Porridge with banana, nuts and seeds

Porridge with banana, peanut butter, walnuts and seeds: creamy, warm and quickly made in the pan with cinnamon.

At a glance

• Serves 1
• Prep time: 5 min
• Cooking time: 8 min
• Total time: 13 min
• Calories: 720 kcal per serving
• Protein: 24 g
• Fat: 36 g
• Carbs: 78 g

Ingredients

• 20g walnuts (chopped)
• 1 banana
• Optional: 1 tbsp cacao nibs, blueberries
• 80g jumbo oats
• 250ml milk
• 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 tbsp linseed
• Cinnamon

Method

You’ll need: saucepan · chopping board · knife · mixing bowl · wooden spoon

1. Bring the oats to the boil with the milk and a pinch of salt in a small pan, then keep cooking over a low heat.
2. Mash half the banana directly in the pan and stir it into the porridge until it turns creamier.
3. Stir in the chia seeds and linseed and let everything simmer gently until it reaches the consistency you like.
4. Take the pan off the heat and fold in the peanut butter to make the porridge especially rich.
5. Roughly chop the walnuts and slice the rest of the banana.
6. Spoon the porridge into a bowl and serve with banana, walnuts, honey or maple syrup, cinnamon and, if you like, cacao nibs and blueberries.

Good to know

A breakfast like this makes for a relaxed start to the morning. Warm, creamy and pleasantly sweet without feeling overloaded.

Swaps

Peanut butter → almond butter (more vitamin E). Milk → unsweetened soya milk (similar protein content). Walnuts → hazelnuts (more vitamin E, a little less omega-3). Honey or maple syrup → mashed date (more fibre).

Allergens

Contains milk, peanuts and walnuts, and depending on the toppings may bring other allergens; suitable for children if the nuts are chopped to suit their age, and usually fine during pregnancy as long as all the ingredients agree with you. Contains: gluten (oats).

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