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When it comes to chilly mornings, a steaming bowl of sweet porridge hits the spot.
Berries, apples, bananas, or no fruit at all. Nuts, seeds, or granola sprinkled on top. Regular, oat, or coconut milk. The options are endless!
We love the new Ancient Grains Porridge Mix from Dirty Clean Food. It's made in WA from 5 types of grains, all chock-full with vitamins, minerals, and fibre.
Here are 3 tasty variations to enjoy.
BLUEBERRY, VANILLA & COCONUT
You get a creamy, mildly sweet and super decadent porridge by cooking the grains with coconut milk and vanilla beans. Stir through fresh or frozen blueberries for a pop of flavour, colour and vitamin C.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup ancient grains porridge mix
- 165g coconut milk
- 165mL water
- 1/2-1 cup fresh/frozen blueberries
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence or paste
- coconut flakes
- maple syrup
- Combine porridge mix, coconut milk, water and vanilla in a small saucepan. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until thickened to your taste.
- Stir through half the berries.
- Top with remaining berries, coconut flakes and maple syrup.
TOASTED HAZELNUT & CARDAMOM GRILLED PEAR
This gourmet take on breakfast porridge is to die for! Tender, grilled pears with butter, cardamom and maple syrup, crunchy toasted hazelnuts, and soft porridge transform a basic breakfast into a decadent one.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup ancient grains porridge mix
- 1/2 cup milk (of choice, we used oat)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 pear
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbso butter
- toasted hazelnuts
- Combine porridge mix, water, milk and 1/2 tsp cardamom in a saucepan. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until thickened to your taste.
- Slice pear and cover with 1/2 tsp cardamom and 1 tsp maple syrup. Grill on a griddle pan in butter for 2-3 minutes each side or until tender.
- Serve porridge in a bowl, topped with grilled pear, roughly chopped hazelnuts, and a drizzle of the butter-maple syrup sauce leftover in the griddle pan.
CLASSIC APPLE, PEAR, ALMOND & CINNAMON
You can't go wrong with this classic combo. Tender fruit, warming cinnamon, and crunchy almonds work together beautifully in this soothing breakfast bowl.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup ancient grains porridge mix
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk (of choice, we used full-cream)
- 1 small apple, diced
- 1 small pear, diced
- almonds
- 1 tsp cinnamon (or, use a mix of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cardamom)
- Combine porridge mix, milk, water, 1/2 the apple, 1/2 the pear and cinnamon (or other spices) in a small saucepan. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until thickened to your taste and fruit is tender.
- Serve porridge in a bowl topped with remaining pear, apple, and chopped almonds.
- Enjoy with a drizzle of maple syrup and milk.
