Today my love made me a bouncy, magnesium rich, utterly scrummy and seriously energizing vegan breakfast of to rescue me from the ill effects of our coffee binge yesterday.
Hot cacoa oats
1/2 cup oats per person
1/2 cup water per person
Generous sprinkle of raw cacoa nibs
(or cacoa crunch nibs if you can get them - crushed chocolate beans, coated in a paste of roasted chocolate liquefied nibs, then rolled in 'panela' (an unrefined evaporated sugarcane juice treat common in South America, ie, rapadura).
Agave (or honey if you too are weak and mortal ie. Not a vegan)
If using raw cacoa, crush it a bit in a pestle and mortar. Stick the oats and water and cacoa in a pan and hubble-bubble, adding a splash of soy milk towards the end. When it's all lovely and porridge-y, serve with agave or the sweetener of your choice.
Oats are full of minerals, and according to http://www.eatmoreoats.com/health.html
"Oat beta-glucan slows the rise in blood glucose levels following a meal and delays its decline to pre-meal levels. Here's how it works. As the beta-glucan in the soluble fiber of oats is digested, it forms a gel, which causes the viscosity of the contents of the stomach and small intestine to be increased. This in turn slows down digestion and prolongs the absorption of carbohydrates into the bloodstream. This means dramatic changes in blood sugar levels are avoided."Sounds thoroughly awesome no? Please bear in mind, though that this info is from a website called "Eatmoreoats". I have a feeling that they have some sort of vested interest in making oats sound like your best friend.
Cacoa nibs are tasty tasty things, packed full of anti-oxidants, full of "bliss chemicals", "love chemicals" and caffeine!
Nom-nom-nom-nom-nom!
