1. Layer the Liquids: Add the whole milk, Greek yogurt, and the pre-cooked egg porridge to the base of your high-speed blender.
2. Add the Sweetness & Crunch: Drop in the pitted dates, walnut, and vanilla powder.
3. Top with Fruit: Add the frozen strawberries and optional blueberries on top. (Putting frozen ingredients at the top helps the blender blades pull everything down smoothly).
4. Blend Until Silky: Blend on high for 45–60 seconds until the dates are completely pulverized and the smoothie is perfectly smooth and creamy.
5. Pour & Enjoy: Pour into a tall glass and enjoy immediately!
Nutritional Profile (Per Serving):
Calories: 345 kcal
Protein: 18.2 g
Carbohydrates: 41.9 g
Healthy Fats: 12.7 g
Additional Info:
This is a perfect breakfast that is fast to consume. The fast-acting natural sugars in the dates help you to wake up, while the complex carbs from the oatmeal provide a slow release of energy. The whole milk, Greek yogurt and egg give you a solid 18+ grams of high-quality protein to kickstart the day.
The secret to ultimate creaminess in this recipe is the combination of the Greek yogurt (which adds a rich, velvety texture) and the starches from the cooked porridge (which mimic the smooth thickness of real ice cream).
You can make the oat porridge in advance and store in the fridge ready to be used; or portion it into cubes using a ice-cube tray and store them in the freezer. Cooked oats blend completely seamlessly, giving the smoothie a thick, velvet-like consistency similar to a premium creamy milkshake.
In addition, adding oat porridge also helps your smoothie stay fresh longer by stabilizing the liquid, preventing your smoothie from separating and turning brown. It is the best method for keeping smoothie stable. When oats are cooked, their starches undergo gelatinization—meaning they swell up, absorb water, and form a thick, gel-like network. This structure is highly effective at locking in moisture and preventing the smoothie from separating into ugly layers:
High Viscosity: Oats act as a natural thickener. They absorb liquid and create a heavy, dense body that stops the drink from becoming watery.
Stable Suspension: Fruit in smoothie are tiny particles floating in water. Gravity quickly pulls these solids down and pushes the water up, but the starches and soluble fiber in oats hold everything together in a stable suspension.
Less Oxidation: Because the thick mixture moves slowly and traps air bubbles less easily, it slows down the rapid separation and color changes you see in thin fruit juices. Cooked oat porridge allows your smoothie to stay fresh and perfectly mixed for up to 2 days in the fridge.
Here is how you can optimize your cooked porridge smoothie for the best texture and maximum freshness:
Storage Best Practices:
Use an airtight glass jar: Fill your container all the way to the very top to leave zero headspace for air. Less air inside means drastically less oxidation.
If you like it sour, you can also add a squeeze of lemon, lime or orange juice which provides the Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and acts as a natural antioxidant, keeping the colors bright and preventing your fruits from turning brown.
Below is a list of Danish farms that we think are worth visiting. They are mainly those we have visited in the past or would like to visit one day. Besides in June for strawberry-picking, these farms are worth visiting also from July to October, where harvesting of flowers, fruits and vegetables take place in Denmark.
1. Rokkedyssegård
13 June 2021 (5Y28D): Strawberry-picking at Rokkedyssegård
27 June 2021 (12Y3M22D): Raspberry-picking at Rokkedyssegård
This farm specializes in berries, although you can also harvest your own potatoes. Its berries are the best in Denmark, so juicy and sweet. It's one of the best places to pick strawberries in mid June. It is best to get there as the season starts for strawberry-picking. That's when you get to pick the biggest and juiciest strawberries. Check their website to follow when they open up for strawberry-picking.
You can also dig potatoes here. The only disadvantage about this farm is that you have to buy ticket beforehand to pick strawberries. Thus, it requires a bit of planning beforehand. You also need to pay a service fee per ticket, but it's all worth it in my opinion as their strawberries and raspberries are the sweetest and tastiest we have tried, an unforgettable experience.
- Pick your own tulips 8 May. Tulips at their most beautiful now.
- Dig your own potatoes late May to late October
- Strawberry-picking 5 June, also mid August to 4 October (last day usually half price to empty the field of strawberries)
- Raspberry-picking 23 June to mid September. Best time mid July
- Cherry-picking mid July
- Black currant-picking mid July
- Flower-picking mid July
- Apple-picking to late October
- Plum-picking late august to late October
- Tomato-picking to late October (last weekend on 31 October). Best time end September
- Gala apple-picking from early October
- Blueberry-picking mid July to early October
- Mid October during the autumn school holidays special price with toogoodtogo.dk to dig potatoes
- Snobrød on bon fire and popcorn
- Carve a pumpkin
- Cafe, ice-cream, berry brunch
- Christmas hygge - waffles baking
- Sells duck for Christmas dinner
2. Jordbærcentret Vejborgaard
This farm is huge and located north of Copenhagen near Hillerød. It used to be very good seven years ago, but in recent years, the strawberries are rather small and few in between, making our strawberry-picking experience not as memorable. You don't have to buy a ticket beforehand to pick strawberries, unlike Rokkedyssegård. They don't have any animals or Christmas market.
9 June 2014 (5Y3M4D): J harvesting potatoes with granny and daddy
Only 20 minutes drive from Copenhagen, it is one of the nearest farm. The strawberry farm is across the road from the farm house. You can harvest potatoes at the same time as you pick strawberries. You can also harvest your own organic vegetables in October. You can cut your own Christmas tree. The farm opens from end March.
- Dig your own potatoes from late May to late October
- Strawberry picking from mid June to mid July
- Apple-picking from mid August to third week of November
- Plum-picking from end August to almost mid September
- Self-harvesting of vegetables from late October
- Cut your own Christmas tree from mid November to late December (You can reserve a tree and cut it at a later date yourself or ask them to cut it for you)
- Christmas hygge - glogg, hot chocolate, Christmas pancake æbleskriver, apple juice... to Christmas Eve
Here is a youtube video made by someone who visited this farm:
We found the above information on a farm that looks interesting, but we haven't been there yet. Archiving it here to try it :-) It is not free though. It costs 45 DKK for kids and 90 DKK for adults. For this farm, it is mainly to see farm animals.
5. Ventegodtgaard
It's located in the north of Køge. It's one of the few places that offer self-harvesting of pumpkins during early to end October. You can also self-harvest potatoes here. We missed it this year. We hope to go next year.
- Dig your own potatoes from 15 June to 1 September
- Apple-picking from 1 September to 1 November
- Self harvesting of pumpkins from 15 September to 31 October
- Tomato-picking 30 July to October
- Picking of basil, dill, celery, sweet potatoes, cabbage, broccoli from 10 July
- Cafe serving fish 'n' chips, soup, sausages, pancake, ice-creams, hamburgers, hot chocolate, apple juice, smoothies
- Petting animals such as rabbits, goats, chicken
- Play ground for kids
- Tractor rides for kids
- bon fire during autumn
6. Grennessminde - Det Økologiske Gartneri
It's located south of Copenhagen. It specializes in vegetables. You can self-harvest the vegetables and herbs. You can harvest your own flowers. You can also pick your own strawberries. They sell pumpkins, but you can't harvest your own pumpkins. They are closed during the summer school holidays and opens from 11 August. Check their website to find out what's on for picking before you go.
- Cafe serves pumpkin soup during autumn on Wednesday and Friday, cakes and hot chocolate and other soup according to the season.
- Fastelavnboller during Fastelavn period
- Snobrød (Danish twist bread over fire) over bon fire in autumn on Tuesday and Thursday. Especially during the autumn school holidays.
- Mini zoo with farm animals you can pet.
- Early October make chestnut figures with kids at the cafe.
- Conduct courses in planting and flower arrangement workshops for adults.
7. Grantoftegaard
You can visit and pet their animals such as lamb, pigs, horses, etc. The stables are normally open daily from 10am - 2pm (Weekends from 10am - 12pm). They are open for Christmas with a Christmas market. They also keep bees and make honey. You can try their free horse carriage tour Wednesday and Thursday (except weekends and public holidays) from 10am - 12 pm. There is a nice and cozy cafe too to stop for rest and a cup of coffee. The Cafe is open Wednesday to Friday from 11am - 4pm, Saturday from 10am - 5pm and Sunday from 10am - 4pm.
It is the one of the two farms as far as I know that you can pick Clara Friis pears. Clara Friis pears is a type of pear that are very sweet and crunchy. Our family loves them. You can to be fast and be there on the very first day when the season starts for picking, normally the first Saturday of September. They go fast! It is located up north of Copenhagen in a very beautiful surrounding with a nice mansion in the background.
It's located south of Copenhagen. You can self-harvest pumpkins here. They have "Cinderella" pumpkin for sale. Their products are not organic. No entrance fee, admission is free.
- Strawberry-picking to 18 June 4 July at 35 DKK per kg
- Raspberry-picking 24 July to 7 August
- Clara Friis pear-picking opens 4 September at 10am to 3pm at 17 DKK per kg.
- Apple-picking until late October 24 at 20 DKK per kg
- Pear-picking until late October 24 at 20 DKK per kg
- Self-harvesting pumpkins from 2 October at 10am to 5pm to 17 October at 35 DKK per pumpkin
- Christmas market selling Christmas trees, but you can cut your own Christmas trees, hot chocolate and other Christmas goodies from 9 November.
6 October 2024: C (8Y4M20D)
10. Skobruget Sandet Juletræer & Pyntegrønt
Here is a beautiful place in Roskilde that you can cut your own Christmas tree. It has a fairytale-like forest full of rows of Christmas trees. We went there last year. They have two locations. We went to the location stated below.
You can cut your own Christmas tree here. It's open daily from 26 November to Christmas Eve. It's about 25 minutes drive from Copenhagen. It closes earlier on Christmas Eve at 1pm.
In a mixing bowl, add egg yolk, sugar and vanilla sugar and beat until airy and combined with a hand mixer.
2. In another bigger mixing bowl, add whipped cream and beat until a yogurt-like consistency is reached with a hand mixer.
3. Add the egg yolk mixture into the whipped cream, folding and combining them gently with a spatula.
4. Gently stir in the strawberries, chocoloate chipes and the chopped almonds.
5. Transfer into a container and freeze for 5 hours. Enjoy :-)
Additional Information:
Summer time is the time where Danish kids eat a lot of ice-cream. In continuation of making ice-cream, today, I am making another of my favorite - strawberry ice-cream. This is a very easy recipe and you don't need any ice-cream machine, but the ice-cream comes out just like ice-cream :-)
I like like to add chocolate chips and chopped nuts into my strawberry ice-cream, but it is of course not a necessity.
Blend 200g stawberries
Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice (approx. half a lemon)
Add 2 tablespoon honey and mix well. Set aside.
Add 2 egg yolks
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
Add 3 tablespoons of sugar
Beat egg yolk mixture
300ml cream (piskefløde)
Whip cream until yogurt-like consistency is achieved (Don't over-beat)
Combine egg yolk mixture with whipped cream and gently fold them with a spatula
Add blended strawberries.
Gently stir and...
Mix well.
Add chocolate chips and chopped almonds... (optional)
Gently stir and...
Mix well.
Transfer to a container
Cover and freeze overnight. Then it is ready to serve :-)
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