CHIA PORRIDGE

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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.

Provided by Anonymous

Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Cereals

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

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

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 329.9 calories, Carbohydrate 63.4 g, Cholesterol 2.8 mg, Fat 7.9 g, Fiber 11.1 g, Protein 7.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 16.8 mg, Sugar 33.2 g