Healthy Creamy Porridge

This Healthy Creamy Porridge recipe is super delicious and super healthy.

Serves 4
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 2 hours (slow cooker) or 25 minutes (stovetop)

INGREDIENTS
1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups) unsweetened
almond milk
2 granny smith apples, peeled, coarsely grated
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
60 g (2¼ oz/¾ cup) quinoa flakes
3 tablespoons chia seeds
3 tablespoons finely chopped dates
3 tablespoons dried cherries, cranberries
or chopped dried apricots
rice malt syrup or honey, raspberries and toasted slivered almonds, to serve

METHOD

In the slow cooker
1 Put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low for 2 hours.
2 Remove the vanilla bean, then serve the porridge with rice malt syrup or honey, raspberries and toasted slivered almonds.

On the stovetop
1 Put the almond milk, apples, dates, vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan over low heat. Cook for 20 minutes until the apple starts to breakdown. Add the remaining ingredients and cook for 5 minutes until thickened.
2 Remove the vanilla bean, then serve the porridge with rice malt syrup or honey, raspberries and toasted slivered almonds.

Recipes and Images from Whole Food Slow Cooked by Olivia Andrews, published by Murdoch Books.