Omniblend Blenders: Porridge with a TWIST!

Who really likes eating porridge for breakfast? I know my daughter doesn't...and when I was a little girl, I didn't either! My parents had a hand grinder and used it to roughly cut up the wheat (yes, I am from a line of health nuts...no sugary cereal served in our family). They would then boil it and serve it up for breakfast....we could add honey and milk, but really...NOT EXCITING. I like to change up what I eat...almost daily. I couldn't eat the same bowl of porridge every day. Way too boring. So this is what I do.....

I use left over cooked brown rice and quinoa (from dinner the night before) and put it in the pot with water and a dash of sea salt.
Then I add all sorts of fun stuff....like:
-raisins, pecans, coconut
-cashews, peaches, cinnamon
-pureed pumpkin, pecans, pumpkin pie spice
-apples, almonds, coconut
-cranberries, o.j., cinnamon

The possibilities are endless!

I then bring it to a boil and add dry rolled oats, reduce the heat and cook as directed.

Once served, I let the kids add almond milk, pure maple syrup or honey....to their desired taste. We all enjoy the porridge way more, now that there are fun flavours included!

Up until recently, making porridge hasn't had much to do with our OmniBlend blender....That is, until my littlest guy started picking out the nuts and fruit...which ever happens to be bothering him that morning. SO, naturally I had to figure out a way to get all the goodness in him without him knowing. I should also mention that he has been too old for "baby food" for quite some time and he likes the texture of grains in the porridge (and soups) so I wasn't about to put the porridge in the blender...I just had to figure out a way to get the nuts and fruit hidden. This is what I did; I cooked the porridge in the usual way, but without the fruit and nuts. I used my OnmiBlend blender to puree the raw fruits and nuts, and then poured them over the cooked cereal, added a little maple syrup and saved myself a few servings of the "store bought" almond milk. My little guy didn't even notice....AWESOME!