Choc-peanut Oats with Dates

For cooking on the stove:

1. In a small saucepan, add the oats, cocoa, water, milk, vanilla, half of the dates, peanut butter, walnuts and mix.
2. Cook it on a steady simmer for 5 to 6 minutes over medium heat. Stir often to create a smooth and creamy mixture. Add extra milk to loosen the porridge if it’s too thick and ‘gooey’.
3. Serve the porridge into 2 bowls and sprinkle with remaining dates.

For cooking in the microwave:

1. In a microwave safe container, mix together the oats, cocoa, vanilla, peanut butter, walnuts, and half of the dates, water and milk.
2. Cook for 1 minute and stir. Repeat this 5 times (or until smooth and creamy), adding in the remaining milk and water as needed throughout the process.
3. Serve the porridge into 2 bowls and sprinkle with remaining dates.

• *If using non-dairy milk, look for varieties with added calcium.

Nutrition information (per serve), based on using 1.5% fat dairy milk:

• Energy (1184.6 kJ)
• Protein (11.2 g)
• Total Fat (10.0 g)
• Saturated Fat (2.3 g)
• Carbohydrate (35.1 g), (Starch (17.3 g), Sugars (17.8 g), Added sugars (0 g), Free Sugars (0 g))
• Dietary Fibre (4.5 g)
• Sodium (84.3 mg)
• Calcium (185.3 mg)
• Iron (1.8 mg)