This unusual chocolate zucchini oatmeal is inspired by a vegetable loaf. Created by the blog Reclaiming Yesterday, the chocolate zucchini bread porridge is one way to spruce up your morning routine. This makes an especially hearty morning meal for chilly weather days.
Due to the presence of raw cocoa, the dish has health benefits such as reduced inflammation and calmed nerves. If you want to try this chocolate zucchini oatmeal at home, you will need rolled oats, water, milk (or a milk alternative), grated zucchini, coconut sugar, raw cocoa powder (or unsweetened cocoa), cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt. The oats were also soaked overnight in an effort to improve digestibility, but it is not a necessary step in the recipe.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Chocolate Zucchini Oatmeal Breakfast
- The combination of chocolate and zucchini in oatmeal makes for a unique breakfast option with potential for new product development.
- Health Benefits of Raw Cocoa
- The use of raw cocoa in this recipe highlights new opportunities for incorporating the health benefits of raw cocoa into other food and beverage products.
- Overnight Soaked Oats
- Soaking oats overnight may become a new preparation technique in the breakfast food industry.
Where This Applies
- Breakfast Food Industry
- This recipe presents an opportunity for small businesses or corporations to develop new breakfast products using unique ingredients.
- Health Food and Beverage Industry
- Raw cocoa's anti-inflammatory and stress-reducing properties could lead to new product development in the health food and beverage industry.
- Prepared Meal Delivery Industry
- This recipe, with the convenience of overnight-soaked oats, could lead to new prepared meal delivery options for consumers.
