Creamy coconut & apple porridge (vegan)
This is one hell of a delish breakfast. It’s vegan and packed with goodies like bran and apple for fibre, LSA for good oils, and chia seeds. You might be wondering why I’ve used coconut cream as well as coconut milk – the coconut cream makes it lovely and well, creamy – and the coconut milk just takes the place of normal milk. You can just use one or the other if that’s all you’ve got.
Prep time – 5 minutes
Cooking time – 10 minutes
Serves 2-3
Ingredients
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup coconut cream
1/2 cup apple juice or water
3/4 cup coconut milk (or regular milk if you like)
1 large apple, grated
Half the pears and juice from a 400g can of pear quarters in clear juice
¼ cup bran flakes
2 tbsp LSA (optional)
2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
1 tsp vanilla essence or paste
small pinch of salt
Optional, to serve
Pure maple syrup or raw honey
Extra coconut milk
Sliced apple and berries
Strawberries or raspberries (fresh, frozen or freeze dried)
Method
Add the rolled oats, coconut cream, apple juice, coconut milk, grated apple, pears and juice, bran flakes, LSA, chia seeds and vanilla to a saucepan and stir to combine.
Place the saucepan over a medium-low heat. Cook gently, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, for about 8 minutes until the porridge is lovely and thick and creamy. If you feel like you need to add a bit more coconut milk or cream, go ahead. Serve in bowls with a drizzle of maple syrup or honey, extra fruit and a splosh of coconut milk or cream, or regular milk.
Chelsea’s tips
- Add a few raisins if you like.
- Go for a good quality coconut cream with the fewest amount of additives you can find – and not a light version!
- If you’re not a fan of pears, use any other tinned fruit in clear fruit juice – or fresh fruit.
- Store the rest of the pears/juice in a bowl or plastic container in the fridge, not the tin. Same goes for the coconut cream/milk.
- It’s your choice if you peel the apples first or not.
- Freeze-dried berries are available in some supermarkets and specialty food stores.
This was delicious. My 15month old enjoyed it too. Thanks Chelsea! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Do you have a recommendation for a gluten free porridge recipe please?
Supergood has a fantastic GF Muesli recipe x
Hi chelsea :)
Is any there any way this could be cooked in the microwave and receive the same result? If so it would be awesome for breakie at work.
Could this be put in the slow cooker on low before bed or would it be way overcooked by morning? Thanks.
Hi Chelsea,
Looks delicious! If I don’t like coconut milk / cream. What do you think would be a good substitute to keep it dairy free?
Thank you.
Cashew cream x
In the ingredients list you have “Half the pears” is that half a can of pears? Or half of a pear?
Sorry, half the can!
Hi Chelsea, in the recipe one of the ingredients just says “Half the pears”; does this mean half of a can of pears, a can of halved pears, or an unspecified amount of fresh pears halved? Maybe I’m reading it wrong?
I just finished a big bowl of this very heathy and filling porridge. It is devine. I love it. I used ground hemp seeds instead of bran. Instead of the pears I put a fresh fig, feijoa and late strawberries from my orchard on top with coconut yogurt. The grated apple took it to the next level. So yum. Thanks for the recipe.
Yum best winter breakie can’t wait to cook this up tomorrow morning and love how it’s dairy free!
Hi Chelsea, love your work. I’m away fr home at mo n just trying to find the smashing scrambled egg recepie for our hosts.
Am hooked on your muesli mix oats/nut coconut oil/ honey. Along with the cinnamon i add a touch of tumeric n shred in a good sprinkle of nutmeg absolutely maarvellous!! Cheers Chris (Ch-Ch)
Sorry Chelsea, this is probably a dumb question….. but could this be made in a crock pot. Throw everything in the night before and wake up to it ready to eat and go?
what other fruit could I use instead of apple and pears as I am unable to eat either of these
Hi, do the pears need to be chopped? Thanks.
Yes just roughly.
Hi Chelsea I’m making a batch of this for the first time today. Will it keep in fridge for the next day too?!
yes x
This is so delicious changed my view on porridge can’t want to have this again tomorrow morning
Hi Chelsea
Looks delicious any suggestions on how to make it gluten free?
Delicious recipe! Really creamy and love the chunks of fruit in there. My 2yr old boys chowed down on theirs.
Hi Chelsea, just wondering if you could whisper what brand/s of coconut milk/cream you tend to go for? I know there can be quite a taste difference in them depending on what extra bits are added. Thanks!
I go for Ayam :)
My 7 year old and I just whipped this up for breakfast – soooo delicious!! We’ll definitely be making it again.
Hey Chelsea, could you make this and store in the fridge for the next day?
That should be fine – let me know how it goes.
I make something similar by using desiccated coconut and ground cardamom. The slight spiciness gives it a lovely warmth
Hi Chelsea, this sounds to me as though you could just put all the ingredients together and leave it in the fridge to soak. Eat it uncooked and call it Bircher Muesli. That’s what I am going to try. Sounds delish.
Sure!
I do a regular milk bircher similar but add in the grated apple plain yoghurt and cinnamon in the morning. So good and satisfying.
Is there alternatives for the oats and bran as I am gluten intolerant? Like the coconut milk/cream as I am dairy intolerant as well.
This looks so yum! Can you tell me what LSA is?
Thanks heaps :-)
It’s a ground mixture of linseed, sunflower and almonds – you can get it at the supermarket :)