Banana, Date & Almond Buckwheat Porridge
If you’re familiar with the concept of overnight oats, buckwheat porridge is similar but with a slight twist. Buckwheat is one of those ingredients that not may people are familiar with, outside the health community of course! You can now easily get hold of buckwheat as it’s available in most supermarkets and online. I’ve also noticed more and more brands adding it to their granola, muesli and snack bars.
Buckwheat benefits
Buckwheat is an awesome grain to add to your diet. It’s a good source for things like magnesium, manganese, copper as well as fibre.
Buckwheat porridge can be enjoyed both cold or warm. To make the cold, raw version, you need to soak your buckwheat overnight to make it easier to digest without needing to cook it. It’s the same idea when making overnight oats, the buckwheat will soak up all the liquid, plump up and become softer. I used my Optimum 9400 powerful blender by Froothie to blend all the ingredients into beautiful, smooth and creamy perfection. Find out more about my blender and why I love to use it!
Despite the name implying it contains wheat, it’s actually wheat and gluten free so it’s a great option if you have a gluten allergy or trying to stay away from gluten. This recipe is also dairy free, vegan and refined sugar free.
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That bowl of goodness looks so beautiful I’m not sure I could bring myself to eat it Nadia. I use buckwheat flour a lot in my baking, but I remember disliking buckwheat grains when I was young, so have never tried them again. I am seriously tempted to give them a go though with your ground up porridge version.
I actually only recently tried buckwheat grains! Like you, I love using buckwheat flour but felt a bit intimidated by the groats as I had no idea what to do with them at first! When you blend them together with the banana, dates and almond butter you can’t really taste the buckwheat anyway. Let me know if you do try it and what you think 😀 x
Never thought to use a blender for porridge before, like the idea as I bet it gives a smooth silky porridge!
It really does make it silky smooth 😀 I prefer smooth porridge, it tastes almost like a dessert!
What a stunning bowl of porridge. I haven’t yet tried a buckwheat version of porridge but I will seek some out as it really sounds like it is full of goodness. Thanks for the idea!
Thank you Laura 😀 It’s really rich and creamy, you should definitely try it 🙂
I love LOVE buckwheat!! In Russia buckwheat porridge is very popular we call it “Kasha” And I love the photography! Stunning pictures Nadia! 🙂
Thank you Diana 😀 I’m quite new to buckwheat, need to play around with it more!