What’s for breakfast?
What’s for breakfast?
This is one of the recipes you get when you sign up for a weekly newsletter and it got so much good feedback I thought I better put it up for everyone.
This breakfast will keep you going until lunch time and tastes sweet and delicious. You can adjust your sweetener for the type that is best for your body ie agave is fructose so very easy to digest, honey is sucrose and raw honey has nutrients, Stevia has no calories/carbs and will help you moderate your blood sugar and maple syrup is yummy and probably good for you- google it!
It is also the perfect carb/ protein breakfast for an athlete, especially if you use agave.
The porridge will keep for 3 days in the fridge and you can add different toppings every day for a new taste sensation every morning.
Buckwheat should be raw not toasted and soaked overnight.
Porridge
2 cups buckwheat
4 cups water
1 grated apple
1/2 cup dried fruit
1 tsp cinnamon
tiny pinch of salt
Method
Soak buckwheat in water overnight and rinse really really well in the morning. Get all the soapy residue off it
Place in food processor with approximately ½ cup agave/honey or sweetener of choice,
add 1 tsp cinnamon and blend until creamy.
Done!
You can make chocolate porridge with a teaspoon of raw cacao too.
Put one serving in a bowl and add grated fresh apple. Top with dried fruit like dried apple, currents, raisins, dried cranberries, fresh blueberries and raspberries and perhaps sprinkle of LSA.
If you like nut milk or chocolate nutmilk then add this
On a cold morning you could warm the porridge and nut milk gently to 48C so you retain all the nutrients.
Optional: try using Chai spices for a very warming and aromatic porridge: Cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, clove and star anise, all ground finely.
It is nice to have some simple recipes for food you can prepare ahead of time to make the morning meals nutritious, quick and easy. Below is a list of some good things about Buckwheat which is neither a wheat nor a grain.
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Buckwheat is actually gluten and wheat free and not a grain at all. It is a complete sources of protein, containing all eight essential amino acids. It wont spike your bloodsugar levels. It is also known to lower high blood pressure. Sprouted buckwheat is also known as a colon cleanser. In it’s raw state it alkalizes the body.
Buckwheat is full of rutin, which is a compound that is known as a powerful capillary wall strengthener. It is helpful in avoiding varicose veins.
Itis also rich in lecithin, making it a cholesterol balancer because lecithin soaks up “bad” cholesterol and prevents it from being absorbed. Lecithin neutralizes toxins and purifies the lymphatic system, taking some of the load off of the liver.
Buckwheat is high in iron, boron, bioflavonoids, flavonols and co-enzyme Q10. It contains all of the B vitamins, magnesium, manganese, and selenium and calcium .
Cool huh?