Date Nut Oatmeal

Date Nut Oatmeal – Make your morning a little more delicious with a bowl of this hearty oatmeal containing dates, nuts, brown sugar and cream.

Last Sunday morning was really unusual. Why, you ask? Because I slept until 9:00! That almost never happens.

Not that I’m an early, eager riser either. I just usually wake up around 6:30 or so on the weekends and can’t get back to sleep. Probably because that’s about my normal weekday wakeup time.

BeeBop was already up and piddling around the house, being very quiet so that I could sleep in, sweetie that he is. So when I opened my eyes and saw how late it was, I practically jumped out of bed. It felt like I was just wasting the day away lying there and I couldn’t stand that!

Since it was sooo late (she said sarcastically), I thought I’d just make a quick breakfast of oatmeal and toast. And while I was cooking, BeeBop asked me whether my oatmeal recipe was on the blog. I really had to think a minute about that. Was it? Surely not. It’s just oatmeal, you know. Who needs a recipe, right?

Then he reminded me that I make our oatmeal a little differently. Not much, but just a little more interesting with the addition of dates and pecans. Not a big change but oh how it bumps up the flavor! So, here’s my Date Nut Oatmeal with dates, pecans, brown sugar and cream. Yum.

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How to Make Date Nut Oatmeal

I typically use the old-fashioned rolled oats or the longer cooking steel cut oats for our oatmeal. Never instant. My favorite is steel cut, but you do have to be willing to invest a bit of time for them. Just depends on how bleary-eyed and sleepy I am, really. This recipe uses rolled oats.

So, start by bring the water and salt to a boil. Stir in the oats, pecans, and dates. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook for about 5 minutes stirring once or twice.

Remove the oats from the heat and let them stand for a few minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar (or turbinado sugar if you like), add a splash of milk or cream and a few additional dates and pecans as a pretty garnish.

Enjoy!

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• Apple Pie Oatmeal
• Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Oatmeal Blueberry Pancakes
• Cranberry Pistachio Oatmeal
• Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes
• Slow Cooked Oatmeal

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• Banana Berry Oatmeal from Two Peas and Their Pod
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Date Nut Oatmeal

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

Total Time: 12 minutes

Date Nut Oatmeal - Make your morning a little more delicious with a bowl of this hearty oatmeal containing dates, nuts, brown sugar and cream.

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Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans
• 2/3 cup chopped dates

Instructions

1. Bring the water and salt to a boil.
2. Stir in the oats, pecans and dates.
3. Reduce heat to medium.
4. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice.
5. Remove from heat and let stand for 2-3 minutes before serving.
6. Serve with a sprinkle of brown sugar or turbinado sugar and a splash of milk or half and half.
7. Sprinkle over additional dates and pecans if desired.

Notes

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 350 Total Fat: 16g Saturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 13g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 302mg Carbohydrates: 49g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 8g Sugar: 17g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 8g

Nutrition information is calculated by Nutritonix and may not always be perfectly accurate. Use your own judgment.

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