Spices are a great food that can help to keep us well during the colder months. I try to include them into my diet a lot during Autumn and Winter. I find breakfast is a brilliant opportunity to include spices, especially in porridge. They are easy to add to a big bowl of warm porridge. Plus they make it so tasty. Therefore I had to included a pumpkin spiced porridge that’s pack with goodness. As the weather is turning colder this is a breakfast I need. I hope you will need it as much as I do.
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Serves 1
Equipment
- Blender
- Bowl
- Teaspoon
- Tablespoon
- Stirring spoon
- Small saucepan
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Spoon for eating
Ingredients
- Gluten free oats x 45g
- Ground flax seed x 2 tbsp (optional)
- Chia seeds x 1 tsp (optional)
- Pumpkin seeds x 1 tsp (optional)
- Sunflower seeds x 1 tsp (optional)
- Protein powder x 1 scoop (your choice)
- Raw cacao powder x 1 tsp
- Ground sweet cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Ground ginger x 1 tsp
- Ground cloves x 1/4 tsp
- Ground nutmeg x 1/4 tsp
- Oat milk or a milk of your choice x 150mls
- Water x 100mls (maybe more)
- Banana x 1
- Pumpkin puree x 2 tbsps
- Dates x 1 – 2
Method
- Put the oats, ground flax seed, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and ground sweet cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, protein powder and raw cacao powder into the blender cup.
- Add in the oat milk, water, banana, pumpkin puree and dates as well.
- Blend all of these ingredients together and store in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning, remove the porridge from the fridge.
- Put a small pan on a high heat and add the porridge.
- The porridge may come out of the bowl in one big lump.
- You can add a little water to the pan if it needs it.
- Turn the hob on to a medium heat.
- Stir the mixture continuously until it’s warm all the way through.
- You may need to add more water to the pan if it starts to become too thick for you.
- Once it’s at a consistency you like, remove from the heat and pour back into the bowl.
- Serve with a topping of your choice and enjoy.
Choccy Pumpkin Spiced Protein Porridge was a delicious breakfast that I really enjoyed. It was easy to prepare and cook. To be honest, I ate it cold and it was very tasty. I’m sure it would be yummy warmed up too. All of the ingredients are freezable so you could make a couple of batches and freeze them. However you decide to eat this breakfast, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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