Porridge of the Week #7

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Porridge of the week #7

Mixed berries topped with milled flaxseed, linseed and gogi berries

Category: Healthy

And I mean super healthy. Sweetened only by fruit and given great texture by the flaxseed mix- it is one of the most nutritiously rich foods you can find, packed with fibre, vitamin B, omega 3 and anti-oxidants.
Mix the porridge with milk, water or fruit juice. Tip in chopped (I find this releases the juices, and the flavour) blueberries, blackberries and strawberries. Stir till cooked through. Spoon into your bowl and top with the flaxseed mix. It sounds fancy, but its very basic. You can buy the mixes at good supermarkets and health food shops.

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Morning my Darlings!

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Good morning! I'm in such a good mood today. Breakfast can do that to me.
It is oft said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this is something I firmly believe in. Nothing offends me more than people who skip breakfast (Apart from maybe bad grammar...)

My holy grail in life is to achieve the nutritionally perfect breakfast. I research all the contrasting theories surrounding the best things you should eat, and in what quantities- but that's a long long story for another today.

Today it was sunny, so I woke up feeling amazing anyway. This led to making celebration smoothie- banana and strawberry. I used the leftover to make smoothie porridge. Healthy, and good hot or cold! I must say I'm actually very taken with it chilled.

Whilst I'm on the topic of smoothies and porridge, let me recommend this for you-

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Breakfast Smoothie

Often in the summer I'm just not feeling the warm heaviness of porridge, even though I do love it. I like to get the same good porridge benefits but with an uber summer vibe by making a breakfast smoothie.

Simply blend yoghurt, soya milk (go on, live dangerously) with mixed oats and a bit of cereal- I find muesli is best, especially if you get one with nuts and lots of dried fruit.
Tip in a cup of frozen berries. Not only does this make it super fresh and cheap, its also much more economical! Blend it all up into a thick, cold, beautifully coloured mush in a food processor- it will have the consistency of textured sorbet.

Finally, top with some mixed fresh berries and crushed fruit and fibre. Just looking at it makes me feel as good as I do when I drink it.

Voila!

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Muffins.

You gotta love muffins- the way they look, the way they make the house smell for hours after baking, the infinite number of recipes to try... And on top of that, they're so damn easy.

A couple of weeks back, my good friend Em and I did some serious baking. The two recipes we tried were white chocolate and raspberry (classic!) and 'breakfast' muffins; a blend of porridge oats, seeds and mixed berries topped with crumbled cereal. Nom.

Anyway, throughout the muffin making, Em and I were brain storming ideas for future muffin making extravaganza's.

Coming soon: Em and Lou's muffin guide. Illustrated.