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Porridge

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Breakfast porridge in Western culture almost always means a dish that is based on oatmeal. A quick survey of the supermarket and healthfood store proves this point. Note how many different types of instant oatmeal packets and quick oats are on offer!

If oatmeal isn’t your thing, you need a mix-up, or are grain free, the porridge breakfast ideas below give you something new to try!

There are many seeds and grains from around the world that make excellent hot cereal. Along with instructions to make basic oatmeal, these breakfast porridge recipes are prepared and cooked the old fashioned way so that optimal nutrition is obtained and you stay full all the way to lunch. Enjoy!

Amaranth Breakfast Porridge

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Classical recipe for amaranth porridge best enjoyed for breakfast hot in a bowl with your choice of healthy fat, whole sweetener and nuts or fruit...

Cook Time: 10 mins
Calories: 180

5 Benefits of Bulgur. Traditional Wheat that is Safe to Eat?

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Healthiest method for cooking bulgur at home that is traditionally made from durum wheat.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Calories: 340

7 Benefits of Buckwheat for Food and Garden (+ Recipe)

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Delicious soaked buckwheat porridge that is both gluten and grain free with a texture and taste similar to cream of wheat.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Calories: 155

5 Reasons (with 5 Recipes) to Have Broth for Breakfast

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One of my challenges as a Nutritional Therapist is getting people to think outside the box for what they can have for each meal of...

Kitchari Healing and Nourishing Ayurvedic Porridge

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Easy recipe for kitchari that is excellent warming dish for cold winter nights and for those recovering from childbirth, illness, or surgery.

Cook Time: 90 mins

Tiny Teff Grains Deliver Big on Nutrition (+ teff porridge recipe)

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Recipe for teff porridge that is simple and easy to make. The rich, slightly nutty flavor is a great mix-up from traditional oatmeal.

Prep Time: 2 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins

How to Cook Oatmeal the Right Way (+ VIDEO)

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The traditional method for cooking oatmeal that results in a bowl of porridge that is very digestible, filling and nourishing compared to modern convenience methods.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins

Amaranth Breakfast Porridge

5 Benefits of Bulgur. Traditional Wheat that is Safe to Eat?

7 Benefits of Buckwheat for Food and Garden (+ Recipe)

5 Reasons (with 5 Recipes) to Have Broth for Breakfast

Kitchari Healing and Nourishing Ayurvedic Porridge

Tiny Teff Grains Deliver Big on Nutrition (+ teff porridge recipe)

How to Cook Oatmeal the Right Way (+ VIDEO)

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