Cocoa Oatmeal with Dates
photo by Jenny Sanders
- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 10 -12 dates, finely chopped
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups water
directions
- Finely chop the dates.
- Mix them with the oats, the cocoa and the salt in a 1.2 l microwaveble bowl.
- Stir in the water.
- Microwave on medium heat, 3 or 4 minutes at a time, stirring between each time.
- Towards the end of cooking, cook for only a minute or two at a time.
- When all the water has been absorbed and the oatmeal has a good consistency, it is done.
- Serve with soymilk or ricemilk, and a little brown sugar if desired.
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Reviews
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I had this for breakfast this morning minus the dates(that would make it really heavy and too much to have in the morning for me). I did not have cocoa powder on hand, so I used Nestle's Nesquik's chocolate powder as a substitute which worked very well. I did not use any brown sugar either at the end as it was sweet enough for me. Served hot this is DELICIOUS! I am so thrilled to have this recipe. Thank you for sharing!
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I really wanted to like this... really... but it was just kind of weird. I found that the dates didn't really dissolve very much, and I kept biting into bits of date skin which was just...weird. The dates did make this a bit more gooey than normal oatmeal, which I didn't really care for. I found that this was really, really not sweet. I added 6 dates for a half recipe, hoping that would sweeten this up, but it didn't really. I added a tsp of sucanat when serving, but it still tasted strange to me. I just wasn't keen on the flavor of this (I guess maybe I don't like the combination of the flavor of dates with chocolate?) nor the texture. Sorry, Jenny... but this one just wasn't for me.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jenny Sanders
Cambridge, Ontario
I love to garden, both perennials and vegetables. I am always looking for recipes to fiddle with, especially good simple vegetable dishes. I try to use organic ingredients as much as possible.