Winter Sunshine Breakast

Vanilla chia seed and oat porridge topped with honey and walnuts and a glass of freshly squeezed ginger, orange, carrot and turmeric juice.

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Course: breakfast

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Keyword: anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, chia, freshly squeezed juice, greek coffee, steel cut oats

Cook Time: 20

Soak steel cut oats for 6 hours or overnight. Soak chia seeds;: 30

Total Time: 50

Servings:2 people

Author: The Wild Epicurean

Equipment

Juicer

Ingredients

Chia Seed and Oat Porridge

1 generous handful each of chia seeds, rolled and steel cut oats. or any combination of choice such as quick or whole oats. I used 2 handfuls of each and it was enough for 2 helpings!
approx 500 ml milk of choice, I used oat milk
pinch vanilla powder
pinch salt optional
30 g walnuts and orange zest to decorate
1-2 tsp honey to drizzle

Sunshine Juice

3 oranges
1 lemon
1 carrot
3 cm piece of ginger root (roughly chopped)
1 tsp tumeric powder (or 3cm piece of fresh tumeric root)

Instructions

Chia Seed and Oat Porridge

Soak the chia and oats as per the instruction on the packet with a little of your chosen milk. If you are using pinhead oats, it is important to soak overnight so they cook at the same rate as the chia and other oats.
Different oats need more or less milk, so set over a low heat gently adding milk until you are happy with the consistency. Add a pinch of salt and a generous pinch of vanilla.
Serve with a little extra milk, walnuts a drizzle of honey and orange zest.

Sunshine Juice

Peel the citrus fruit and juice together with the remaining ingredients. If you are using organic carrot, ginger and turmeric, I don't feel there is a need to peel them. If using powdered turmeric - add to the juicer in the middle of adding the juicing ingredients to be well incorporated. I also always run through a 50ml splash of water at the end to flush through any juice.
Serve over ice.

Notes

Quantities for the chia and oats are approximate as it so much depends on the type of oats you are using - my handfuls are guidelines. Follow the packet instructions if you are unsure.

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