The oats with the most

On Saturday, I made Blueberry Oats, or Blueberry Porridge, inspired by Ashley at Edible Perspective with a few modifications because we didn't have any ripe bananas. 


Disappointingly, I used Tesco Frozen Blueberries, which turned out to be not very sweet and also had a strange texture compared to most blueberries. The skin was thick and chewy and the taste was not so great. 


Blueberry Stuffed Oats 

• 1c rolled oats
• 1.5c almond milk (I used coconut milk. It was on special)
• 1 banana (next time!)
• 1c water
• 1t vanilla
• 1c blueberries (we only had frozen, which weren't that great)
• pinch of sea salt
• 1-2T chia seeds
• 1tsp [heaping] cinnamon

1. Add oats, milk + water to a pot set over medium heat.
2. Stir in a thinly sliced banana.
3. Add in chia, vanilla, salt, + cinnamon and bring to a simmer until desired consistency is reached.  ~5-8min  [Ashley said she only stirs a few times during the process]
4. Take the oats off the heat, stir in the blueberries and then pour the oats into a bowl. (as I used frozen (left at room temperature and rinsed to defrost, I put these in a bit early so it wouldn't make the oats drop too much in temperature)

Chuck the oats, milk and water into the pan over a medium heat

Chia seeds!

The Chia seeds helps the porridge get nice and thick

The controversial blueberries.

I DO NOT recommend Tesco frozen blueberries. They mustn't freeze them on the day they are picked. Better to get fresh and freeze them yourself. Best to pick them, but we can't all be so lucky. 

After stirring through the blueberries, the oats turned a pretty blue colour.

Ashley recommends topping with Maple butter and maple syrup. Sadly, we don't have maple butter in the UK. I tried to make some myself and let's just say it ended up lumps of butter with maple syrup. 


Ashley also gives her fabulous looking recipe for almond maple butter. Yum, it sounds mad, I love it. But if you are feeling a bit lazy and you don't trust your food processor, you could just mix together a teaspoon of almond butter and some maple syrup. Just saying... 


It was nice, but the blueberries were quite a let down. It's not a fail, it's a first attempt. Next time I will make sure I use fresh blueberries and hopefully have a ripe banana on hand.