Ingredients

You can play with these ingredients to suit your taste, but this is what I use:

• 1/3 Pink Lady Apple (or 1/2 if it’s a small apple), cut into bite-sized chunks/ cubes
• 1/3 cup of steel cut oat, rolled oats, quinoa flakes or GF rice flakes (or you cook to oat packet instructions, but I like about 1/3 cup)
• 1 cup water (you may need a tad more water than if you have lots of apple. Follow instructions on oat packet and adjust water amount accordingly, adding a little more for the apple)
• 1/2 – 1 level tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp ginger powder (optional)
• 1 tbs LSA (optional)
• 1/2 – 1 tsp 100% pure maple syrup or honey (optional)
• 10-12 almonds, chopped in half (for topping)
• 1 tsp mixed seed mix (for topping)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened Almond Milk or other milk of choice (for topping)

Method

1. Add oats/flakes and water in a small-medium sized saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring occasionally
2. In the meantime, chop the apple and almonds
3. Once boiling, reduce heat to med/low and let simmer for the required cooking time (NOTE: cooking time will vary depending on what grains you use and how much).
4. Half way through cooking time, add the LSA, cinnamon and ginger and stir to combine.
5. Add the chopped apple in during the last minute or so of cooking time
6. Cook for approx 1 minute until apple softens a little and porridge is a creamy consistency, not too watery and not too thick and gluggy. Cooking time will vary depending on the grains use so go by consistency
7. Remove from heat and serve in a bowel. Add toppings of choice (I add chopped almonds, mixed seeds and maple syrup but choose whatever you like). Add almond milk (or milk of choice) and enjoy while warm. If you leave to stand too long, it may absorb the milk and thicken, If that happens, just add more milk before eating.