Breakfast is always one of the biggest stumbling blocks when shifting to eating real food. For many people, giving up their morning bowl of oatmeal can be a real challenge because of how quick, easy, tasty, and habitual it is. This was certainly the case for me, until I discovered “no-oat” oatmeal. Since then I’ve never looked back!
Primal Porridge is a delicious oatmeal substitute made out of nuts, seeds, and banana. It has the consistency of normal oatmeal, therefore the same standard toppings work well — such as berries, shredded coconut, chopped apple, and raisins. With all of this natural sweetness, I’d recommended skipping the brown sugar.
Primal Porridge
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- DRY MIX:
- 1 small handful walnuts
- 1 small handful pecans
- 2 tbsp ground flax seed
- ½-1 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch ground nutmeg
- pinch ground ginger
- WET MIX:
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk (coconut milk works well too)
- 1 tbsp almond butter (sunflower seed butter works well too)
- 1 banana
- TOPPINGS (OPTIONAL):
- pumpkin or sunflower seeds
- shredded coconut, unsweetened
- handful berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries)
- apple, chopped
- raisins
Instructions
- Place walnuts, pecans, flax seed, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in food processor.
- Pulse to coarse texture (stop before reaching fine powder) and set aside. Tip: Make extra dry mix to use another day. Store in a sealed container and refrigerate (or freeze).
- Using a blender or Magic Bullet, mix egg, almond milk, almond butter, and banana. Tip: Extra wet mix can be stored in the fridge, but only for about two days.
- Pour both wet mix and dry mix into a saucepan and stir until thoroughly combined.
- Cook over low-medium heat, stirring continuously for ~4-5 minutes or until desired consistency is reached. (Steps 4 and 5 can be completed in microwave if desired. If so, microwave for 1 minute and stir. Repeat if necessary.)
- Transfer to a bowl, Sprinkle with toppings and add a splash of almond milk if desired.