When the cafe opened I never thought one of our most popular menu items would be porridge! 💓Humble & simple. Porridge is easily my favourite go to breakfast. ✨✨ Oats are so comforting, cheap and filling so are the perfect isolation breakfast. This morning we are sharing how we build our perfect porridge. 💓✨
Beautifully illustrated by the incredible Julia Bethan
How to make the perfect porridge:
-1/2 cup porridge oats
-1 cup Made By Land oat milk
-sprinkle of ground flax seeds
- spices (my fave)- 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cardamom, 1/2 tsp ginger
optional add in:
nut butter,
grated apple
dates
Cook the oats on the hob on a low heat.
•gently stirring continuously cook for 5-10 minutes until creamy.
Add to your Bowl then we always top with the following 5 toppings for the perfect porridge. -Seasonal Fruit - stewed, roasted, poached, compote or fresh
Yoghurt- coconut / soy.
Nut butter 🤤 -Something crunchy- seeds, nuts, granola. -& a sprinkle of spice.
Spice suggestions:
Warming on a cold day
Golden milk porridge - ½ tsp turmeric ½ cinnamon, ½ ginger dash of maple black pepper.
Classic cinnamon -1 tsp cinnamon with a sprinkle of coconut sugar
Cacao Beet - 2 tsp cacao, ½ tsp beet, 1 tsp date syrup
Fruit cake vibe - 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ nutmeg, ½ ginger, pinch of allspice.
Chai - 1 tsp of chai mix with maple
Lighter coming into Spring.
Ginger & apple - grated apple with 1 tsp ginger and a sprinkle of raisin.
Cardamom & Vanilla - 1 tsp of cardamom with a small dash of vanilla
Lightly spiced - 1 tsp cardamom, ½ cinnamon, pinch ginger.
Almond butter, apple & date - ½ tbsp almond butter, grated apple, a few chopped dates.
Persian - ½ tsp pomegranate molasses, small dash of rose water, pinch of cardamom.
Tea infusions - brew earl grey/ black tea rhubarb/ green tea & peach. Infuse into porridge. Use half a cup of tea with half a cup of milk when making the porridge in this way.