PB & J Porridge (VE, GF)

16-01-2018 Local Black Bookbreakfast, GF, PB & J, peanut butter, porridge, recipe, veganLeave a comment

Breakfast food is the way to my heart.

Eggs any way, bread (all the bread!), full English, porridge… I love it all!

But, I love my bed even more.

That means that if I’m going to actually eat breakfast, it has to be super easy/quick to make because I’m not going to swap sleeping time for cooking time.

Which is the case for this PB & J porridge.

Creamy, nutty, filling, satisfying, accidentally vegan (!!) and suuuuuuuper quick to make, it’s the breakfast of dreams.

100% my jam!

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Sticky Date Porridge (VE)

06-11-2017 Local Black Bookbreakfast, dairy-free, date, gluten-free, healthy, porridge, recipe, sticky date pudding, veganLeave a comment

Forget about date night – it’s all about the date morning nowadays. The sticky date porridge mornings, that is!

My love for cake-inspired porridge is really no secret (see here, here and here).

But what can I say… If it tastes like pudding whilst actually having the nutritious values of the breakfast of champions, I just can’t resist it!

The perfect crossing between the traditional British pudding and the most comforting of all breakfasts, this sticky date porridge is the ultimate cold-weather breakfast.

Warm, comforting and utterly satisfying!

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So what do you say? Breakfast date?

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Banana Bread Porridge (Vegan)

12-09-2017 Local Black Bookbanana, banana bread, breakfast, healthy, oatmeal, oats, porridge, vegan, vegetarian1 Comment

The days are getting shorter.

The nights are getting longer.

And every day, it’s becoming a little bit harder to gather the strength to get out of bed as soon as the alarm rings.

But worry not – I know just the trick.

Cake for breakfast with a healthy twist. That’s the trick.

Exibit A – my banana bread porridge.

Warming, comforting, stuffed with fruit, fibre and bags of potassium, banana bread porridge is the ultimate brekkie to peel awesome all autumn long!

Take that, SAD!

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Sticky Toffee Porridge (Vegan, GF)

20-02-2017 Local Black Bookbreakfast, healthy, porridge, recipe, sticky toffee, toffee, vegan, vegetarianLeave a comment

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

Super quick to make (because the less time I spend in the kitchen, the more time I spend in bed).
Somewhat healthy (nothing like a super sugary brekkie to ensure a monster sugar rush come 10 am).
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.

Guilt-free sticky toffee porridge (Vegan, GF) || Cake + Whisky

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 sticky toffee porridge (Vegan, GF) || Cake + Whisky

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!

Lemon Drizzle Porridge

24-01-2017 Local Black Bookbreakfast, healthy, lemon, lemon drizzle, lemon drizzle cake, porridge, recipe, vegan, vegetarian3 Comments

Nothing beats cake for breakfast.

But this lemon drizzle porridge comes a close second, especially on chilly winter mornings.

Inspired by one of my favourite cake, it’s a dreamboat of a breakfast treat.

You see, the thing is, it’s packed-full of super healthy stuff (oats! lemon! almonds! blueberries) and yet, it actually tastes like cake.

I kid you not, having it for breakfast is pretty much the same as liking clean the lemon drizzle cake batter bowl. Or the blueberry muffin one.

Expect much better for your waistline, obviously.

So if life gives you lemon (and it’s breakfast time), you know what to do!

Lemon drizzle porridge (serves 1)

Ingredients:

30g porridge oats
1 tbsp almond flour
200ml water
zest of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp vanilla syrup
1 handful blueberries + a few to garnish
5 almonds, roughly chopped to garnish

Method:

1. In a medium saucepan, combine the oats, almond flour, water, lemon zest and vanilla syrup. Leave to soak for 10 minutes, then heat to a medium heat and cook until it reaches the consistency you like (about 5min), stirring regularly.

2. In a small saucepan, cook the blueberries until you get a rough compote (about 2 minutes). Taste and add a little bit of vanilla syrup if necessary, then take off the heat.

3. Pour the porridge in a bowl or jar and top with the blueberry compote. Garnish with the fresh blueberries and chopped almond and eat immediately.

Cranberry Bakewell Porridge

09-01-2017 Local Black Bookbreakfast, cranberry, healthy, oats, porridge, recipe, vegan, vegetarian7 Comments

There are days when the best thing you should really just stay in bed. And I’m afraid today is one of those days.

First of all, it’s Monday. And I don’t care how many inspirational quote are in my Insta feed, Mondays suck.

But today is some sort of next level Monday because TUBE STRIKE!!

I don’t take the tube, so it really shouldn’t matter all that much, if it wasn’t for the fact that the buses are fucking packed and I wasted an hour of my time waiting to see if one of them would stop at my bus stop to let people in and NOP, NOT GONNA HAPPEN, YOU CAN JUST WALK ACROSS ALL OF LONDON YOU FOOL.

That said, as with all suck-y morning, there are some silver linings, including getting to go back home for breakfast in bed while browsing through emails.

And when said breakfast happens to be a vibrant bowl of Cranberry Bakewell Porridge, it makes up for the suckiest of mornings.

Cranberry Bakewell Porridge (healthy, vegan) | Cake + Whisky

Inspired by the classic British dessert, it’s indulgent yet healthy.

Packed full of breakfast-y goodness, vegan and ready in minutes, it’s the best day to start the day on a berry good note!

Cranberry Bakewell Porridge (serves 1)

Ingredients:

30g porridge oats
1 tbsp ground almonds
2 tbsp maple syrup (+ more for serving)
seeds for 1/2 vanilla pod
250ml water or milk
small handful fresh or frozen cranberries (swap for 10-12 ripe cherries in season, stone removed)
8-10 almonds, roughly crushed

1. In a small pan, put the cranberries, 1 tbsp maple syrup and a few tbsp of water. Cook for a few minutes until you get a jammy texture. Set aside.

2. In a small pot, mix together the porridge oats, ground almonds, 1 tbsp maple syrup, vanilla seeds and 250ml water/milk. Cook on medium heat, stirring continuously until it thickens (add more water if necessary).

3. Pour the porridge into a bowl, top with the cranberry ‘jam’ and the crushed almonds and serve immediately.

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