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December 18, 2018

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

This oatmeal porridge recipe is my favorite breakfast recipe at the moment. It is yummy and healthy at the same time. You get whole grain, high on omega 3 seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries all in one meal.

I tend to find a recipe that I like and stick to it for months, sometimes years till I’m done with it. Then I move on to the next. Anyone with me on this?

My doctor suggested I would eat more oatmeal. So I started to experiment with oatmeal porridge but was not a fan of it. I do not care for mushy porridge, and the steel cut oat had not the right texture either.

Thankfully I didn’t give up, because there is a great way to have an oatmeal porridge for every taste. This one even is reminding me tastewise of the quark mixture, but it’s all just plant-based.

What oatmeal to choose

Oatmeal is a great grain that is worth including into your diet. It comes in different varieties and forms.

Steel cut oats are oat groats that have been cut into pieces. I use this for grinding into flour since I haven’t yet been able to find oat groats in the store.

Next comes rolled oats. Rolled oats are just what the name says, flat-rolled oats. We actually own an oat roller and could make it our self, but since to find a good organic source of oat groats has been rather difficult, we just buy the rolled oats from the store.

The most processed of the three oat varieties are the instant oats also referred to as quick oats. They are pre-cooked, dried, and then rolled and pressed slightly thinner than rolled oats. They cook more quickly than steel-cut or rolled oats, but retain less of their texture, and often cook up mushy.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

For this recipe, we use rolled oats that normally would take about 5 minutes to cook.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe Ingredients

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

  • 1 cup plant milk (we use unsweetened soy beverage)
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats (loosely filled)
  • 1/2 -1 ripe banana cut into pieces
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 1 heaped tablespoon flax seeds freshly ground in a coffee grinder
  • 1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1-2 walnuts broken into pieces
  • 1 hand full berries fresh or frozen.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe Instructions

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

In a pan combine the plant milk, rolled oats, chopped into pieces banana and the raisins.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

Bring all together to a boil and turn off the heat. I do not cook it so the oats are still intact. As I said above, mushy porridge is just not my thing. If you like your oats well cooked, by all means, cook it according to your liking.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

Meanwhile, grind the flax seeds and crush the walnuts into pieces. Add the nuts and seeds to a plate. Mix them together. I often add the berries, fresh or frozen at this point too, but they can also be served on top.

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe

Add the hot oatmeal, mix and enjoy!

Here the printable version for the recipe:

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe
 
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Author: Anna @ Northern Homestead
Cuisine: Breakfast
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • 1 cup plant milk (we use unsweetened soy)
  • ½ cup rolled oats loosely filled.
  • ½ - 1 ripe banana cut in peases
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 1 hiped tablespoon flax seeds freshly ground. We use a coffee grinder for that.
  • ½ tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1-2 walnuts broken into peases
  • 1 hand full berries fresh or frozen.
Instructions
  1. In a pan combine the plant milk, rolled oats, cut into pieces banana and the raisins.
  2. Bring all together to a boil and turn off the heat. I do not cook it so the oats are still intact. As I said above, well-cooked porridge is just not my thing. If you like your oats well done, by all means, cook it according to the package.
  3. Meanwhile, grind the flax seeds and crush the walnuts into pieces. Add the nuts and seeds to a plate. Mix them together. I often add the berries, fresh or frozen at this point too, but they can also be served on top.
  4. Add the hot oatmeal, mix and enjoy!
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I love this oatmeal porridge recipe and look forward to my breakfast every night. It’s easy to make and often Jakob would make it for me, which is a special treat.

If you do not like the typical oatmeal porridge, try this recipe and let me know how you liked it in a comment below. It might become your favorite, too.

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  1. Stewart Mackie says

    January 24, 2019 at

    There is another type of oatmeal you may want to try and that is Stone Ground. Makes excellent porridge,skirle,and outmeal stuffing or White puddings and is available on Amazon. Give it a try

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    • Anna says

      January 25, 2019 at

      Thank you for the tip. It is also called Scottish or “porridge” oats.

      Reply

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