Barley flakes and apple porridge is a delicious alternative to oatmeal. Nutty tasting packed full of fibre and essential vitamins and minerals it'll help to awaken all your senses in the morning!
Hello there breakfast loving friends and welcome to today's barley flakes and apple porridge breakfast recipe!
This is breakfast number 3 in this week’s series of porridge/wholegrain variation breakfasts.
How did you get on with the porridge with blueberries and almonds or the spiced plum millet porridge?
I like to vary my breakfast porridges as much as possible.
So that's where this barley flakes and apple porridge comes in. It makes a nice change from oatmeal.
What Are The Health Benefits Of Barley Flakes?
Barley flakes are packed with fibre, contain important vitamins and minerals, are extremely low in fat and, as with all plant products, are cholesterol free.
Packed full of protein and excellent for the digestive system, barley flakes are also a low GI food.
That makes this barley flakes breakfast ideal for those concerned about their consumption of high GI cereals.
Choosing barley flakes as an alternative breakfast cereal would be ideal particularly if advised to do so by a medical practitioner.
The apple and added sultanas are perfect to compliment and sweeten the barley flakes enough
So you shouldn’t actually need to add any sugar / sweetener either.
For This Barley Flakes Porridge You May Need….
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- Semolina breakfast porridge is a delicious, sweet and nutritious alternative to traditional porridge oats. Made with sliced banana, sultanas and chopped nuts it’s a healthy and filling start to the day too!
Barley Flakes and Apple Porridge Recipe
Barley flakes and apple porridge is a heart healthy delicious alternative to oatmeal porridge.
Make it your own by adding or trying different fruits nuts and seeds!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Barley Flakes and Apple Porridge Recipe
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Ingredients
- 35 g barley flakes
- 1 tablespoon . chia seeds optional
- 150 ml skimmed milk/other milk of choice or water
- 30 g sultanas
- 10 g pumpkin seeds
- 1 small cored and diced apple
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds optional
- 1 teaspoon runny honey optional
Instructions
Stove:-
- Place the barley flakes into a small saucepan with the chia seeds and add the milk.
- Bring to the boil and then simmer, stirring continuously until the barley flakes are soft and a desired consistency is achieved.
Microwave:-
- Place the barley flakes into a microwaveable dish with the chia seeds and add the milk.
- Microwave on full power for 2 minutes, stir and then microwave for one more minute. (Microwave times may vary so watch the porridge does not boil over).
To Serve:-
- Remove the cooked porridge to a serving bowl.
- Stir in the sultanas and pumpkin seeds and top with the diced apple, cinnamon and flax seeds.
- Drizzle the runny honey over.
Shashi @ runninsrilankan
Oooh - am a huge fan of "porridge" too - love the variety of flavors and textures in this Neil!
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Thanks Shashi, I really could just live on the stuff, if we could only get all our vitamins and minerals from that one source! 😀
Jacqueline Meldrum
That looks great Neil. Roll on berry season I say! And hello to another Scottish blogger!
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Hello Jacqueline. 🙂
Thank you very much for your kind comment and hello back (again 😉 ) to a fellow Scottish blogger too! I love your site!
Ah yes, the berry season. I'm originally from Dundee, so I spent many seasons at "the berries" filling buckets with strawberries and raspberries for about 30p a bucket, ah they were the days? 😆