Porridge two ways

Gone are the days of porridge laden with brown sugar ( however darn good that is !) these are my two versions which create a new dynamic to the humble porridge

Ingredients

Coconut Milk Porridge with Coconut granita

  • 1/4 cup rolled outs
  • 1/2 cup water
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup coconut milk ( you can use the coconuts milks which are more like a dairy milk substitute ie the So Good ones or Sanitarium)
  • 1 tbsp coconut flakes / chips
  • 1 tsp pumpkin and sunflower seeds
  • 1 tbsp almond flakes
  • Chopped fresh fruit I use Feijoas, kiwi fruit. mango
  • blueberries
  • 1 tbsp Coconut sugar  ( optional )
  • Big dollop of coconut yoghurt
  • 1 zest of lime .

Porridge with cinnamon and raspberries

  • 1/4 cup rolled outs
  • 1/2 cup water
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 1 cup milk or oat milk if Dairy free
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup raspberries  fresh or frozen
  • 4 prunes sliced ( optional )
  • a dollop of  Vanilla yogurt
  • 1 apple grated
  • 1 tsp stevia
  • 1 tsp maple syrup

Method

  1. Place the oats in a pot on the stove with the salt and  water and cook over low heat until the water has been absorbed
  2. Add the coconut milk and cook gently so the oats are creamy and tender
  3. Dry fry the coconut, almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds in a small frying pan until lightly toasted.
  4. Pour the porridge into a bowl , sprinkle half the coconut sugar over the porridge
  5. Place the fruit to one side of the bowl
  6. Add the toasted coconut granita
  7. Place the dollop of coconut yogurt on top of the porridge
  8. Sprinkle over the remaining coconut sugar .
  9. Zest the lime of the top of all of it.

Porridge with cinnamon and raspberries

  1. Place the oats in a pot on the stove with the  salt  and water and cook over low heat until the water has been absorbed
  2. Add the milk and  cinnamon  and cook gently so the oats are creamy and tender
  3. Add the prunes and the raspberries and stevia and vanilla  fold into the porridge gently
  4. Once the fruit is warmed pour into a bowl scatter over some extra raspberries and dollop the yogurt
  5. Grate the apple and place onto if the yoghurt  and pour over the maple syrup

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