Carrot Cake Oats - Easy on the Stomach, Great for the Eyes!
Quick & easy oats recipe that tastes like the real carrot cake.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Old fashioned rolled Oats
- 1/2 Cup Milk of choice (Almond milk will be great for this)
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Tbsp. Maple Syrup depending on how sweet you like it or use or 1 T raw cane sugar If avoiding sugars, add a small mashed ripen banana or 2 tsps. of stevia.
- 2 small Carrots shredded
- 2 Tbsp. Walnuts roughly chopped
- 8 pieces Almonds
- 1 tsp. Hemp seeds - optional
- 1 tsp. coconut oil or ghee
Instructions
- Take a pot and a tsp. of coconut oil or ghee.
- Once the oil is hot, add the cardamom pod. Until it starts to smell aromatic.
- Next, add the milk and water and bring it a boil.
- To the boiling liquid add the oats and cook for 2 mins.
- Next, add the mashed carrots along with nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar (if using mashed banana hold off). Cook for another 2 mins.
- Give them all a good whisk and let it cook for just a min or 2 and turn off the heat.
- Skip this step if using maple syrup: add the mashed banana & stevia for sweetness and mix.
- Once off the stove - add the roughly chopped walnuts, almonds, hemp seeds and any choice of toppings.
Notes
- Instead of maple syrup, you can also use date syrup which also have low Glycemic Index.
- Adjust sweetness as needed.