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Recipe: Power seed bircher with maple vanilla yogurt

Image by: Chris Court, William Meppem / Styling by: Justine Poole
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Recipe: Power seed bircher with maple vanilla yogurt
Start your morning on a healthy note with this hearty breakfast bowl.
Loaded with nutrient-packed seeds, accented with cinnamon and maple, and topped with honey and grated pear, this healthy breakfast will make it easier to hop out of bed in the morning.

Power seed bircher
Ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄3 cup pepitas
- 1⁄3 cup flaxseeds
- 1⁄2 cup rolled spelt
- 1 1⁄2 cups 2% milk or almond milk
- 1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 firm pear, grated
- Raspberries, for serving
Maple vanilla yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Directions
1 To make the bircher (overnight oats) place the sunflower seeds, pepitas, flaxseeds and spelt in a large bowl. Add the milk, cinnamon and honey, and stir to combine. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
2 Meanwhile, make the maple vanilla yogurt by placing the yogurt, maple syrup and vanilla bean paste in a bowl and mixing to combine.
3 Add the pear to the bircher and stir to combine. Spoon the bircher into four serving bowls and top with the flavoured yogurt and raspberries; serve.
Prep & cook time: 4 hours
Serves: 4
1 To make the bircher (overnight oats) place the sunflower seeds, pepitas, flaxseeds and spelt in a large bowl. Add the milk, cinnamon and honey, and stir to combine. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
2 Meanwhile, make the maple vanilla yogurt by placing the yogurt, maple syrup and vanilla bean paste in a bowl and mixing to combine.
3 Add the pear to the bircher and stir to combine. Spoon the bircher into four serving bowls and top with the flavoured yogurt and raspberries; serve.
Prep & cook time: 4 hours
Serves: 4

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Excerpted from Life in Balance by Donna Hay. Recipes Copyright © 2016 Donna Hay, Photography copyright © 2016 Chris Court & William Meppem. Excerpted by permission of Harper Collins Publishers. All rights reserved.
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