachio

Yes, warm simmered pear with maple caramel.  How delicious… Mmmmm…

finished product

fresh pears before they are simmered

fresh pear and a jar of maple pistachios

 

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
1 t maple caramel
2 T maple pistachios

Directions: Cut up pear and simmer in small pan with maple caramel until soft (adding a little water if necessary), add pistachios and simmer for a few minutes longer.  Add to oatmeal and enjoy!

Om,

Renata

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pair of pears

I purchased a local oregon pear while we were on our travels up north.  And I thought it would be fun to mingle prickly pear with pear to see how the flavors combined.  It’s delicious!

Ingredients:

1 C cooked oatmeal
1 pear
1 T prickly pear syrup
1T water

Directions:

Peel and chop pear.  Add prickly pear syrup and water to a saucepan, mix in pear.  Simmer on medium heat for 5-10 minutes or until the pear becomes soft and infused with the sauce.  Add to your oatmeal and enjoy!

mOMent: Do you have a favorite pair of anything?  A favorite pair of jeans, coffee mugs, dice?  What makes them your favorite pair?

pearadise

pearadise

pearadise

Ingredients:

1 C cooked old-fashioned oats
1 pear, cut into bite size chunks
1 T plus 1 t ginger syrup
1-2 t grapeseed oil
1/8 t cinnamon plus more for sprinkles
1 pinch nutmeg
salt to taste

Directions:

Heat 1 T ginger syrup and grapeseed oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.  Add spices and cook for a few seconds, add pear.  Cook over low-medium heat until the pear is heated throughout and is well coated with the ginger syrup and spices.  This process may take a few minutes (5-10) depending on the size of your pear bites.

Stir half of the pear mixture in a bowl with your oatmeal.  Serve the rest on top of the oatmeal, sprinkle a little cinnamon and enter pearadise…

Om,
Renata

mOMent: Where is your paradise? Go there in your mind now and enjoy it, let your mind open up and relax into your very own paradise. After a few moments of enjoying paradise come back to the present and take a look around. Notice how things are different. Why not enjoy paradise a few times a day?