Toasted Oat Orange Lamplight

This cup uses oats for their toasted flavor rather than their thickening power. Straining without pressing too hard keeps the drink light and avoids a gluey texture. Orange peel contributes fragrance with very little sweetness; leave most of the bitter white pith behind. The splash of oat milk rounds the edges after brewing. It is closer to a mellow cereal infusion than porridge, with a warm aroma that makes a simple handful of oats feel surprisingly different.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Rolled oats
• 6 oz Water
• 3 oz Unsweetened oat milk
• 1 strip Washed orange peel, little white pith

Make it

1. Toast the oats in a dry saucepan for 2–3 minutes, stirring until fragrant.
2. Add the water and orange peel carefully. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
3. Strain without pressing the oats too hard. Add the milk and warm through; remove any peel before serving.

Benefits

Oats with a useful milk choice

There’s room for a useful choice beneath the oats: use calcium-fortified oat milk to add a mineral your muscles and nerves need.

The orange peel detail

Here orange peel supplies a fragrant orange-oil note, with oats and oat milk turning that familiar ingredient into a different kind of warm cup.