I'm an adventurous eater and experimental with recipes

[SarahBear]

... Maybe more adventurous and experimental than some... No this is not miscategorized. I have some extra milk in my fridge and I prefer to give my baby fresh milk so that means it needs to be dumped. Or... used! I was trying to think about what to do with it and then I thought, horchatas would be good! But that's rice based and I don't want to make rice. What could replace rice? Oats! So I'm going to make a breast milk and oat horchata as soon as Violet falls asleep (I'm rocking her in her rocker with my foot so I can't start now). I'll report back on it after I try it.

You should experiment too and report back

 

[SarahBear]

Step one to experiment:

Mix in pot and heat to steaming:

12 oz breast milk
1/4 cup (packed) oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp honey

Remove from heat.

Now I'm waiting for it to cool. This also gives the oats time to "steep." I plan to also put it in the blender instead of separating the oats from the liquid. I imagine it might need some more liquid, but who knows. If it does need more liquid, I plan to add water. We shall see what it turns out to be. Perhaps it isn't so much an horchata as it is simply inspired by horchatas.

 

[SarahBear]

It's in the fridge now but I tasted it. It didn't need extra liquid but it could be a bit sweeter. Not a bad solution to extra pumped milk.

 

[SarahBear]

mmm!