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Cashew milk oatmeal with bananas & strawberries

Vessy — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:37:13 +0000

This 15 minute oatmeal is delicious, healthy and will keep you full till lunch. You can prepare it before work, pour in a jar and have it at work on your desk when you wish for it.

I recommend to make this oatmilk with cashew milk or other nut milk in order to avoid lactose in your breakfast.

Once you boil the oats, you can add whatever fruits you have on hands – bananas, strawberries, blueberries, I like coconut chips on mine, chia seeds, kiwi, chopped raw nuts. Just go with whatever you have on hands and you like.

Ingredients:

300 ml. (10 fl. oz) homemade or store bought cashew milk (learn how to make homemade cashew milk here) or any other nut milk, regular cow milk

100 grams (3,5 oz) old-fashioned rolled oats

1 table spoon honey (or agave for vegan)

1 table spoon cashew tahini (optional)

1 large banana, sliced

Optional: coconut chips, extra cashews, chopped, shredded chocolate, berries, kiwi

In a small saucepan combine oats and milk. Bring to gentle simmer and cook for about 10 minutes on low heat until oats absorb almost all of the milk and the mixture is almost dry.

Transfer to a jar to go or a breakfast bowl and add honey to taste, tahini, fruits, nuts, coconut chips and etc.

Enjoy.

How to make homemade cashew milk

Vessy — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:11:20 +0000

Making homemade cashew milk is super easy and quick, budget friendly and healthy.
With only 120 grams of nuts you can make a liter of milk to enjoy throughout the week.
The best thing about cashews is that they are soft and could be processed in a standard blender finely, without leaving a lot of waste, in other words, you will not be throwing most of the nuts away when you strain them, just the opposite, there will be no waste but a table spoon at most.
Cashew milk could be used instead of regular milk for your coffee and in many recipes.

Ingredients:
120 grams raw cashews
700 ml. water
1 table spoon Honey/Agave (optional)
A drop of vanilla extract (optional)
A pinch of salt

Soak cashew nuts in water overnight.
On the next day, drain the cashews and rinse until the water runs clear.
Add to a blender with the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy. Strain through a fine sieve and pour in a jar.

NOTE: Add more or less water, depending on your taste and how creamier you want your milk to be. With the proportions above you will get pretty creamy milk, which is great, but I think that it could take on additional 200 ml. and still be super tasty.
Store in the fridge and use within 5 days.