Almond Cinnamon Oatmeal

 

Almond Cinnamon Oatmeal

 

I just finished having almond oatmeal and it was delicious.  I have been vegan for over five years and I notice that I feel the best when I eat mostly raw vegan foods.  I do eat a few steamed veggies at night at times because they are a quick and healthy meal.  I have an old electric wok and I steam veggies like potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, and beans.  However, for all of my morning and midday meals, I eat as raw as possible.  This morning I had this wonderful oatmeal with hemp milk. The recipe is from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen. 

 

 

2 cups of oat groats, soaked overnight, and rinsed well

1/2 cup semi-soft pitted dates (I used medjool)

1 TBS ground cinnamon

2 TBS water

1/4 cup almonds

 

Put the soaked oats, dates, cinnamon, and water in a food processor and process until a texture similar to cooked oatmeal.  For a thinner consistency, add another 1/4 cup water.  (I did not do this.)

Then I added the almonds and pulsed a few times until the nuts were chopped a little bit. 

 

Makes four servings.  You can add drizzled maple syrup and any nut milk. The oatmeal should keep in the fridge for up to two days. 

 

Enjoy! 



Dehydrated Energy Bars

This recipe is the same that I made last week, which can be viewed here. In the original recipe, it had two ways to complete the bars.  You could either roll the ingredients in balls and then into unsweetened coconut, which I did last week.  Another way was to dehydrate the bars after moving the ingredients to a Teflex-lined tray (or you may use parchment paper on the tray).  Before I moved them into the dehydrator, I scored them into 12 bars.  They are in the process of drying.  If you choose to make the bars, they may be much easier to transport to work for lunch, which I did so I could take them to school. I decided they would be much easier than a moist, refrigerated ball. ) :-)

Directions for dehydrating the recipe link from above:

Flatten onto a Teflix-lined dehydrator tray to about 1/4 inch thick and dehydrate at 110 degrees for 12 to 15 hours.  Flip halfwary through and remove the Telflex.

  

This is what they look like before they go into the dehydrator.

After 15 hours, I removed the bars and placed them in snack bags.  I wasn't sure if they needed refrigeration to make them last longer, so I put them in the fridge, just in case.  They will be perfect to carry to work (school).  Can't wait to try them!