Chocolate Oats Bowl

Believe it or not, its oats! Growing up I had a love/hate relationship with oats which mainly stemmed from eating it the same way each time. Soon I realized that I’m not a fan of cereal with milk. I know it’s odd but on this blog a lot of things are odd. So for many years I didn’t have oats. Gladly it made its way back to me but this time just a bit better. Changing things up really does do the trick to keeping things fun. The chocolate was inspired by my PMS cravings. I had an uncontrollable craving for chocolate and I live by the principal of satisfying my cravings. I knew I had to make something chocolatey. I know that chocolate can be overly sweet but here it’s definitely not the case. How sweet the oats is, is totally up to preference. The oats is made from cocoa powder and not actual chocolate. I feel connected to these bowls they look too pretty for me to eat but I do!

There is no ingredients list… it’s just oats

I figured I should just write it the way I made it to show how simple it was to make it. Cook the oats to preference. I cook my oats with just water and I let it cook until it’s soft. For this recipe I had to make the oats a bit runny but obviously not watery and also not stiff. There is still a lot that’s going to go on top of the oats so the texture at the beginning is vital. Add water if it’s too thick and let it cook a bit longer if it’s too watery. Keep in mind that when oats cools it gets more stiff. When your oats is ready, dish out into a bowl. Add a teaspoon and half of cocoa powder and sugar to taste then mix and mix well! The sugar actually makes the oats look glossy which is a nice effect for the esthetic. The mixing can get a bit messy because the cocoa powder is very powdery so be careful. I did all my mixing in the very same bowl I shot with therefore it will not get too messy. Ingredients for topping: •crushed Oreos •coconut flakes •seasonal mixture of nuts and dried fruit. Before I crush the Oreos I twist them open and scrape out the the cream so that I’m left with just the biscuit. I crushed the biscuit using a plastic and rolling pin , it’s much easier than what it seems. The bowl has to look pretty so you can follow any pattern you like. Here is what I did. I started with the crushed Oreo and made a circle leaving enough space for the coconut flakes. Fill the circle with coconut flakes and lastly add a mixture of nuts and dried fruit.

The nice surprise that comes with topping your oats with nuts and fruit is that it fills it with all the good stuff! It keeps you full and powered! It’s like getting your body fully charged for the day ahead. I know that eating oats can get one hungry very quickly so this right here is the solution. After eating this your body becomes happy because it just gained a variety of nutrients that it looks forward to using.