The Best Simple Almond Milk Porridge
Find out how to make oatmeal with almond milk. This almond milk porridge recipe is an easy way to make a delicious, healthy breakfast.
Porridge is a great, healthy breakfast to kickstart your day. Low in calories and full of fibre, it's the perfect vehicle for adding your favourite nutritious toppings. This dairy-free, vegan recipe is a great option for those who love a creamy porridge, but prefer cooking with almond milk.
Whether you choose almond milk for its flavour or to suit your dietary preferences better, this recipe proves that oats cooked with almond milk can be as creamy and rich as oatmeal made with regular milk.
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Ingredients and Substitutions
- Rolled oats: If you're aiming for a classic oatmeal texture, then rolled oats are the way to go. You can also use quick oats or steel-cut oats in this recipe, but bear in mind that this might change the amount of liquid needed, as well as the cooking time.
- Almond milk: As this recipe is all about making porridge with almond milk, it's naturally one of the essential ingredients! If you like your porridge a bit less rich, you can use half almond milk and half water. This recipe also works just as well with regular milk or any other plant-based milk.
- Chia seeds: To add texture and good-for-you omegas to this breakfast, we use chia seeds in this porridge. If you don't have them, leave them out or use any other seed.
- Sea salt: A little pinch of sea salt goes a long way in adding depth to the flavour of your porridge.
Toppings and Additions
The beauty of porridge is that there are so many delicious ways to make it your own. Check out some of these options for taking your porridge to the next level.
Toppings
- Fruit: Chopped apples, bananas or kiwis, berries
- Nut butter: Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter
- Nuts: Peanuts, almonds, pistachios, cashew
- Coconut: Desiccated coconut, coconut flakes/shreds
- Jams/preserves: Raspberry jam, fig butter
- Extras: Cacao nibs, goji berries, crystallised ginger, buckinis (buckwheat kernels)
- Chocolate: Chocolate chips or a square from your favourite bar
- Sweetener: Maple syrup, honey or brown sugar
Additions
- Mashed banana
- Cacao powder
- Cinnamon
- Ground Cloves
- Ground ginger
- Vanilla
- Almond extract
About the Recipe
Flavour profile
🥛Creamy
🌰Nutty
🫶Comforting
Why We Love It
- Simple: This recipe uses basic ingredients and is very easy to follow. With just a few essentials, you end up with a hearty, warming breakfast in no time.
- Quick: This recipe comes together fast - which is essential for breakfast! Combine everything in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for about 2 minutes. Alternatively, you can make this in the microwave in a few minutes.
- Flexible: This simple porridge is super adaptable. Whether you'd like to stir through some mashed banana while it cooks or top it with some melted non-UPF chocolate, the possibilities are endless.
Tips & Tricks
- Add a pinch of salt to bring out the subtle nuttiness of the oats. Your oats won't taste salty, but they will taste extra flavourful.
- If cooking your porridge on the stove, stir constantly to avoid burning on the bottom of the pan.
- If cooking in the microwave, cover your bowl with a plate to prevent your porridge from boiling over.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can heat up and cook with almond milk. It's sometimes advised to heat almond milk slowly to avoid curdling.
According to health.com, both almond and oat milk are healthy choices. While oat milk is higher in fibre, almond milk is lower in calories and higher in some nutrients.
A few other breakfasts you can use almond milk for include overnight oats, cereal, smoothies, french toast, or any baked good that calls for milk.
📖 Recipe
The Best Simple Almond Milk Porridge
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 bowls 1x
Description
Find out how to make oatmeal with almond milk. This almond milk porridge recipe is an easy way to make a delicious, healthy breakfast.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 cups almond milk
- 2 Tablespoons chia seeds (optional)
- 1 pinch salt (optional)
Instructions
- If cooking your porridge on the stove, follow these instructions. Scroll down to 'Notes' for microwave instructions.
- Add all ingredients to a small saucepan.
- Heat over high until boiling.
- Reduce heat to medium-high and cook, stirring frequently until the porridge has thickened to your desired consistency (about 2-3 minutes). If the porridge is bubbling too much, reduce the heat.
- Divide your porridge into two bowls, top with your favourite fruits, nut butter or other additions (see above, in blog post) and enjoy!
Notes
To make one serving, cut the ingredients in half. Cooking time and method will remain the same.
When cooking your almond milk porridge in the microwave, it's best to cook one serving at a time. For each serving:
- Add ½ cup oats, 1 cup almond milk, 1 Tablespoon of chia seeds and a small pinch of salt to a medium-large cereal bowl.
- Place the bowl in the microwave, cover the bowl with a plate to prevent the porridge from boiling over.
- Microwave for 1 ½ minutes. Remove the bowl from the microwave, remove the plate and stir the porridge. It will likely need to continue cooking at this point.
- If it needs to cook longer, return the bowl to the microwave, re-cover with the plate and cook for another 1 minute. Continue this process, repeating in 1-minute intervals until the desired porridge texture is reached.
- Once you've cooked one bowl of porridge, repeat with the second serving.
- Top with your favourite fruits, nut butter or other additions (see above, in the blog post) and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Australian
