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Buckwheat Porridge Recipe

Start the day with a healthy buckwheat porridge with berries or fruit, a delicious alternative to the common oatmeal. An easy, gluten-free breakfast that will keep you full for hours.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Additional Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 20 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Russian
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 2 -3
Calories: 326kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • Buckwheat porridge:
  • 100 g/ 3.5 oz/ ½ cup + 1 tablespoon toasted buckwheat groats
  • 400 ml/ 13.5 fl. oz/ 1 ¾ cup milk of choice See note 1
  • 2 tablespoons ground almonds
  • Blueberry compote:
  • 300 g/ 10.6 oz/ 2-3 cups depending on size blueberries, fresh or frozen
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon stevia or sweetener of choice See note 2
  • Banana porridge:
  • 1 banana
  • 1 teaspoon almond butter/ peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon chopped almonds/ peanuts
  • sprinkle of cinnamon
  • some sweetener if necessary (See note 2)

Instructions

Buckwheat porridge:

  • Wash the buckwheat, place it in a bowl. Cover with cold water. Leave to soak for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Drain well.
  • Place in a saucepan and add the milk. Blend the buckwheat very shortly with a handheld blender, about 5-6 pulses are enough, the buckwheat should still have a coarse texture.
  • Add the ground almonds and stir to mix.
  • Bring to a boil, lower the heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring often, for about 10 minutes or until the porridge has thickened.

Blueberry compote:

  • Place the blueberries in a small saucepan. Add the lemon juice and the sweetener.
  • Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until the mixture becomes saucy and the blueberries are heated through. If using fresh blueberries 5 minutes would be enough.
  • If using frozen blueberries, it will take a few minutes longer, check the blueberries to make sure that they are thawed and heated through.

Banana porridge:

  • Halve the banana. Mash one half and slice the other half. Mix the mashed banana and the nut butter with the cooked porridge.
  • Top the porridge with the sliced banana, sprinkle with chopped almonds or peanuts, and with some cinnamon to taste.
  • You can add some sweetener like stevia, honey, maple syrup, etc, but if the banana is ripe enough, the porridge will be sweet enough without anything added.

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Notes

  1. Regular milk or any kind of plant-based milk like almond, rice, oat, coconut (from a pack, not a can) milk.
  2. I use stevia most of the time, but sugar, honey, maple, date, agave syrup are fine as well.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 78mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 30g