Jugo de Avena - Dominican Oatmeal & Milk Juice

Those of you who are my friends on Facebook know that tomorrow The All-Star's school is celebrating "Healthy Snack Day" and the kids were asked to bring in the family's favorite healthy snack.

If we're Facebook friends then you also are probably VERY aware that we do not do "healthy" so this was a difficult task.

We settled on our favorite beverage snack which is about as "healthy" as we get. This is a traditional Dominican drink, many of their equivalent of the US food trucks sell various versions of this drink along with their food.

Jugo de Avena (Oatmeal & Milk Juice)
recipe from http://www.dominicancooking.com/

The Line Up
2 c orange juice
1/2 c sugar
2 c of water
1 c of oatmeal
4 c of evaporated milk (regular, vitamin D added variety)
2 1/2 c of ice cubes

The Game Plan
Mix the milk and sugar to taste. Put in the freezer until very cold
Soak the oatmeal in the water for about 30 minutes (if you use quick/instant oats you can skip this step)
Blend the oatmeal and sift, reserving the liquid, discarding the "pulp"
Add the ice and the milk and stir
Serve immediately

Coach's Post Game Conference
All I can say is MMmmmmmm.... Que rico! This is so rich, sweet AND filling! We love it, Catcher doesn't follow this recipe (he doesn't follow ANY recipe for anything he makes) but this is close enough to what he does I'm sure you'll be plesantly pleased as well!

Final Score
Coach - Home run
Catcher - Home run
The All-Star -  Home run

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