Now that the days are getting shorter and unfortunately also colder, a warm meal in the morning is exactly the right way to start the day. Porridge is a popular variant. The porridge is a real power food and is usually refined with your favorite fruit, nuts, and honey. But now not only breakfast fans can enjoy it: hearty porridge is currently conquering the bowls and turning the rest of the breakfast into a healthy lunch menu.
The sweet times are over
As a balanced alternative to wholemeal bread and muesli in the morning, porridge made its way onto the breakfast table. A healthy affair that you can now also enjoy for lunch or dinner: as a hearty porridge. Instead of the usual sweet toppings, the oatmeal is refined with all sorts of vegetables, mushrooms, eggs, meat, or seeds and is therefore suitable for a nutritious main meal. Many bloggers and hobby cooks have already tried the latest trend and are convinced with more and more variants of the hearty porridge.
That’s why porridge is healthy
The basis of the oatmeal is the same as for the hearty porridge: the basic ingredients are oat flakes or flour but spelled flakes also taste great. The grain scores with a high fiber content, which keeps you full for a long time and ensures good digestion. The complex carbohydrates provide a lot of energy, keep the blood sugar level constant and thus prevent annoying food cravings.
Porridge gets its creamy consistency by boiling it in water or milk because the flakes swell in it. Milk supplies the body with important nutrients such as calcium, protein, and vitamins A and D. If you like it spicier, you can refine your hearty porridge with salt or cook the flakes directly in vegetable broth.
Instead of fruit, this variant is mixed with vegetables. Varieties that cook quickly, such as peas or tomatoes, can be added directly to the grain in the pot and cooked after about five minutes cooking. Otherwise, briefly steam the vegetables in a pan and add to the hearty porridge. Vegetables have hardly any calories and score with lots of fiber and vitamins. Of course, the eye also eats with you and so, depending on the season and taste, the best varieties can be selected and the hearty porridge varied.
Hearty porridge recipe
The following recipe can be used as a basis and supplemented by the alternatives already mentioned above:
Ingredients for 2 servings
- 500 ml liquid (water, milk, vegetable broth)
- 100 grams of rolled oats
- 1 pinch salt (if not using vegetable broth)
- 100 grams of peas
- 100 grams of corn
- 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
The preparation
- Boil the liquid and then stir in the flakes. Season with salt only if not cooking in vegetable broth. Let the whole thing simmer for about five minutes.
- Rinse the peas and corn and mix in with the porridge. Cover and simmer for five more minutes while stirring.
- Refine the hearty porridge with the sunflower seeds and serve in two bowls.
