Chia Porridge

If you can boil water, you can make this hot cereal. It is delicious, nutritious, makes use of whole grains, fruits, seeds and nuts, and will keep you full for hours, without giving you the feeling of having swallowed a cement block.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 330 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 3 cups water
• 1 pinch ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons flax seeds
• 2 tablespoons raisins, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup, or to taste
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• 2 tablespoons wheat germ
• 2 tablespoons oat bran
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries, or to taste
• 3 dried plums, chopped
• 3 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
• 2 dried apricots, chopped, or more to taste
• 1 dried Turkish fig, chopped
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in oats. Reduce heat to low; add chia seeds, wheat germ, oat bran, cranberries, raisins, flax seeds, dried plums, dates, apricots, fig, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Cook, stirring occasionally, until water is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes. Drizzle maple syrup and half-and-half over each serving.