In my mind, the perfect weekday breakfast must be three things:

1. Super quick to make (because the less time I spend in the kitchen, the more time I spend in bed).
2. Somewhat healthy (nothing like a super sugary brekkie to ensure a monster sugar rush come 10 am).
3. Quite filling (because if I’m hungry an hour later, what’s even the point of breakfast?).

This Sticky Toffee Porridge is a weekday breakfast dreamboat.

It meets all three of the above criteria, obviously.

It takes less than 10 minutes to make from start to finish and as few as 3 minutes if you make the date caramel ahead of time.

It’s free of processed sugar and packed full of good for you ingredients. Vitamins and minerals in the dates; healthy fats, protein, magnesium and vitamin E in the almonds; fiber-rich oats (that helps keeping you full ’til lunchtime)…

It’s naturally vegan and gluten-free (provided that you use gluten-free oats).

And then it tastes like sticky toffee pudding.

Guilt-free cake for breakfast? It’s a date!

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 Looking for more breakfast ideas?

Try my zesty lemon drizzle porridge or treat yourself to a slice of French yoghurt cake!