Oatily Delicious: Thirty of The Very Best, Unique Oat Recipes

A Different Way to Think About Oats 🥣

Oats are not just for porridge. In Oatily Delicious, April Blomgren presents thirty recipes that treat oats as a versatile ingredient for every meal of the day. The collection moves from familiar breakfast bowls into savory lunches, hearty dinners, snacks, desserts, and even drinks, showing how oats can add texture, body, and character to dishes both sweet and savory.

What’s Inside the Cookbook

The recipes are organized into six practical sections:

• Breakfast — Raisin & Oat Morning Patties, Honey & Peanut Granola, Kefir Overnight Oats, Oat Stuffed Peach, Strawberry & Black Pepper Porridge, and Oaty Pancakes.
• Lunch — Stuffed Beef Tomatoes, Hamhock Savoury Porridge, Oat Crusted Quiche, Garlic Hummus & Oaty Pitta Breads, and Scotch Eggs.
• Dinner — Caprese Oat Crust Tartlets, Wild Mushroom Pearl Barley & Oat Risotto, Slow Cooked Goulash with Steam Puffed Oats, and Oat & Rye Bagels.
• Snacks & Sides — Cinnamon & Oat Crusted Nut Mix, Herb & Oat Crusted Sweet Potato Wedges, Chili Oatcakes, Chocolate & Oat Covered Fruit, and Apricot & Oat Fuellers.
• Desserts — Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding, Dark Chocolate Chip Oat & Rye Cookies, Raspberry & Oat Layered Mascarpone Cheesecakes, Amaretto Cranachan, and Pear, Almond, & Cinnamon Crumble Cake.
• Drinks — Ginger & Oat Kvass, Honey Oat Milk, Turmeric Oat Milk Latte, Banana “Caramel” Smoothie, and Rum, Oat, and Raisin Cocktail.

From Breakfast to Cocktail Hour

The range is one of the book’s strengths. A single grain appears in pancakes, quiche crusts, risotto, bagels, cookies, cheesecakes, and smoothies without the recipes feeling repetitive. Readers who already enjoy oats will find new uses for them; readers who think of oats only as a breakfast food will discover how well they work in savory cooking and baked goods.

Who Might Enjoy This Collection

This cookbook suits home cooks looking for practical ways to use oats beyond the usual bowl. It is also a good fit for anyone curious about texture in cooking—oats can crisp, thicken, bind, and soften depending on how they are used. The recipes draw on familiar techniques and ingredients while offering enough variety to keep the everyday cooking routine interesting.

Thirty Recipes, One Versatile Grain

With thirty recipes across breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts, and drinks, Oatily Delicious is a focused collection rather than a general cookbook. Each section gives oats a different role, making the book useful for planning a single oat-forward meal or building a whole day of cooking around the ingredient. 🍳