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Recipe: Almond milk and sour cherries porridge

October 8, 2016 by Shari Leave a Comment

It seems like the days which we want to start our days with warming porridge are becoming less and less – but I have been reading that after you have had a baby it’s good to stick to eating ‘warm’ things – even if spring has sprung. And I don’t mind doing so with this delicious almond milk and sour cherries porridge. One of the key universal features of postpartum care around the world is warm, nourishing comfort foods. Soups, stews and puddings feature on international postpartum menus and are always cooked for the mother, not by her.

It is recommended by many cultures that when you eat after giving birth, you start with soft, warm, soupy foods that are simple to digest, gradually introduce more texture and variety, and eventually, as your appetite and energy return you can go back to your regular diet, in case the opposite happens and you feel that you instead feel too much appetite, you need to find if you can use an appetite suppressant supplement.

If you’re interested in reading more about this, I recommend looking at Caitlin’s blog Mother Down Under.

I don’t mind if I have to whip up this delicious almond milk and sour cherries porridge for myself in the morning, because it is so simple {and really keeping it simple right now is so important}.

This recipe is simply 1 cup of almond milk, 1/2 cup of oats, stirred until the oats are cooked through {approximately 4 minutes} and then a handful of dried sour cherries are stirred through at the end. I think that it is the toppings that really make this bowl of porridge sing – and of course they are simple too.

GoodFoodWeek's almond milk porridge

ALMOND MILK AND SOUR CHERRIES PORRIDGE

1 cup of almond milk
1/2 cup of oats
1 handful of sour cherries
1/2 banana
1 tbsp of almond butter
1 tbsp of cherry jam
1/2 cup of almond granola.

Bring your almond milk to the simmer in a small saucepan, add your oats and cook stirring for 2-3 minutes or until the oats are cooked through. Add 3/4 of your sour cherries to the mix and allow them to infuse the porridge.

Tip into your bowl and then top with banana slices, warmed almond butter, cherry jam, any remaining sour cherries and some almond granola for crunch {you could also use whole toasted almonds}.

GoodFoodWeek's almond milk and sour cherry porridge

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Hi, I’m Shari Wakefield and I am the creative director and social media manager behind the food/lifestyle blog GoodFoodWeek. I’m a mum to four beautiful boys, who spends her days working in corporate communications and her nights cooking up a storm in her kitchen. We reside in Sydney, Australiaread more

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