Apple & Oats Smoothie / Healthy breakfast
Breakfast smoothies are effortless and timesaving. As the saying goes 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away', start your day with healthy apple and oats smoothie. *********************************** Servings - 1 Total calorie count - 343 calories Apple - 95 cal Dates - 80 to 85 cal Milk - 125 cal Oats - 38 cal *********************************** Queen of Spices - Episode 2 Ingredients: 1. Apple - 1 (I used medium sized apple) 2. Oats - 2 tbsp (rolled oats - I used Trader joe's organic old fashioned oats) 3. Milk - 1 and 1/4 cup (warm milk preferably - I used organic lactose free low fat milk) 4. Dates - 4 (I used California pitted dates) 5. Ground cinnamon - 1/4 tsp 6. Crushed ice Procedure: 1. Soak dates, chopped apple and oats in warm milk for at 20 mins. If you are using a high speed blender like vitamix, skip this step. 2. Separate the soaked ingredients from milk and blend them into a fine paste. 3. Add milk, ground cinnamon and crushed ice and blend again. 4. Pour it in a glass and sprinkle ground cinnamon on the top if desired. Notes: 1. Soaking oats prior to blending gives smoother texture to the smoothie. Soaking increases the digestibility of oats and they will be better absorbed by the body. 2. Increase or decrease the amount of oats according to your preference. ----------------------------------------------------- Blender I used - Preeti mixer https://www.amazon.com/Preethi-Eco-Plus-Mixer-Grinder/dp/B004A2ECZI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532359797&sr=8-2&keywords=preeti+mixie Oats - Trader Joe's organic old fashioned oats https://www.amazon.com/Trader-Joes-Toasted-Fashioned-Organic/dp/B00H14ODQU/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1532359814&sr=8-6&keywords=trader+joe%27s+oats ---------------------------------------------------------