Orange Turmeric Tahini Overnight Oatmeal

I love the combination of tahini with citrus and turmeric. This bright yellow spice is commonly paired with lemon, especially in salad dressings, but I decided to go with orange to achieve a sweeter (and less tangy) final product. After all, zest and tang and pucker is great for a salad dressing, but not so much oatmeal. 😉

What You’ll Need:

• one orange (like navel or cara cara)
• 1/2 cup rolled (old-fashioned) oats*
• 1/3 cup milk of choice
• 2 tsp chia seeds
• 1 tbsp tahini,
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• pinch of salt

How to make it: 

1. Cut orange in half. Juice one of the halves.
2. With the other half, cut out each orange segment by running your knife along the edges of each segment until it comes loose.
3. Combine orange juice and segments with all remaining ingredients in mason jar or any container with a lid. Cover and shake, or stir with a spoon until thoroughly mixed.
4. Store in fridge overnight or for at least two hours. Can be served hot or cold! Top with additional tahini if desired.

Just an FYI: 

*You could sub with 1/4 cup quick cook steel cut oats and reduce amount of milk to 1/4 cup.

My first experience with the turmeric-tahini combo was in a salad dressing at Jivamuktea Cafe in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan. It’s a small, somewhat difficult to find, relatively unknown, all-vegan cafe attached to a yoga center. They. Have. Great. Salads. I’ve been told their other food is good, too, but I have only ever gone for a big, beautiful salad.

One of their dressings is turmeric tahini, and it rocked my world. It was after eating their salads that I started buying tahini myself to make lemon tahini and turmeric tahini dressings at home, a habit that has stuck with me for two years now. I pretty much exclusively eat my salads with a tahini-based dressing.