Name: Coconut & Maple Apple Porridge (or Oatmeal) with Cinnamon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 80 g jumbo porridge oats; 300 ml water; 250 ml milk of your choice - I use coconut milk drink; 2 apples - 1 grated (1 cored and sliced into 8 segments); Pinch cinnamon; 1 tsp coconut oil; 1 tbsp maple syrup; 1 tsp chia seeds

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Coconut & maple syrup apple porridge (or oatmeal) with cinnamon is an ideal winter breakfast.

I find my winter morning bowl of oatmeal, or porridge as we usually call in the UK, both comforting and warming and just what I need for the day ahead. Standing for a few minutes stirring the pot gives me time to think, collect my thoughts and set my priorities for the day.

This apple cinnamon porridge contains double helping of apple, some grated into, and cooked with the cinnamon oatmeal, then the porridge is topped with slices of apple which have been fried in coconut oil then glazed with maple syrup. Delicious, comforting and a step towards your 5 a day. The sticky slices of coconut maple apple are so good that you might want to make a double batch and snack on them throughout the morning.

5 from 5 votes

Coconut & Maple Apple Porridge (or Oatmeal) with Cinnamon

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

7 mins

Total Time

12 mins

A warming breakfast of coconut and maple apple oatmeal (or porridge) with a dash of cinnamon

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Apple porridge

Servings: 2

Calories: 378 kcal

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Ingredients

80 g jumbo porridge oats
300 ml water
250 ml milk of your choice - I use coconut milk drink
2 apples - 1 grated 1 cored and sliced into 8 segments
Pinch cinnamon
1 tsp coconut oil
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp chia seeds

Instructions

In a saucepan, add the water, milk, porridge oats and grated apple and bring to the boil.
Simmer for six to seven minutes stirring from time to time. Let stand for a minute before serving.
Melt the coconut oil in a frying pan, add the apple slices and fry for a minute.
Add the maple syrup and fry until golden brown and sticky.
Serve with apple slices, and a sprinkling of chia seeds on top of the porridge and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts

Coconut & Maple Apple Porridge (or Oatmeal) with Cinnamon

Amount Per Serving

Calories 378 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9g 14%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 12mg 4%

Sodium 66mg 3%

Potassium 527mg 15%

Total Carbohydrates 65g 22%

Dietary Fiber 9g 36%

Sugars 31g

Protein 10g 20%

Vitamin A 6%

Vitamin C 10.2%

Calcium 19.6%

Iron 11.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

The coconut maple apple slices were inspired by a dinner hosted by We Love Maple at the Canadian High Commission to celebrate Canadian Maple Syrup, where we were served a variety of dishes flavoured with maple

Maple Syrup Facts

It takes 40 litres of sap from a maple tree to make 1 litre of syrup
The harvest is in the spring, between early March, and late April
The tree is “tapped” by drilling a hole in it, then the sap is collected – these days most maple houses will use tubing and a pump to transport the sap
Canada produces 71% of the worlds maple syrup (90% of which is from Quebec)
It is completely natural
To replace sugar with maple sugar in a recipe, substitute 1 cup of sugar for 1 cup of maple syrup AND remove another 1/4 cup of liquid

Maple Menu Inspiration from the Maple Syrup Dinner

Maple gazed belly of pork, with seared scallops & a maple and Granny Smith apple dressing
Maple roasted loin of Highland venison with braised red cabbage, kale and aligot potatoes
Blackberry doughnuts with a maple glaze and vanilla creme anglaise

My recipe for Coconut & Maple Apple Porridge (or Oatmeal) with Cinnamon was inspired by the maple dinner which I was a guest at.