Strawberry Baked Oats

Ingredients:

• 2 punnets of strawberries (500g total)
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 large ripe banana
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 1/4 cup milk of choice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbsp hulled hemp seeds (optional, can use flax seeds or chia seeds too)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Set aside 5 to 6 large strawberries, and chop up the rest of the strawberries.
3. In a blender or food processor, blend chopped up strawberries with milk of choice.
4. In a separate mixing bowl, mash up banana, and mix in all other ingredients (oats, vanilla essence, cinnamon, and hemp seeds), then add in strawberry milk mixture and mix thoroughly.
5. Grease an 8-inch square pan and pour in contents of mixing bowl into this pan.
6. Slice remaining strawberries to add on top.
7. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until all liquid has been absorbed.
8. Wait for baked oats to cool before slicing into squares or finger bite sizes.
9. Store in fridge for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.