Banana, Walnut & Chocolate Porridge With Nutty Drizzle
Start the day in a supercharged, healthy way with high-fibre oats, protein-rich toppings and oodles of deliciousness.
Photograph by Niki Webster.
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Preparation time
5 min
Cook time
8 min
Total time
13
Meal
- breakfasts
Servings
1
Ingredients
Porridge
- 60g/⅔ cup porridge oats (use gluten-free oats if needed)
- 90ml/⅓ cup unsweetened plant milk
- 90ml/⅓ cup water (you can use additional plant milk instead of water if you’d like it to be creamier)
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¾ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- ¼ tsp salt (optional)
- 1 tbsp vegan vanilla protein powder (optional)
Toppings
- ½ ripe banana, sliced
- 1 tbsp runny nut butter of your choice or 150g/½ cup vegan plain yoghurt
- Handful of chopped walnuts, pecans or mixed seeds, ideally toasted or roasted (quick version is to place them in a single layer in a dry frying pan and heat on both sides until golden)
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar, brown sugar or syrup (eg maple or agave)
- Handful of vegan dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)
Here are our favourite protein-rich additions for your best-loved bowls: buckwheat, chia seeds, flaxseed, ground almonds, hemp powder, nut butter, nuts, pea milk, powdered peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, seed butter, shelled hemp seeds, soya milk, sunflower seeds, toasted quinoa, vegan protein powder, vegan yoghurt, wheatgerm
Here are the rest of our tastiest vegan porridge toppings: bananas, cacao nibs, chopped apple, chopped apricots, chopped dates, chopped mango, cinnamon, cranberries, dark chocolate chips, desiccated coconut, dried fruit, fresh berries, frozen berries, goji berries, maple syrup, nectarine slices, peach slices, pineapple (fresh or dried), plant milk (soya, oat, almond, cashew, coconut, hemp, pea, rice), raisins, raw cacao powder or cocoa powder, sultanas, toasted coconut flakes, vegan yoghurt
Instructions
Porridge
- Place the oats, plant milk, water, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and protein powder in a pan.
- Bring to the boil then turn the heat to low, stirring often, for 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Add a little more plant milk if you prefer your porridge runnier.
Toppings
- Arrange the toppings over the top of the porridge or stir through if preferred.
Optional extras / notes
Once you’ve perfected the basic porridge recipe, get creative and add your favourite toppings.
Here are some alternative combinations we love:
- Apple, maple and pecan
- Banana and cinnamon
- Berry and nut butter
- Berry compote, vegan plain yoghurt and fresh mint
- Berry, cinnamon and syrup (eg maple or agave)
- Blackberry, apple and syrup (eg maple or agave)
- Blueberry, walnut and sunflower seeds
- Chocolate
- Chocolate and orange
- Chocolate, coconut and raspberry
- Coconut and berry
- Coconut and passion fruit
- Mixed seeds and dried fruit
- Nut butter and raspberry
- Pear and flaked almond (ideally toasted)
- Sultana and apple
- Vegan vanilla yoghurt, blueberries and syrup (eg maple or agave)
- Walnut, pear and ginger
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