My girls and I eat quite a lot of organic soaked and sprouted oatmeal. It is packed full of protein and nutrients, easy to digest when you sprout it, and it’s really easy to dress up to keep my little loves interested in it. Oatmeal is also one of the only foods that I can eat on a daily basis and not get immediately sick after having the first bite. And I can pack the bowls full of interesting ingredients and tons of fruit :). So there are many upsides to my household eating it. Although, it can get a little boring eating oatmeal all the time if you’re not willing to dress it up a little bit. Luckily for me, I found this awesome blog called Oatgasm, Beyond Breakfast. This woman has dozens of the most delicious oatmeal recipes, and while we don’t use all the same ingredients she does, it does give my girls and I tons of ingredient wiggle room to experiment with our daily dose of oats. Today we made a Rose Water & Hemp Heart Oatmeal that was light and delicious with this soft and comforting flavor. It was absolutely perfect, and with endless fruit combinations, I doubt we will ever get sick of it. And let me tell you.. the aroma was simply amazing!
This oatmeal recipe is exceptionally IC Friendly as long as you choose spices that are bladder friendly for you or choose to omit them altogether. Rose water should be an IC Friendly ingredient as long as it is homemade using organic rose petals. Hemp food products are also typically bladder friendly. Also.. if you are unable to eat bananas, simply chose a fruit that works for you. Don’t over complicate it :).
Rose Water & Hemp Heart Oatmeal
– organic soaked and sprouted oatmeal
– 1 to 2 ounces of homemade organic rose water
– 1 tbsp of organic hemp hearts
– 1 tbsp of organic chia seeds
– 1/2 to 1 tbsp of homemade organic vanilla extract
– organic raw honey or coconut sugar to taste
– optional organic spices like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, pumpkin or apple pie spice
This oatmeal is incredibly easy to throw together. To make enough for myself and the girls (keeping in mind these are HUGE bowls with usually some leftover that we save).. I use four cups of water and two cups of organic soaked and sprouted oatmeal whether that’s rolled (old fashioned) or stone ground. Once the oatmeal has finished cooking, I typically leave it to sit for several minutes to allow the oats to finishing soaking and bloating up.. because this just works better for my medical problems, also why I sprout my grains as well :).
So next you just add everything in. Each of our bowls had about an ounce of rose water and 1 tbsp of my homemade vanilla extract. I mixed those in first along with about a tablespoon of organic catclaw honey.. which is deliciously soft and creamy and perfect for oatmeal. After that was mixed in completely, I added in a tablespoon of chia seeds and whichever seasoning(s) the girls wanted in theirs. Elodie loves cinnamon, while Eowyn heads for a cinnamon and nutmeg combo. I personally love a touch of ginger in oatmeal. Go with what works for you.
Next add your fruit on top. We had bananas in these bowls, and they were perfectly ripe and so sweet and creamy. We also love to have pomegranate aerials, sliced cherries, or berries. Sprinkle your hemp hearts on top of the entire bowl. And then enjoy :).
My girls each took a picture of their bowls. The above photo is Eowyn’s bowl, and the bottom photo is Elodie’s bowl.. she decided to be a little more artistic lol. She kept insisting the frog was trying to “steal” her beloved rose oatmeal. They were both so proud of their bowls, which they put together themselves, and of their photos :). When you make your children an active participant in the kitchen, amazing things happen!
And there you have it.. a surprising and delicious twist on a plain old bowl of oatmeal. The rose water gave the entire dish this enhanced flavor, while the vanilla blended perfectly with the hemp hearts. And how awesome would this be with crushed pistachios sprinkled along the hemp hearts?? We will definitely have to try that combination next week :).
happiness grows.. 