What to do when there’s an abundance of summer fruit? Too much to get through one at a time? And your neighbors already have their full too?
Why a Fruit Cobbler, of course!
This is a play on Cobbler, with the easiest ingredients you are likely to already have on hand. It’s basically peaches, pecans, oats, oat milk and seasonings, and it comes out hearty, highly digestible and delicious.
Caveat: Ayurveda doesn’t love dairy with fruit, nor ice cold with your meals. So if you do serve this with something creamy, chose plant based. And if you serve the cobbler with a dollop of something cold, like coconut gelato, dish up the cobbler hot. That way it will all be melty and warm by the time it goes down.
Unless you have really impaired digestion, or a deep chronic illness, it’s okay to be occasionally flexible with the guidelines on food combining (which you will find outlined in my book).
Heck it’s late summer, it’s hot and there is so much sadness in the world right now. I would never advocate using food to cope, but a delicious meal made from nature’s freshest ingredients can be a reminder that there is still beauty, and a presence of something sacred, to be known.
Love is still the best medicine, and joy a close second. Nature loves us in such delicious ways. In an upside down world, a simple Peach Cobbler can be so reassuring.
Peach Pecan Oatmeal Cobbler
Makes 12 servings
Changing up the grain, and eliminating processed sugar, turns the traditional cobbler into a super healthy treat, great for breakfast or afternoon tea. Serve it warm, with a plant based cream.
Ingredients
6-8 juicy peaches
1/2 cup oat milk
1/2 lime, juiced
1 cup oats
1/2 cup pecans
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pink or sea salt
2 good shakes cinnamon
1 shake cardamom
Method
Wash and pat dry the peaches. In a small bowl, mix the oat milk and lime juice and set aside for at least ten minutes to clabber.
In a blender, gently pulse the oats and pecans, until about half is ground like flour but half still remains chunky. Transfer this to a medium sized bowl. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
Set the oven to 375F.
Slice the peaches and set them in the bottom of an 8 x 12 baking pan. Spread evenly. Pour the clabbered oat milk into the oat mixture and mix. Spoon this over the peaches. Pat down and spread to cover the peaches, as best you can.
Put on a middle rack in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Turn off the oven, and let the cobbler sit in the oven another 15-20 minutes as the oven cools. Serve warm, with coconut cream, or coconut yogurt.
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Vata: Balancing with something creamy and moistening.
Pitta: Balancing, with less or no cinnamon. Can increase cardamom to compensate.
Kapha: Add more cinnamon, avoid heavy cream or ice cream, and enjoy in moderation.
