When Autumn’s here and sometimes a smoothie bowl is just too cold of a breakfast- choco coco millet porridge

Hey there!

Soon we’ll have to say goodbye to cold and refreshing smoothie bowls and nice cream sundaes and it is going to be hello dear autumn, hello dear foggy mornings, hello dear dark rainy mornings… So to brighten up my least favourite time of the year I love to have a warm comforting breakfast bowl to make those mornings at least a tad more enjoyable. I know guys it is still summer but trust it’ll hit is soon enough. We’ll soon have to accept it, summer is about to leave us and visit other parts of the world.

Of course we all know how to prepare basic oatmeal yet I wanted to twist it up a little by using millet flakes instead of oats. This is actually a perfect alternative for all those gluten free folks out there as millet flakes do not contain gluten. I am not gluten intolerant yet I love using those flakes because they cook extremely quickly and the whole preparation literally won’t take anymore than ten minutes tops. I mean even those lucky university students like myself who have been on holidays for the past three months will soon have to get back on track and we all have to start getting up early again. Goodbye sleeping in late. Goodbye relaxing all day. Goodbye worriless life.

And if you happen to be like me you’re not the one to get up two hours before you have to leave the house to prepare your breakfast .I like it quick and easy yet I still want something filling and delicious. I am definitely not that kind of person who’s satisfied with a slice of toast and jam, no no I am a true foodie and I even like my first meal of the day to be at least the slightest bit special.

So not just show you a plain millet porridge, which would even be less appealing to me than a slice of toast and jam I decided to share my delicious chocolate coconut millet porridge with you. I just cooked my millet with cacao powder and shredded coconut and topped it with a banana, cacao nibs, coconut butter and an additional sprinkle of coconut flakes. I personally think that banana goes best with this type of porridge yet if you haven’t got the rest of the toppings available you could totally just omit them or swap for something else you’ve got hanging out in your pantry.

• 25g millet flakes
• 200ml water*
• 1 banana
• 1tsp shredded coconut
• 1tsp cacao powder
• sweetener of your choice (agave, stevia, coconut sugar…)

toppings:

coconut butter

cacao nibs (I always buy whole cacao beans as they are much cheaper than the nibs)

shredded coconut

1. Add your millet flakes, water, shredded coconut and cacao powder into a saucepan and turn on the heat to high. Keep stirring the mixture until it comes to a bubble.
2. When your mixture has come to a bubble the millet flakes will have absorbed the water and you can turn off the heat. I then like to cover my porridge with a lid for five minutes so it can thicken a bit more.
3. While you’re porridge is resting you can slice the banana and prepare the rest of the toppings. After five minutes add all the toppings and enjoy.

Voila you just created this super quick, easy and extremely delicious breakfast. I personally love this kind of breakfast on those cold foggy autumn mornings we’ll soon be having in Switzerland and probably in the rest of the more northern countries. That’s all I have got to say today now it is your turn to start cooking.

Bisous

*you could also use a plantbased milk or ordinary cows milk yet I personally prefer cooking my porridge with water and then adding a splash of cold milk afterwards to cool it down a little so I can enjoy it straight away.