This is a really easy recipe that can be done with regular ingredients you'd normally have in your kitchen. It's also very versatile so once you've mastered the base, you can change the toppings according to your tastes/what you have at home.
I'm neither gluten-free nor paleo but I still have it now and again and so do my children. It doesn't taste like normal porridge since they aren't any oats but it has a similar consistency and it's more filling because it contains more protein.
Ingredients: (serves 1)
For the base
- 1 medium banana
- 1 egg
- 1 serving spoon or 2 heaped tbsp. of milled seeds
- a splash of milk
For the topping
- 1 apple, grated
- 1 heaped tsp. of almond butter
- a few raspberries
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| You can use regular milk if you want, it's just that oat milk is what we have at home. I know, I know this it isn't paleo, so use almond milk or anything you want to loosen things a bit. |
Method:
Put your base ingredients in a saucepan and mash it all up.
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| It's not on the picture but I often add a splash of vanilla extract, which gives a lovely sweetness to the porridge. You could use cinnamon too. |
Then gently heat on the hob stirring constantly, you want the egg to scramble together with the banana and seeds.
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| This is what it looks like all mashed up and raw. |
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| This is what it looks like after, once it's cooked. See how much thicker it is? |
Pour into a bowl and add your toppings and tuck in!
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| You can't actually see the almond butter for the heap of grated apple but it is there, thank goodness, as it really makes this breakfast into something special. |
I quite like this porridge to be quite dry, which is why I squeezed the apple juice out (and then drank it) but you don't have too and you could add some more milk at the end if you prefer. If you're not dairy-free, you could top your porridge with some plain Greek yoghurt instead of the almond butter. I sometimes top it with a sliced pear or mango or lots of different berries. Find a combination that works for you - in my opinion, each meal should be special so make sure you enjoy what you eat.
