- Breakfast
- Healthy Dessert
Chocolate berry porridge
- 2 mins
- 5 mins
- Serves 2
- Gluten Free Option
- One Pot
- Kid Friendly
- Oil Free
- Refined Sugar Free
- Soy Free
- Nut Free Option
This porridge has the goodness of oats with a rich chocolatey flavour, sweetened with berries and dates. It is super easy to make, taking 5 minutes, healthy, cheap and the kids will love it!
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup of plant-based milk
- 1 ⅓ cups of water
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 dates, pitted and chopped
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
- 2 teaspoons desiccated coconut (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- ½ cup frozen blackberries (or other berries of your choice)
Optional toppings:
- 1 tsp ground or slivered almonds, 1 tsp cacao nibs, sliced banana or other chopped fruit
Directions
- Place plant-based milk, water, oats, dates, cocoa powder, vanilla essence, optional coconut and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Alternatively, place in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir and add frozen berries and microwave/cook in the pan for a further 3 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
- Stir in the ground flax seeds and serve.
- Optional: top with ground or slivered almonds, cacao nibs and banana.
Chef's Tips
- You can also add the fruit or toppings to the blender at step 2 (or 2 tablespoons cocoa) to create different nice cream flavours such as strawberry, peanut or chocolate.
- This tastes just as good as regular ice cream but is super healthy; I love it!
- Best eaten immediately as sadly it does not freeze well once blended.
- This is delicious served on wholemeal pancakes for breakfast!
Dr Taisia Cech
