Oat-poppy seed porridge with goji
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ingredients
100 g oat flakes 100 g crushed buckwheat 2 dl water (or vegetable milk) handful walnuts 3 tbsp coconut oil 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 3 tbsp blackcurrant syrup pinches salt to taste goji berries to taste cocoa beans 1 tbsp cocoa butter
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Healthy breakfast or hearty dinner.This porridge landed on our plate the night my baby’s teeth were coming in and I knew I was in for a busy night and needed lots of energy. That’s when I love simple food like this because it warms me up and is quick to prepare. And for the sake of my nails and hair, I needed to supplement calcium (oats),magnesium and B vitamins. Among the base ingredients I used a newfangled, delicious sweetener- coconut sugar. Do you know what it contains?
Coconut sugar is one of the healthiest types of natural sweeteners, according to the importer in Slovakia. It is made from the nectar of the coconut palm flower. Coconut sugar has a strong flavour with a hint of caramel sweetness and visually resembles fine brown sugar. It has an unsurpassed high content of essential minerals, vitamins and amino acids. It offers a rich supply of iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium and vitamins such as B1,B2,B3 and B6. Coconut sugar has a low glycaemic index (GI around 35 compared to 50 for cane sugar). Coconut sugar can be used as a substitute for white and brown sugar in cooking, baking and beverages.
Basic Nutrition Facts per 100 grams of product (source: Krež, s.r.o).
Add the oats and buckwheat flakes to the liquid and stir to soak up the moisture. If the ratio doesn’t seem right, add more water or more flakes I like my porridge thick.
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Add a pinch of salt and start cooking. Keep stirring the porridge or it will burn. At the end add nuts, cinnamon and coconut sugar. Transfer to a warmed plate , I usually heat it with the bottom of the pan I cook the porridge in. Sprinkle the top of the porridge with coconut sugar, goji berries and crushed cacao nibs.
