Healthy Red Velvet Oatmeal - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup steel cut oats
1 cup water
1 cup beet juice
1 cup buttermilk
1 banana
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup dates, pieces
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon carob powder
Topping
2 tablespoons whipped cream cheese

Preparation

In a sauce pan, boil oats and water, with half of the beet juice. Reduce heat an cover. In a blender, combine banana, the remaining beet juice, cocoa, carob, dates, vanilla, and buttermilk. Blend until smooth.
After the oats have simmered for 30 minutes, add the contents of the blender to the sauce pan. Stir at a low heat until desired warm temperature. Serve and top with a scoop of whipped cream cheese. Serves 2.