PORRIDGE WITH CARAMELIZED BANANA & WARM GRAPES

Just like a hug

A bowl of warming porridge? Please come my way, dear old oaty friend. I’ve been eating porridge since I’m a child and during school, it was this thought of a warm, big fat porridge bowl that eventually helped me to get out of bed – at 6 am, unimaginable! My usual go-to-oat-bowl consists of stirred oats with water, cinnamon and a dash of plant-based milk, topped with banana, honey and a handful of nuts. Don’t you agree that this is a great reason to wake up and throw on a comfy bathrobe at take a seat at the breakfast table? Once I was in Copenhagen for a weekend trip and there, I had the pleasure of eating their traditional GRØD which consists of this perfect porridge ratio: ⅓ oats, ⅓ water, ⅓ milk of choice. The result: perfectly smooth and creamyporridge! Go ahead and try it, it may revolutionize the way you prepare your oaty breakfast.

Servings: 1

Total time: 15 min

For the porridge

Ingredients

½ cup oats*

½ cup water

½ cup oat milk

pinch of cinnamon

½ banana, mashed

handful of  red grapes, cut in half

½ banana, cut lengthwise

1 tsp coconut oil

*I like to soak my oats in the water and oat milk the night before to make them even creamier, easier to digest and quicker to cook.

other toppings

1 -2 tbsp yoghurt of choice

1 tsp date caramel ( 2 soaked dates, blended with 4 tbsp plant-based milk)

1 tsp peanut butter 

more cinnamon

Instructions

1. In a small pot, heat the oats, water and oat milk on medium heat. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon and give it a good stir. Add the mashed banana and allow to simmer for 5 minutes while occasionally stirring. 

2. Heat a frying pan and melt the coconut oil. Fry the banana and the grapes until golden-brown and soft. 

3. Scoop the porridge into a big bowl, top with a spoonful of yoghurt of choice, add the caramelised banana and warm grapes, sprinkle with some cinnamon and drizzle with the obligatory peanut butter as well as a spoon of date caramel. 

4. Tada! Hold this bowl of ultimate comfort in both hands and cherish this cosy morning that you are creating for yourself, maybe along with a lit candle and your daily journal.