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The healthiest oatmeal ever and so easy to make. Start your day and fuel your belly with this oatmeal. Packed with fiber, protein and collagen, this oatmeal is anything but boring. This will keep your blood sugar on the lower side, reduce cholesterol and fill you up for hours. Even your kids will love this recipe.

The addition of the apples, dates, chia and flax offer that high fiber value. While the soy milk and hemp seeds pack some serious punch in the protein department. Sprinkling in the collagen powder supports your skin, hair, joints and nails.

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 1/2 cups of unsweetened soy, almond or cashew milk (go
• soy for the highest protein)
• 1 apple, sliced. Leave the peel on
• 3 dates
• 20 g of collagen powder
• 2 1/2 cups of water
• 1/3 cup steel cut oats
• 1 tsp each ground cinnamon and cardamom
• 1 tbsp whole chia seeds and flax seeds
• 1/3 cup hemp seeds (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Combine the oats, 1 1/2 cups water and 2 1/2 cups milk in a large saucepan. Stir, bring to a boil and then put on simmer for 20-30 minutes, stirring often. Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.

Then add in the apples, dates, spices and the remaining 1 cup water and 1 cup milk. Stir well. Cover and cook for another 5-10 minutes. Stir often until the apples are soft.

Grind your chia seeds and flax seeds. Stir in the collagen powder. Add to the saucepan. Stir well. Cook for another minutes. Then add in the hemp seeds if using.

Place in bowl and top with more hemp seeds and optionally top with high protein yogurt.