Rice Porridge

I have been looking for a new breakfast that I can have that is gluten and refined sugar free, filling, nutritious and something different. Enter Rice Porridge! 
The best thing is with this breakfast is that you prep it the night before (which takes 5 minutes) and it is slow cooked all night so is ready and waiting for you in the morning whenever you are ready! What’s not to love about that!?

The only thing you need for this (apart from the ingredients) is a slow cooker. They are so useful for us busy people that can prepare 6-11 hours before you want it (timings depending on the recipe) and don’t require you standing over a hob for an hour a day.

I love this creamy rice porridge so much, it is basically having healthy rice pudding for breakfast!

Ingredients:

The rule for rice porridge is 1 part rice to 5 parts liquid. So however much you want to make, go by the 1:5 rule and you wont go far wrong.

1 cup brown short grain rice

5 cups almond milk (or milk of choice)

(This is quite a lot of almond milk, but I have tried 3 cups almond milk and 2 cups water and this worked just as well)

Add any flavours you like to taste the porridge:

Ground cinnamon or cinnamon stick

Agave nectar/maple syrup 

Chopped apple and cinnamon – if you do like having fruit for breakfast.

Instructions:

To make sure the porridge doesn’t stick, rub a small amount of coconut oil/butter all around the slow cooking dish.

Add the 5 cups of liquid of choice and rice after. Then flavours of choice, and mix. 

Put the lid on and put on ‘low’ for 8-11 hours.

After it is cooked mix well before serving and enjoy!